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VATICAN CITY — Anyone who thinks eternal life will be boring should ask a couple in love whether they want that love to endure forever, said the preacher of the papal household.

After the defeat of Germany in World War II, a flamboyant Dutch artist (Guy Pearce) is accused of profiting from the sale of a rare masterwork by the titular 17th-century painter to number two Nazi Hermann Goering. 

A fitting celebration of Christmas demands preparation. It demands an effort to ponder the depth of the beauty and mystery of God’s love and truth poured out in this seismic event that took place in the fullness of time in the tiny town of Bethlehem. For this, we need a period of spiritual preparation. Hence, the church provides us with the four weeks of Advent.

One of the names we use for Mass or the Blessed Sacrament is “holy Eucharist.” The word “Eucharist” comes from Greek and means “thanksgiving.” Going to weekly Mass is literally sharing as God’s family in a thanksgiving banquet of love (The Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1328). We give God our worship and thanks with contrite hearts, and he gives us Jesus to be our food for eternal life and to help us meet the daily challenges we face.

The Office of Youth, Campus, and Young Adult Ministry creates Encounters to let youths leave screens behind and experience God’s presence around them. 



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