Father Cantalamessa: Why Christianity Is Like No Other [Zenit]

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VATICAN CITY, MARCH 5, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Human religions or philosophies tell a person what he must do to be saved. Christianity is different because it tells a person what God has already done to save him.

This reflection was made today by Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher of the Pontifical Household, in his first Lenten sermon of the year, given in the presence of Benedict XVI and the Roman Curia.

The Capuchin is focusing his homilies on the priesthood. In Advent he meditated on the priest as servant of Christ, in the power and the unction of the Holy Spirit. During Lent, he is looking at the priest as steward of the mysteries of God.

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