SERMONS FOR LENT 2012 Translated from "Remember your leaders...and imitate their faith" (Heb 13,7) The Fathers of the Church, Teachers of Faith In preparation for the Year of Faith decreed by the Holy Father Benedict XVI (12 Oct 2012- 24 November 2013), the four sermons for Lent this year take inspiration and aim to give freshness to our beliefs through a renewed contact with the 'giants of teh faith' from the past. We shall consider one by one the schools of thought represented by the four great Doctors of the Eastern Church - Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzene and Gregory of Nissa - to see what each of them has to say to us today about the dogmas which each of them championed specially: the divinity of Christ, the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, and knowledge of God, respectively. P. RANIERO CANTALAMESSA, O.F.M. Cap. Preacher of the Pontifical Household
General intention: "That the whole world may recognise the contribution of women to the development of society." Missionary intention: "That the Holy Spirit may grant perseverance to those who suffer discrimination, persecution or death for the name of Christ, particularly in Asia."