Foreword by Patrick J. Ryan, S.J.
Introduction by Antonio Spadaro, S.J.
Translator's Notes by Marina A. Hererra
List of Abbreviations
2009
The Meaning and Importance of Academic Preparation
Address to the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America— February 18, 2009
To Fast Is to Love
Homily, Ash Wednesday—February 25, 2009
Our Country Has a Believing Soul
Message to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI on the Occasion of the Ad Limina Visit of the First Group of Argentine Bishops, Vatican City—March 14, 2009
We Are Anointed to Anoint
Homily, Chrism Mass—April 9, 2009
The Stone Has Been Moved
Homily, Easter Vigil—April 11, 2009, Year B (Transcript)
Open Your Heart to the Light
Homily, Education Mass—April 22, 2009 (Transcript)
The Spirit Makes Us Missionaries
Homily, Opening Mass of the Ninety-Seventh Episcopal Assembly—May 11, 2009, Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter, Year B
What Do You Want Me to Do?
Letter to Priests on the Solemnity of Pentecost—May 31, 2009, Year B
We Recover the Memory of His Love
Homily, Solemnity of Corpus Christi—June 13, 2009, Year B
The Mission of the Disciples in the Service of Full Life
Keynote, Meeting of Argentina Liturgical Society, Pilar—June 15, 2009
"With Saint Cajetan We Seek Justice, Bread, and Work"
Homily, Feast of Saint Cajetan––August 7, 2009
"Cry Out Full-Throated and Unsparingly"
Homily at Plaza Constitución—September 4, 2009 (Transcript)
It Is Urgent to Build and Establish the Culture of Encounter
Opening Address, Twelfth Annual Day of Social Pastoral Ministry, Shrine of Saint Cajetan in Liniers—September 19, 2009 (Transcript)
To Repay the Social Debt
Opening Address at the Seminar on the Social Debt Organized by EPOCA –– September 30, 2009
Mother, Your Gaze Renews Our Hope
Homily, Thirty-Fifth Youth Pilgrimage to Luján—October 4, 2009 (Transcript)
To Purify the Temple
Homily, Opening Mass of the Ninety-Eighth Assembly of the Episcopal Conference—November 9, 2009
He Is the One Who Will Give Definitive Meaning to Your Suffering, Your Pain
Homily, Fifth Anniversary of the República Cromañón Tragedy—December 30, 2009 (Transcript)
2010
A Christian Heart Is Never on Vacation
Homily, Mass for the Victims of the Earthquake in Haiti—January 17, 2010 (Transcript)
Habituation Is a Brake, a Callus That Imprisons the Soul
Lenten Act of Solidarity—February 17, 2010
Empty Your Hearts. Make Room for Our Lord to Enter
Homily, Ash Wednesday—February 17, 2010, (Transcript)
Priestly Formation Today: Intellectual, Communitarian, Apostolic, and Spiritual Dimensions
Presentation at the Commemoration of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of La Encarnación Seminary, City of Resistencia—March 25, 2010
Our God Came to Become Patient for My Sins
Homily, Palm Sunday Mass, San José de Flores Basilica—March 27, 2010, Year C (Transcript)
Consecrated through Anointing
Homily, Chrism Mass—April 1, 2010, Year C
Why Do You Seek the Living One among the Dead?
Homily, Easter Vigil—April 3, 2010, Year C (Transcript)
Teach Children the Ability to Dream
Homily, Mass for Educators, Metropolitan Cathedral—April 14, 2010 (Transcript)
The Homeland Is a Gift That We Must Grow in the Present and Project into the Future
Words at the Opening Mass of the Plenary Assembly of the Argentina Episcopal Conference—April 19, 2010
Let Us Recover the Memory of Our Mother and Ask Her Not to Abandon Us
Celebration of the Bicentennial at Luján—May 8, 2010
The Priest in the City in Light of the Aparecida Document
Presentation to the Priests from San Isidro—May 18, 2010
"I Am with You Always, Until the End of the Age"
Homily, Solemnity of Corpus Christi—June 5, 2010, Year C
We Cannot Make Equal What Is Different
Letter to Dr. Justo Carbajales, Director of Laity Department, Argentina Episcopal Conference—July 5, 2010
If We Wash Our Hands, We Are Accomplices to This Slavery
Homily, Mass at the Constitution Railway Station for the Victims of Human Trafficking—July 12, 2010 (Transcript)
We Walk with Faith, Praying for Your Protection
Homily, Feast of Saint Cajetan—August 7, 2010
We Need Witnesses More Than Teachers
Letter to Catechists—August 21, 2010
"Mother, We Desire a Homeland for All"
Homily on the Thirty-Sixth Pilgrimage to the Shrine at Luján—October 3, 2010
Toward a Bicentennial of Justice and Solidarity: We as Citizens, We as a People
