In the world but not worldly
IN THAT gospel parable describing the Kingdom of Heaven as a treasure buried in a field and as a merchant searching for fine pearls...
Hope needed in our earthly journey
THE CLEAR lesson we can learn from the parable about the wheat and the weeds (cfr. Mt 13, 24-43) is that we should just...
Contemplative life in ordinary life
WHAT lesson can we learn from that rather amusing gospel episode of the two sisters, Martha and Mary, welcoming Christ to their home? (cfr....
Cheerful and confident availability
THAT GOSPEL episode where Christ shocked his disciples when he told them that they themselves had to feed the big crowd that followed Christ...
Let’s be the good ground for God’s word
IN THAT parable of the sower and the seed, (cfr. Mt 13, 8-23) it’s made quite clear that we are encouraged to be the...
Kindness and flexibility needed in our communal life
ON the Feast of St. James, the Apostle, celebrated on July 25, we are reminded of that episode where his mother asked Christ a...
The duty to transform the world
THAT GOSPEL parable about the sower and the seed (cfr. Mt 13, 1-9) somehow reminds us that we have to be the good ground...
Our Lady, proof we belong to God’s family
THAT GOSPEL episode where somebody in the crowd told Christ that her mother was around (cfr. Mt 12, 46-50) can only tell us once...
Our need for continuing conversion
THE FEAST of St. Mary Magdalene (every July 22) reminds us that we all are in need of conversion. Yes, even if we have...
Prepare the best place for Jesus
THE GOSPEL tells us of King David feeling a little disturbed because while he was living in a house of cedar, the ark of...