Mary is a great gift and example to all Christians because in her God's Word was written and by her it was accepted and its grace manifested. In this she is, as the title indicates, a mirror of the Church, the people of God. She reflects what we are called to be. While this work cannot help but disc[...]
These meditations of Father Cantalamessa present the mystery of Pentecost, starting from the interpretation given it by Luke in Acts, John in his Gospel, and Paul in his Letters. By placing together these diverse but complementary points of view, he obtains a "three-dimensional" image of the coming [...]
In these reflections on the Letter to the Ephesians, Fr. Cantalamessa, preacher to the papal household, asks a critical question: How can we read, ??And Christ loved the Church? [Eph. 5:25], without asking the question, ?And I? Do I love the Church??? The twentieth century was a time of theological [...]
These are not drunk, as you suppose... (Acts 2:15). --Peter preaching to the crowd after the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
We tend to overlook Peter's opening words to the crowd that first Pentecost morning, to our own peril. His denial of drunkenness in the wake of the outpouring of [...]
The Transfiguration is a mystery of divine happiness.
--From Chapter Two
Jesus encountered the Father in a moment of dazzling glory at the Transfiguration on Mount Tabor. This event took place as Jesus prayed, a point that brings the meaning of the Transfiguration close to us: As Jesus was [...]