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  “Faithfulness of Christ, Faithfulness of the Priest”   Rome, March 11-12, 2010   We would like to inform you that the International Theological Convention “
  THEOLOGICAL CONVENTION   THE AULAMAGNA OF THE PONTIFICAL LATERAN UNIVERSITY THURSDAY 11&FRIDAY 12TH MARCH 2010
  The Pope invites priests to participate in the Inte
  INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION   OF PRIESTS Rome, 9/11 Ju
Daily thoughts
21/01/2010
 
"This [Jesus] is the stone... there is no other name... given among men by which we must be saved" (Acts 4: 11-12). In the passage of the Acts of the Apostles the first reading the singular "homonymy" between Peter and Jesus strikes us and makes us reflect: Peter, who received his name from Jesus himself, here asserts that he, Jesus, is "the stone". In fact, the only true rock is Jesus. The only name that saves is his. The apostle, and therefore the priest, receives his "name", his very identity, from Christ. Everything he does is done in his name. His "I" becomes totally relative to the "I" of Jesus. In the name of Christ, and most certainly not in his own, the apostle may perform acts of healing for the brethren, may help the "crippled" to rise again and take their path (cf. Acts 4: 9-10). In Peter's case, the miracle that had just occurred makes this especially evident. And even the reference to what was said...
Multimedia
  Address of his holiness Benedict XVI to the members of the Congregation for the Clergy on the occasion of their Plenary Assembly (03/16/2009) Letter proclaiming a Year for Priests (06/18/2009) Homily of his holiness Benedict XVI (06/19/2009) 44th World Communications Day, 2010, The Priest and Pastoral Ministry in a Digital World: New Media at the Service of the Word  (01/24/2010)    
  An Opportunity to Meet for priests, seminarians and all interested, in the setting of the concluding days of the Year for Priest
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