Feb 16 – Homily – Fr Ignatius: Son of David
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
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Audio (MP3)10th, 11th, and 12th Stations of the Cross: Cardinal Ratzinger’s Meditations
Friday, March 27th, 2009
TENTH STATION
Jesus is stripped of his garments
V/. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. From the Gospel according to Matthew. 27:33-36 And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means the place of a skull), they offered him wine to drink, mingled with gall, but when he tasted it, he would not drink it. And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots; then they sat down and kept watch over him there. MEDITATION: Jesus is stripped of his garments. Clothing gives a man his social position; it gives him his place in society, it makes him someone. His public stripping means that Jesus is no longer anything at all, he is simply an outcast, despised by all alike. The moment of the stripping reminds us of the expulsion from Paradise: God’s splendor has fallen away from man, who now stands naked and exposed, unclad and ashamed. And so Jesus once more takes on the condition of fallen man. Stripped of his garments, he reminds us that we have all lost the “first garment” that is God’s splendor. (more…) |
Dec 05 – Homily – Fr Ignatius: Faith Gives Sight
Friday, December 5th, 2008
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