Vatican
City, 6 December 2013
(VIS) – This morning in the Redemptoris Mater Chapel the Holy
Father attended the first Advent sermon, which was preached by Fr.
Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap., and had the theme “Toward the
Lord's Nativity in the Company of St. Francis of Assisi”.
Pope
Francis' recent pilgrimage to Assisi and the theme of the next World
Day of Peace (“Fraternity, the Foundation, and the Pathway to
Peace”) offer the opportunity to reflect on what the poor have to
say to the Church today.
In
particular, the homily focused on the themes of:
1.
Francis of Assisi and Church reform by way of holiness
2.
Francis of Assisi's holiness, the evangelical path to fraternity and
peace, and
3.
With St. Francis before the mystery of the Incarnation: the poverty
of Christ and of Francis.
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