Pope Benedict XVI arrives to celebrate the midnight mass in St Peter's Basilica. The Pope on Tuesday used his Christmas homily to speak out against selfishness and the degradation of the environment as he celebrated midnight mass at Saint Peter's Basilica. (AFP/Vincenzo Pinto)
Pope Benedict XVI celebrates the Christmas Midnight Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, early Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2007. Pope Benedict XVI ushered in Christmas as he led Midnight Mass early Tuesday amid thousands of the faithful who filled St. Peter's Basilica. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
Pope Benedict XVI leads the Midnight Mass in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican December 25, 2007. REUTERS/Max Rossi (VATICAN)
1 posted on
12/25/2007 7:27:23 AM PST by
ELS
To: ELS
2 posted on
12/25/2007 7:29:52 AM PST by
Chode
(American Hedonist)
To: clockwise; bornacatholic; Miss Marple; bboop; PandaRosaMishima; Carolina; MillerCreek; ...
"The Earth is restored to good order by virtue of the fact that it is opened up to God, it obtains its true light anew, and in the harmony between human will and divine will, in the unification of height and depth, it regains its beauty and dignity. Thus Christmas is a feast of restored creation. It is in this context that the Fathers interpret the song of the angels on that holy night: it is an expression of joy over the fact that the height and the depth, Heaven and Earth, are once more united; that man is again united to God. According to the Fathers, part of the angels’ Christmas song is the fact that now angels and men can sing together and in this way the beauty of the universe is expressed in the beauty of the song of praise." - Benedict XVI
Merry Christmas! Gloria in excelsis Deo!
3 posted on
12/25/2007 7:32:40 AM PST by
ELS
(Vivat Benedictus XVI!)
To: ELS
Merry Christmas ELS!
I hope this new year brings an opportunity for us to meet (or protest!) somewhere again!
5 posted on
12/25/2007 7:38:44 AM PST by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: ELS
Thanks. We must make sure we have room in our Inn.
6 posted on
12/25/2007 9:51:27 AM PST by
ex-snook
("Above all things, truth beareth away the victory.")
To: ELS; Salvation; narses; SMEDLEYBUTLER; redhead; Notwithstanding; nickcarraway; Romulus; ...
Thank you for the post! God bless this pope with a long life!
7 posted on
12/25/2007 2:37:55 PM PST by
NYer
("Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church" - Ignatius of Antioch)
To: ELS
those who seek to do away with public expression of Christmas are trying to hold manking hostage to darkness. i venture that they are not fit for the dignity and liberty of the human race. And yet, Christmas is for them, too...to make them fit...
8 posted on
12/25/2007 5:59:35 PM PST by
the invisib1e hand
(whose spirit is hillary channelling these days?)
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