IN that part of the gospel where Christ talks about making war in order to have peace and about considering those who love father and mother more than him as not worthy of him (cfr. Mt 10,34-11,1), we are actually reminded that we really have...
THE parable of the sower and the seed (cfr. Mt 13,1-9) prods us to undertake the urgent and most necessary task of spreading the word of God widely and abidingly. It also urges us to be that good soil that brings good and plentiful fruit...
“BEHOLD, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves.” (Mt 10,16) Clear indication from Christ that practically obliges us to seriously take this training of how to be both simple and shrewd in...
“WITHOUT cost you have received; without cost you are to give.” (Mt 10,8) These words of Christ should be the guiding principle when considering the financial aspect of the priestly ministry. It cannot be denied that this financial aspect of a priest’s ministry can pose a...
WHEN Christ chose his 12 apostles, (cfr. Mt 10,1-7) we have to realize that if we want to be true believers and followers of Christ, we too should feel called to be apostles of his. We too should feel the need to continue helping him...
IN the gospel, there is a part where Christ drove out the demons from a possessed man but was accused by some leading Jews of driving out demons by the prince of demons, an obviously self-contradicting reasoning. (cfr. Mt 9,32-38) On this occasion, Christ did not...
WHEN we find ourselves in some extraordinary difficulty, we should not hesitate to go to Christ. Let’s beg him for help, but making sure that what should move us to do so is not so much to be rid of the difficulty as to be...
“I BLESS you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to little children. Yes, Father, for that is what it pleased you to do.” (Mt 11,25-26) If we believe in these words of...
DESPITE the obvious fact that we cannot help but fall into sin, there is also in us that strong tendency to think that we are right and that the others are wrong. We are quick to judge others even without enough basis, or based only...
IF you notice, in all the miraculous healings Christ did, he would first forgive the sins of those concerned before he would cure them of their ailments. He would praise their faith that pushed them to go to him in spite of the difficulties involved....