Totus Tuus - To Jesus through Mary.

To impel the beauty of the new evangelization – this is the charism of the Heralds of the Gospel; Its founder, Monsignor João Dias explains."The Heralds of the Gospel is a private association of faithful with a very special charism based essentially on three points: the Eucharist, Mary and the Pope."

The Heralds of the Gospel are an International Association of the Faithful of Pontifical Right, the first to be established by the Holy See in the third millennium, during a ceremony which occurred during the feast of the Chair of St. Peter (February 22) in 2001.

The Heralds of the Gospel strive to be instruments of holiness in the Church by encouraging close unity between faith and life, and working to evangelize particularly through art and culture. Their apostolate, which differs depending upon the environments in which they work, gives pride of place to parish animation, evangelizing families, providing catechetical and cultural formation to young people, and disseminating religious Iiterature.



Monday 22 November 2010

The Feast of Christ the King.


On November 21st, Pope Benedict XVI concelebrated Mass in St. Peter's Basilica the liturgy of the Solemnity of Christ the King along with 24 newly created cardinals.

"The Gospel of St. Luke presents, as in a great painting, the royalty of Jesus in the moment of his crucifixion," the Holy Father affirmed.

The Holy Father said that "the leaders of the people and the soldiers deride the firstborn of all creation and they test him to see if he has the power to save himself from death." In fact, while the Lord finds himself between two criminals, one of them, aware of his own sins, opens himself to truth, arrives at faith and prays to the king of the Jews: 'Jesus remember me when you come into your kingdom,'

He added, "From him who 'is before all things and in whom all things exist' the so-called good thief immediately receives forgiveness and the joy of entering into the Kingdom of Heaven. "With these words, Jesus, from the throne of the cross receives every man with infinite mercy."

He referred to St. Ambrose, who said that this "is a beautiful example of conversion to which one should aspire: forgiveness is quickly offered the thief and the grace is more abundant than the request."
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FatherTF said...

Congratulations on the mention of the Heralds of the Gospel in the Holy Father's interview with Peter Seewald (page 58). (Cf. my blog post for the quotation.)

23 November 2010 at 05:55

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