The Paradoxes of Christmas
“There are many paradoxes and seeming impossibilities in the Incarnation. They cannot be fully solved, so they claim our reverence.” – Monsignor Charles Pope
“There are many paradoxes and seeming impossibilities in the Incarnation. They cannot be fully solved, so they claim our reverence.” – Monsignor Charles Pope
Monsignor Charles Pope offers a parable on the lies of the devil and the empty promises of this world.
God’s wrath is His “passion” to set things right. His wrath is His work to root out sin and injustice and bring forth holiness and righteousness, Monsignor Pope reflects.
“Courage and holy boldness, fellow Catholics! The only way we will change the world (by grace) is to be Catholic through and through.”-Monsignor Charles Pope
Monsignor Charles Pope considers the need for true friendship.
Seeing and knowing by faith is “obscure” – but how can that obscurity paradoxically help us to see better?
It takes time for the reality of the Resurrection to transform our lives.
Monsignor Pope gives insight into the significance of Jesus’ age at the time of his death.
What did Jesus mean when He said, “they know not what they do?”
Monsignor Pope gives an apt analogy for understanding–and accepting–our current sufferings.