WHAT a consoling and reassuring psalm! It should always be in our heart and on our lips. It is what gives light when darkness descends on our life. It makes a life-stirring impulse when things seem to be dead. Psalm 130,7 tells us where we can...
WE have to be ready to react properly when some praises and honors come our way. We should remain humble, knowing that all those praises and honors belong to God. “Deo omnis gloria!” This is the lesson Christ wants to impart when he talked about the...
THAT’S simply because our life will always be in some warfare. And it is not so much in the outside or the visible world as in the inside or the invisible aspects of our life. Our war will be more in our mind, heart and...
THAT gospel episode about the blind man whose vision was restored because of his great faith gives us a good lesson to learn. (cfr Lk 18,35-43) And that is that we have to be like that blind man eager to ask Christ for a cure. Regardless...
THE expression is taken from the Acts of the Apostles (4,32). It means “one heart and one soul.” It was used to describe the way the early Christian believers lived. The full text is as follows: “Now the full number of those who believed were...
I WAS struck by a quotation used in Pope Francis’ “Gaudete et exsultate,” which is about the call to holiness in today’s world. He quoted a French essayist, Leon Bloy, who said, “the only great tragedy in life is not to become a saint.” (GE...
THIS refers to the devil, actually the smartest of all conspirators. A pure spirit, he has the great advantage of knowing things instantaneously and can have the power to organize and orchestrate things according to his evil purposes. He can do this so well that...
THE Synod of Bishops on Young People, Faith and Vocational Discernment just ended last October 27 and a final report has already been submitted to Pope Francis. We will just wait for what the Holy Father will make out of it. For sure, many interesting...
WE cannot doubt the many benefits we can derive from the use of the social media. It facilitates communication which is a necessity for all of us. We just have to know how to use it properly, for definitely the possibility also is high to...
THAT’S right. We can’t have everything we want in this life. And the simple reason is that our human condition itself has limitations even if deep inside us there is a yearning for something without limits. Let’s remember that we are a blend of body and...
