{"id":16509,"date":"2020-12-12T13:20:38","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T18:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/?p=16509"},"modified":"2020-12-12T13:20:38","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T18:20:38","slug":"pope-celebrates-mass-for-feast-of-our-lady-of-guadalupe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/pope-celebrates-mass-for-feast-of-our-lady-of-guadalupe\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope celebrates Mass for feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/etc\/designs\/vatican-news\/release\/library\/main\/images\/vatican-news-header-white.png\" alt=\"Vatican News\" title=\"Vatican News\"\/>                                                                                                                                                                                                           POPE<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/taglist.chiesa-e-religioni.Papa.papa-francesco.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">                             Pope Francis                         <\/a>                     <\/li>\n<li>                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/taglist.chiesa-e-religioni.Chiesa.messa.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">                             mass                         <\/a>                     <\/li>\n<li>                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/taglist.chiesa-e-religioni.santuari.Guadalupe.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">                             Guadeloupe                         <\/a>                     <\/li>\n<li>                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/taglist.chiesa-e-religioni.Calendario-liturgico.Avvento.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">                             advent                         <\/a>                     <\/li>\n<li>                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/taglist.chiesa-e-religioni.Chiesa.omelia.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">                             homily                         <\/a>                     <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>                   Pope celebrates Mass for feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe         Pope Francis celebrates Holy Mass for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe at the Altar of the Chair in St Peter\u2019s Basilica on Saturday.                                <\/p>\n<p>By Christopher Wells<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis celebrated Holy Mass for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe at the Altar of the Chair in St Peter\u2019s Basilica on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Under the title of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Blessed Virgin Mary is honoured as the Empress, Patroness and Mother of the Americas, and especially of Latin America. Seminarians from Latin American countries, as well as official ambassadorial delegations, were in attendance at Saturday\u2019s Mass, although the number of participants was limited due to coronavirus precautions.<\/p>\n<h2>God gives in abundance<\/h2>\n<p>In his homily, Pope Francis focused on three key concepts \u2014 abundance, blessing, and gift \u2014 which are reflected in the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod always offers Himself in abundance,\u201d the Pope said. God does not give Himself in \u201cdoses,\u201d although He is patient with our limitations, our need for \u201ccomfortable quotas.\u201d Instead, He gives Himself completely, because, the Pope said, it is impossible for Him to do otherwise.<\/p>\n<h2>God blesses by His gift of Himself<\/h2>\n<p>The second idea, \u201cblessing,\u201d \u201cto say what is good,\u201d is found on the very first page of Scripture, in the story of Creation from the book of Genesis. God, seeing His Creation, declares that it is \u201cgood,\u201d and \u201cvery good.\u201d \u201cGod\u2019s \u2018style\u2019 is always to say what is good,\u201d said Pope Francis; and conversely, \u201cto curse [to speak evil] is the style of the devil, of the enemy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod always says what is good,\u201d the Pope repeated. \u201cHe says it with pleasure. He says it by giving Himself,\u201d and by giving Himself in abundance.<\/p>\n<h2>The gift of abundance and blessing<\/h2>\n<p>These two realities, abundance and blessing, are a gift, a present to us that contains \u201call grace, all that He is, all [of His] divinity,\u201d that comes to us in \u201cthe Blessed One,\u201d Jesus, God\u2019s Only-begotten Son, the Son of Mary.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus, who is \u201cBlessed\u201d in Himself, by nature, is God\u2019s gift to us; He is given to us through Mary, who is \u201cblessed among women\u201d through God\u2019s grace. This, said Pope Francis, \u201cis the gift that God presents to us, and which He has continually desired to emphasize, to re-awaken, throughout revelation: Blessed are you among women, for you have brought us the Blessed One.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>\u201cStealing\u201d God\u2019s style<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cAs we contemplate the image of our mother today,\u201d the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, \u201clet us \u2018steal\u2019 from God a little of His style,\u201d Pope Francis said: the style of \u201cgenerosity; abundance; blessing, never cursing; transforming our life into a gift, a gift for all. Let it be so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the conclusion of the Liturgy, Pope Francis prayed before the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe \u2013 a replica of the famous \u201ctilma\u201d preserved in Mexico City \u2013 which was displayed near the altar. <\/p>\n<p>                        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comunicazione.va\/en\/sostienici.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">                 <\/p>\n<figure>                                                                                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/etc\/designs\/vatican-news\/release\/library\/main\/images\/support-comunicazione-banner.png\" alt=\"Your contribution for a great mission:support us in bringing the Pope&#039;s words into every home\" title=\"Your contribution for a great mission:support us in bringing the Pope&#039;s words into every home\"\/>                                       <\/figure>\n<p>                 Your contribution for a great mission:<br \/>support us in bringing the Pope&#039;s words into every home             <\/a>                           Topics         <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/taglist.chiesa-e-religioni.Papa.papa-francesco.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">                             Pope Francis                         <\/a>                     <\/li>\n<li>                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/taglist.chiesa-e-religioni.Chiesa.messa.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">                             mass                         <\/a>                     <\/li>\n<li>                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/taglist.chiesa-e-religioni.santuari.Guadalupe.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">                             Guadeloupe                         <\/a>                     <\/li>\n<li>                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/taglist.chiesa-e-religioni.Calendario-liturgico.Avvento.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">                             advent                         <\/a>                     <\/li>\n<li>                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/taglist.chiesa-e-religioni.Chiesa.omelia.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">                             homily                         <\/a>                     <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>                                                12 December 2020, 13:15             <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>                              Send                      <\/li>\n<li>             <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/pope\/news\/2020-12\/pope-celebrates-mass-for-feast-of-our-lady-of-guadalupe.print.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">                 Print             <\/a>         <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POPE Pope Francis mass Guadeloupe advent homily Pope celebrates Mass for feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Pope Francis celebrates Holy Mass for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe at the Altar of the Chair in St Peter\u2019s Basilica on Saturday. By Christopher Wells<br \/>\n Pope Francis celebrated Holy Mass for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe at the Altar of the Chair in St Peter\u2019s Basilica on Saturday morning.<br \/>\n Under the title of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Blessed Virgin Mary is honoured as the Empress, Patroness and Mother of the Americas, and especially of Latin America. Seminarians from Latin American countries, as well as official ambassadorial delegations, were in attendance at Saturday\u2019s Mass, although the number of participants was limited due to coronavirus precautions.<br \/>\n God gives in abundance In his homily, Pope Francis focused on three key concepts \u2014 abundance, blessing, and gift \u2014 which are reflected in the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe.<br \/>\n \u201cGod always offers Himself in abundance,\u201d the..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pope celebrates Mass for feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe - WORLD CATHOLIC NEWS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/pope-celebrates-mass-for-feast-of-our-lady-of-guadalupe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pope celebrates Mass for feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe - WORLD CATHOLIC NEWS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"POPE Pope Francis mass Guadeloupe advent homily Pope celebrates Mass for feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Pope Francis celebrates Holy Mass for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe at the Altar of the Chair in St Peter\u2019s Basilica on Saturday. 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