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MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE WORLD DAY OF PEACE 1 JANUARY 2012 EDUCATING YOUNG PEOPLE IN JUSTICE AND PEACE 1. The beginning of a new year, God’s gift to humanity, prompts me to extend to all, with great confidence and affection, my heartfelt good wishes that this time now before us may be marked concretely by justice and peace. With what attitude should we look to the New Year? We find a very beautiful image in Psalm 130. The Psalmist says that people of faith wait for the Lord “more than those who watch for the morning” (v. 6); they wait for him with firm hope because they know that he will bring light, mercy, salvation. This waiting was born of the experience of the Chosen People, who realized that God taught them to look at the world in its truth and not to be overwhelmed by tribulation. I invite you to look to 2012 with this attitude of confident trust. It is true that the year now ending has been marked by a rising sense of frustrat...

Sabado - Disyembre 31, 2011 Ika-7 na Araw ng Pagdiriwang ng Pasko (San Silvestre I) Unang Pagbasa 1 Juan 2:18-21 Ang Anti-Cristo 18 Mga anak, ito na ang huling panahon! Tulad ng inyong narinig, darating ang anti-Cristo. Ngayon nga'y marami nang lumilitaw na mga anti-Cristo, kaya't alam nating malapit na ang wakas. 19 Kahit na sila'y mga dati nating kasamahan, ang mga taong iyon ay hindi natin tunay na kasama. Sapagkat kung sila'y tunay na atin, nanatili sana silang kasama natin. Ngunit umalis sila, kaya't maliwanag na silang lahat ay hindi tunay na atin. 20 Ngunit ipinagkaloob na sa inyo ang Espiritu Santo, at dahil dito, alam na ninyo ang katotohanan. 21 Sumusulat ako sa inyo, hindi dahil sa hindi ninyo alam ang katotohanan, kundi dahil alam na ninyo ito, at alam din ninyong walang kasinungalingang nagmumula sa katotohanan. Salmo Awit 96:1-13 Diyos ang Kataas-taasang Hari 1 Purihin natin...