Pope to Faithful: Welcome Advent with Hope, Prepare the Way for the Lord
Monday, November 30th, 2009
The Lord Jesus came in the past, he comes in the present and will come in the future’
VATICAN CITY, NOV. 29, 2009 (Zenit.org)- Here is a translation of Benedict XVI’s address before praying the Angelus at midday with pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square.
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Dear Brothers and Sisters!
This Sunday we begin, by the grace of God, a new liturgical year, which opens naturally with Advent, a time of preparation for the Lord’s nativity. In the constitution on the Liturgy, the Second Vatican Council states that the Church “presents in the annual cycle the whole mystery of Christ, from the incarnation and the nativity, to the ascension, the day of pentecost, and the expectation of the blessed hope and return of the Lord.”
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The Lord Jesus came in the past, he comes in the present and will come in the future’
VATICAN CITY, NOV. 29, 2009 (Zenit.org)- Here is a translation of Benedict XVI’s address before praying the Angelus at midday with pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square.
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Dear Brothers and Sisters!
This Sunday we begin, by the grace of God, a new liturgical year, which opens naturally with Advent, a time of preparation for the Lord’s nativity. In the constitution on the Liturgy, the Second Vatican Council states that the Church “presents in the annual cycle the whole mystery of Christ, from the incarnation and the nativity, to the ascension, the day of pentecost, and the expectation of the blessed hope and return of the Lord.”
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