Ad Dominum

My eyes ever towards the Lord, for he will pluck my feet out of the net (Ps. 24, 15).

Pope Benedict XVI during the Holy Mass on Christmas night celebrated in the celebrated in the Vatican Basilica in 2009. The Holy Father’s gaze is fixed on the ferula, a gift from the Saint Peter Circle (Circolo San Pietro), which he received that same year and used for the first time at First Vespers of Advent.