Happy New Year 2023. The year began with the news of the death of dear Pope Benedict XVI.. In the following prayer by Peter Vigne we can discern the great virtues of Benedict XVI which we can cultivate in our personal garden throughout the coming months!!
These last two months of the year are of great significance. Firstly we enter a time dedicated to the Saints and those who have gone before us. This is followed by a time of Waiting, ADVENT, when we prepare to welcome Emmanuel. Now is the time to display the crib and its message of Good News : the infinite Love of God who makes himself small and becomes a child for us.
“Science without the voice of the spirit is useless” Peter Vigne says. In many countries, September and October are months that mark the beginning of the new academic year. That’s fine and good but without forgetting “the voice of the spirit”, without relegating God to the margins, and without wanting to divest the person of this essential dimension! Two...
During these beautiful months we will celebrate two very special feasts welcoming their mes-sage of hope and light: August 6 the Transfiguration, August 15 the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary... including of course July 8, the feast of Blessed Peter Vigne...as well as the anniversary of his birth August 20 and his baptism August 24....
