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U.S. Congressman: Pope calls us to be protectors
3/19/2013 5:11:49 PM
(Vatican Radio) U.S. Congressman Chris Smith (R-N.J.) says many of his constituents “are ecstatic” about the election of the new Argentinian pontiff. They feel Pope Francis’ election, he says, “is an affirmation for all of the Americas, including North America. We celebrate equally strongly and are happy about this.”
The thirty-three year member of the House of Representatives was leading a delegation of Congressional colleagues to Rome for Tuesday’s installation mass for Pope Francis. He told Tracey McClure that the morning celebration “was a very holy time” and that he and the other U.S. Congressmen were “just several yards away from the Pope.”
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Chapter 2: Jesus' Eschatological Discourse
4/22/2011 12:00:51 PM
Msgr. Anthony Figueiredo of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum reflects on the second chapter of Pope Benedict's new book on Jesus of Nazareth. In it, the Holy Father speaks of the End of the Temple, The Times of the Gentiles and the Prophecy and Apocalyptic in the Eschatological Discourse...  
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Chapter 3: The washing of the feet
4/22/2011 12:00:42 PM
Msgr. Anthony Figueiredo of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum offers this reflection on Pope Benedict's new book on Jesus of Nazareth. In the third chapter, the Pope speaks of the humbling moment when Jesus wiped clean the feet of the disciples. He focuses on "Sacramentum and exemplum: the new commandment", "the mystery of the betrayer," 2 conversations with Peter and the acts of washing of feet and confession of sin...
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Chapter 4: Jesus' High-Priestly prayer
4/22/2011 12:00:36 PM
Msgr. Anthony Figueiredo of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum reflects on Pope Benedict XVI's new book on Jesus of Nazareth. In chapter four of the book, Pope Benedict examines the Jewish Feast of the Atonement, and the four major themes of the Prayer: eternal life, sanctity in truth, making known God's Word and "that they may all be one"...
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Chapter 5: the Last Supper
4/22/2011 12:00:32 PM
Msgr. Anthony Figueiredo of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum offers us this reflection on this pivotal event in Jesus' life and the life of the Church and on what Pope Benedict is telling us in his new book on Jesus of Nazareth. In it, the Pope dedicates 42 pages to this one event, examining the date of the Last Supper, the Institution of the Eucharist, the Theology of the words of Institution, and "from the Last Supper to the Sunday morning Eucharist"...
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Chapter 6: Gethsemene
4/22/2011 12:00:27 PM
Msgr. Anthony Figueiredo of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum reflects on the sixth chapter of Pope Benedict's new book on Jesus of Nazareth which deals with Jesus' agony in the Garden. In this chapter, the Holy Father examines the Way to the Mount of Olives, the Prayer of Jesus, Jesus' will and the will of the Father, and Jesus' prayer on the Mt. of Olives in the Letter to the Hebrews...
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Chapter 7: The Trial of Jesus
4/22/2011 12:00:21 PM
Msgr. Anthony Figueiredo continues his series of reflections on Pope Benedict's new book on Jesus of Nazareth. In this chapter, the Pope looks at the betrayed Jesus as he stands before the Sanhedrin and at the exchange between Jesus and Pontius Pilate at the moment of judgement...
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Chapter 8: Crucifixion and Burial of Jesus
4/22/2011 12:00:17 PM
Msgr. Anthony Figueiredo, an official at the Pontifical Council Cor Unum offers another reflection on Pope Benedict XVI's new book on Jesus of Nazareth. In chapter 8, the Pope reflects on "Word and Event in the Passion Narrative." Then, he helps us see Jesus on the Cross, his first words: "Father, forgive them." The Holy Father takes us through the mockery Jesus suffered at the hands of soldiers and onlookers, his cry of abandonment, the casting of lots for his garments, "I thirst," the women at the foot of the Cross, and Jesus' death as reconciliation, and his burial...
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Chapter 9: Jesus' Resurrection from the Dead
4/22/2011 12:00:12 PM
Msgr. Anthony Figueiredo of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum reflects on this chapter from Pope Benedict XVI's new book on Jesus of Nazareth. In this chapter, the Holy Father asks "What is the Resurrection of Jesus?" He also examines the two different types of Resurrection testimony. The first, what the Pope calls the "Confessional Tradition," looks at the question of the empty tomb, the third day and witnesses to the Resurrection. The second, which the Holy Father calls the "Narrative Tradition," examines Jesus' appearances to Paul and the appearances of Jesus in the Gospels. In this chapter, Pope Benedict also summarizes "The Nature of Jesus' Resurrection and its Historica ...» |
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