LENTEN SERMONS: FROM SINAI TO CALVARY

VATICAN CITY, MAR 31, 2000 (VIS) - The first of three Lenten sermons scheduled for this year was preached at 9 this morning in the Redemptoris Mater Chapel in the presence of Pope John Paul by Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap. on the theme "From Sinai to Calvary. A Pilgrimage to the Places of Salvation in the Great Jubilee Year." The sermons will continue on April 7 and 14.

According to a note released by Fr. Cantalamessa, preacher of the papal household, "after the reflections on the great figures of the history of salvation in Advent 1999, we are called to make a spiritual pilgrimage to the places of salvation, in particular the three mountains which have marked forever the religious destination of mankind: Sinai, Tabor and Calvary. The aim is to receive the message linked to each one of these three 'summits', prolonging the reflection started in the Church by the Pope's recent trip to these places."

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