This is a selection from the 2008 Midnight Mass Homily of Pope Benedict XVI. Food for thought on Good Shepherd Sunday:
"Let us think of those children who are victims of the industry of pornography and every other appalling form of abuse, and thus are traumatized in the depths of their soul."
"The Child of Bethlehem summons us once again to do everything in our power to put an end to the suffering of these children; to do everything possible to make the light of Bethlehem touch the heart of every man and woman."
"Only through the conversion of hearts, only through a change in the depths of our hearts can the cause of all this evil be overcome, only thus can the power of the evil one be defeated."
"Only if people change will the world change; and in order to change, people need the light that comes from God, the light which so unexpectedly entered into our night."
'The Road Without Turning' is the name of a short story by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, which appears in the book Spies and More Spies, edited by Robert Arthur.
1 comment:
please protect our children Lord from all physical and spritual harm .Please keep them chaste , pure and holy all the days of their lives. St. Theodore Gerard Francis pray for them. Love aunt Linda
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