Msgr. Charles Pope

Msgr. Charles Pope is currently a dean and pastor in the Archdiocese of Washington, DC, where he has served on the Priest Council, the College of Consultors, and the Priest Personnel Board. Along with publishing a daily blog at the Archdiocese of Washington website, he has written in pastoral journals, conducted numerous retreats for priests and lay faithful, and has also conducted weekly Bible studies in the U.S. Congress and the White House. He was named a Monsignor in 2005.

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Léon Bonnat, ‘The Raising of Lazarus,’ 1857

We Are Lazarus; We Are Martha and Mary: How the Lord Raises Us to New Life

User’s Guide to the Fifth Sunday of Lent

Msgr. Charles Pope Sunday Guide March 23, 2023

‘Healing of the Man Born Blind,’ painted by El Greco in 1567

May We Always See Who Jesus Is

User’s Guide to the Fourth Sunday of Lent

Msgr. Charles Pope Sunday Guide March 16, 2023

This bronze relief depicting Jesus talking with the Samaritan woman at the well is from the gate of Basilica Collegiata di San Sebastiano, probably from the 19th century.

Seek Living Water: We Were Not Made for This World

User’s Guide to the Third Sunday of Lent

Msgr. Charles Pope Sunday Guide March 9, 2023

Carl Bloch, ‘Transfiguration of Jesus,’ 1872

The Transfiguration Teaches Us That the Cross Leads to Glory

User’s Guide to the Second Sunday of Lent

Msgr. Charles Pope Sunday Guide March 2, 2023

Ivan Kramskoi, ‘Christ in the Wilderness,’ 1872

Jesus Rebukes the Devil: What the World Says Is ‘No Big Deal,’ God Calls Sin

User’s Guide to the First Sunday of Lent

Msgr. Charles Pope Sunday Guide February 23, 2023

‘To be a Christian, one must believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God (cf. Acts 8:37; 1 John 2:23)’ (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 454).

We Are on the Lord’s Team

User’s Guide to Sunday, Feb. 19

Msgr. Charles Pope Sunday Guide February 16, 2023

Christ came to fulfill the Law, and as our union with Christ grows more perfect, we also fulfill the Law.

Transformed: How to Live a Christ-Centered Life

User’s Guide to Sunday, Feb. 12

Msgr. Charles Pope Sunday Guide February 10, 2023

In the footsteps of the Blessed Mother, the world needs us to be what we were chosen to be.

Be Salt, and Shine the Light!

User’s Guide to Sunday, Feb. 5

Msgr. Charles Pope Sunday Guide February 2, 2023

The beatitudes help us view life as Jesus sees it.

Be Blessed: The Beatitudes and a Flourishing Life

User’s Guide to Sunday, Jan. 29: St. Thomas Aquinas comments that the happiness described in the beatitudes is a stable happiness not easily unsettled or taken away.

Msgr. Charles Pope Sunday Guide January 26, 2023

The truth of the Gospel reassures us that every suffering, faithfully endured, brings forth glory.

Word of God Sunday: Proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom

User’s Guide to Sunday, Jan. 22

Msgr. Charles Pope Sunday Guide January 19, 2023

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