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  • "A Cosmic Event" - text of pope's homily at last night's Vigil Mass (rare event)

    04/16/2006 11:48:30 AM PDT · by NYer · 22 replies · 556+ views
    WITL ^ | April 16, 2006 | Rocco Palmo
    The Vatican's custom is that the Pope does not preach at the liturgy of Easter morning so that the focus upon the Urbi et Orbi message which follows isn't diluted. So here, in the English translation provided by the Holy See, is Benedict XVI's Easter homily, delivered at the Mother of all Vigils, held last night in the Basilica. **************************** "You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen, he is not here" (Mk 16:6). With these words, God’s messenger, robed in light, spoke to the women who were looking for the body of Jesus in the...