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God often surprises but delivers – Pope Saturday, 25 December 2010

Saturday, December 25, 2010

God often surprises but delivers – Pope

Benedict’s Christmas Eve message to air on BBC radio

Pope Benedict XVI will say that God is faithful to His promises but often surprises us by how He fulfills them, in a message for BBC radio’s Thought for the Day to be broadcast later on Friday.

In a special event to mark Christmas Eve, Benedict recorded the message in Rome on Wednesday and his comments will go out in the slot during the corporation’s flagship Today program at 3:45 p.m. (Manila time).

“I keep all of you very much in my prayers during this Holy Season,” the Pope says in the broadcast, excerpts of which were carried on the BBC’s website.

The pontiff is quoted as saying that Christmas recalls the time in history when the Israelites were waiting for the Messiah, whom they pictured as a great leader who would restore their freedom..... MORE

SourceManila Times

URL: http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/top-stories/36225-god-often-surprises-but-delivers--pope

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