Friday, February 22, 2008

Nothing Compares to the Good Book, Says Preacher

Delivers 1st Lenten Meditation for Pope and Curia

VATICAN CITY, FEB. 22, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Although other books may be better written from a literary standpoint, nothing compares to the revealed word of God in sacred Scripture that often "acts beyond human explanation," said the preacher of the Pontifical Household.

Capuchin Father Rainero Cantalamessa said this today in the Lenten meditation he delivered to Benedict XVI and the Roman Curia in the Redemptoris Mater Chapel of the Apostolic Palace.

The sermon titled "Jesus Began to Preach: The Word of God in the Life of Christ" was the first in a series of Lenten meditations the preacher will give this Lent.

The series, titled "The Word of God Is Living and Effective," reflects the theme of the next Synod of Bishops on the word of God, to be held in October.

The preacher of the pontifical household began with a consideration of the preaching of Christ, which was a proclamation of the Gospel "understood as the good news 'of' Jesus -- that is, received from Jesus and of which Jesus is the subject, which is different from the good news 'about' Jesus of the subsequent apostolic preaching, in which Jesus is the object."
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