THE parable of the great banquet (Lk 14:15-24) unveils the heart of God. He prepares an abundant feast and eagerly invites everyone to share His joy. Heaven is not reserved for a select few but offered to every person willing to respond. Salvation is God's...
DEATH has a way of silencing every illusion. Wealth, success, influence, and earthly achievements suddenly appear fragile before the mystery of the grave. Yet on All Souls' Day, the Church does not gather merely to remember the departed. She gathers to proclaim a promise stronger than...
THE recent Vatican publication of “Mental Health and Pastoral Accompaniment in the Context of Humanitarian Crises” welcomes the Church’s mission. It recognizes that human suffering requires compassionate presence, sound knowledge, and responsible action during emergencies. Its strength lies in bringing pastoral experience, Christian anthropology, spirituality, and...
THE mountain rises, and the crowd follows. They come expecting laws etched in stone, but the Word made flesh opens his lips and speaks blessings instead. The first sermon of the Kingdom begins not with demands but with promises. Before Christ tells us what to...
THE Gospel for Friday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time (Luke 14:1-6) presents a scene that is as relevant today as it was two thousand years ago. Jesus enters the house of a leading Pharisee on the Sabbath. There stands before him a man suffering...
THE Gospel for Thursday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time (Luke 13:31-35) presents one of the most moving portraits of Christ. Warned that Herod wants to kill him, he neither panics nor changes course. His answer is calm, fearless, and majestic. His life is...
BEFORE Jesus chose the Twelve, he did something that modern people often neglect. He spent the whole night in prayer. The Gospel of Luke (6:12-16) begins not with strategy but with communion, not with planning but with intimate conversation with the Father. Every authentic apostolate...
THE Kingdom of God rarely arrives with noise. It does not force its way into human hearts through dazzling displays of power. Instead, Christ compares it to a mustard seed and to yeast—both tiny, hidden, and seemingly insignificant. Yet from these humble beginnings comes astonishing...
THERE is something deeply moving about the woman in the Gospel (Luke 13:10-17). For eighteen years she walked bent over, unable to lift her eyes to heaven. Then Christ saw her, called her, touched her, and she stood erect again. It was more than a...
NARCISSISM does not always arrive loudly. Sometimes it wears competence, generosity, spirituality, or humility. It begins when the self becomes center of attention and approval, leaving God and others at the margins. Psychologically, narcissism exists on a spectrum and should not automatically be confused with narcissistic...