THAT’S what St. Paul said in his Second Letter to Timothy. The complete text is: “Our Savior Jesus Christ has destroyed death and brought life to light through the Gospel.” (1,10) With this assurance, we really would have no reason to fear death. Any fear of...
THAT’S the responsorial psalm of the readings of the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary time, Year C. The disciples of Christ, who found Christ’s teachings incredible, were finally made to understand that the words of Christ, who is indeed the very word of God, are what...
THIS is actually meant for all of us, but especially for priests and consecrated persons who are supposed to lead the way for others to fulfill this duty. The ideal condition for us is to become more and more like Christ, having his mind and...
THAT’S the ideal thing to do. Whatever be the events and circumstances of our life, whether happy or sad, a victory or a defeat, etc., we should be quick to relate them to Christ’s victory of his passion, death and resurrection. It’s a victory that...
THAT is actually what we are meant to do all our life here. It corresponds to our duty to give what is due to God, our Creator and Father, as we go through the ups and downs of our life here on earth. That is...
WE obviously have to be governed by the rule of law. Without the law, we can only expect disorder and chaos, and all other forms of injustice. But we need to distinguish between the letter of the law and the spirit of the law, and...
THE Letter to the Hebrews (5,1-10) provides us that description that gives light to the nature, character, purpose, etc. of the priesthood. “For every high priest taken from among men, is ordained for men in the things that appertain to God, that he may offer...
WORDS of Mary to the servants at the wedding in Cana. (cfr. Jn 2,1-11) While the festive celebration was going on, the mother of Christ noticed that wine was running out. She approached him to inform him of the problem, but her request at first...
WE should aim at having our faith as strong as possible. This is the only way we can start and keep sharing the very life of God here on earth. That’s actually the ideal condition for us to be in. Otherwise, there’s no way but...
SINCE true Christian love will always ask for more and, in fact, endless things, we should not be surprised when at a certain point we will reach our limits. We know that we are supposed not to say enough in our self-giving, but given our...