Keynote Address, Thirteenth Archdiocesan Day for Social Ministry, Buenos Aires, October 16, 2010
To Die Is to Place Oneself in His Hands
Homily, Memorial Mass for Dr. Néstor Kirchner—October 27, 2010 (Transcript)
We Are Called to Live as Children with a Meek Heart
Homily, Opening Mass of the One Hundredth Assembly of the Episcopal Conference, Pilar—November 8, 2010
He Will Come a Second Time
Homily, Christmas Mass—December 24, 2010, Year A (Transcript)
2011
Ironing out the Wrinkles of the Heart
Homily, Ash Wednesday—March 9, 2011 (Transcript)
The Fast That God Wants
Lenten Act of Solidarity—March 9, 2011
Mary Receives and Accompanies Life
Homily, Mass for Life—March 25, 2011 (Transcript)
They Were Killed by Slave Labor
Homily, Mass in Memory of the Victims of Slave Labor, Five Years after the Fire in the Clandestine Workshop at 1269 Luis Viale Street—March 27, 2011 (Transcript)
The Truth That Shines Brightest Is the Truth of the Father's Mercy
Homily, Chrism Mass—April 21, 2011
Beyond the Grave There Is Always Hope
Homily, Easter Vigil—April 23, 2011, Year A
Do Not Fear Joy
Homily, Mass of Thanksgiving for the Beatification of Pope John Paul II—May 1, 2011 (Transcript)
A Proposal for Justice and Love to a Disillusioned World
Homily, Closing Mass during the National Congress on the Social Teaching of the Church, Rosario—May 8, 2011
Together with Mary, the Woman Who "Is There"
Homily, Opening Mass for the 102nd Assembly of the Argentina Episcopal Conference, Pilar —May 9, 2011
Humility Rekindles Our Confidence
Homily, Solemn Te Deum on National Day—May 25, 2011
We Share the "Salt of Life"
Homily, Solemnity of Corpus Christi—June 25, 2011, Year A
Joy Is Rooted When We Get down to Work
Homily, Feast of Saint Cajetan—August 7, 2011
God Lives in the City
Opening Address to the First Regional Congress on Urban Ministry—August 25, 2011
Teach Us to Strive so That This City Will Have No More Slaves
Homily, Fourth Mass for the Victims of Human Trafficking and Smuggling, Plaza Constitución—September 23, 2011 (Transcript)
"Mother, Help Us to Care for Life"
Homily, Thirty-Seventh Walking Youth Pilgrimage to Luján—October 2, 2011 (Transcript)
Everything Is Grace, Tangible Grace Shed for Love
Homily, Opening Mass for the 103rd Assembly of the Argentina Episcopal Conference, Pilar—November 7, 2011
The Spirit of Christmas
Opinion Piece for La Nación—Friday, December 23, 2011
If We Do Not Feel Marginalized, We Are Not Invited
Homily, Christmas Mass—December 24, 2011
2012
To Combat Habituation, Return to the Roots of Faith
Lenten Message—February 22, 2012
Welcome Life Not in Luxury Packaging
Homily at the Archdiocesan Catechetical Encounter (EAC)—March 3, 2012 (Transcript)
We Ask for the Grace to Cry
Homily, at Month's Mind Mass after Train Tragedy of the Once Station—March 23, 2012 (Transcript)
Remain in the Anointing
Homily, Chrism Mass—April 5, 2012
This Night Shall Be as Bright as Day
Homily, Easter Vigil—April 7, 2012, Year B
Let Us Accompany the Harmony of a Growing Heart
Homily, Mass for Education—April 18, 2012 (Transcript)
Reciprocal and Radical Faith Is the Fruit of Love
Homily, Solemn Te Deum on National Day—May 25, 2012
We Make Room for Everyone to Enter
Homily, Solemnity of Corpus Christi—June 9, 2012, Year B
We Carry with Us Only What We Gave
Homily, Shrine of Saint Cajetan—August 7, 2012
Open All the Doors to Faith
Letter to Catechists—August 21, 2012
Keep Yourselves Unstained by the World
Homily, Closing Mass for Urban Ministry Day in the Buenos Aires Region—September 2, 2012 (Transcript)
Where Is Your Enslaved Brother?
Homily, Fifth Mass for the Victims of Human Trafficking and Smuggling, Plaza Constitución—September 25, 2012 (Transcript)
Crossing the Threshold of Faith
Letter to the Priests, Consecrated Men and Women, and Lay Faithful of the Archdiocese, Feast of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus—October 1, 2012
Mother, Teach Us to Work for Justice
Homily, Thirty-Eighth Youth Pilgrimage to Luján—October 7, 2012 (Transcript)
2013
Rend Your Hearts, Not Your Garments
Lenten Message, Buenos Aires—February 13, 2013
Allow Yourself to Be Reconciled with God
Homily, Ash Wednesday—February 13, 2013 (Transcript)
Remain in the Anointing
Homily, Chrism Mass—March 28, 2013
Index of Scriptural References
General Index
