Let Pope Francis give you hope for 2021 (Full text of January 1 homily) aleteia.org
Pope Francis’ sciatica pain flared up to close 2020, so he was unable to celebrate Vespers on New Year’s Eve, or Mass for the Solemnity of the Mother of God, on January 1.
His secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, celebrated the Mass and read the homily he had prepared. Here is a Vatican translation of the full text:
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In the readings of today’s Mass, three verbs find their fulfilment in the Mother of God: to bless, to be born and to find…
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