How to be trusting and to be trustworthy
GOD himself tells us how that is going to be. “Cursed be the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and...
‘He has done all things well’
THAT WAS what the crowd said after they witnessed a miraculous healing of a dumb man by Christ. (cfr. Mk 7, 31-37) On Valentine’s...
‘Blessed are those who fear the Lord’
THAT’S FROM Psalm 128,1. The verse is often used as a responsorial psalm in many of the Masses during the year. And it definitely...
‘Thorn in the flesh’
THE PHRASE appears in St. Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians, describing St. Paul’s affliction that was meant to keep him from becoming arrogant....
Pursuing the good without God
THIS IS how self-righteousness is developed. When we would just depend on our own ideas about what is true, good and beautiful, independently of...
‘Pilgrims of Hope’
THAT’S the theme of the Jubilee Year 2025. The Jubilee Year began December 24, 2024 and ended on January 6, 2026. The idea behind...
Let’s be bold and aggressive in our Christian life
THAT gospel episode about Christ commanding Peter to “go to the deep and lower down your nets for a catch” (Lk 5, 4) reminds...
Martyrdom can be due to some silly reasons
THAT’S what we can gather from the story of the martyrdom of St. John the Baptist. (cfr. Mk 6, 14-29) What an absurd turn...
The task of saving souls
THIS IS, of course, no joke, no easy task at all. But we just have to do it because Christ commands us to do...
Charity’s fine points and more challenging aspects
THAT GOSPEL episode about Christ’s townspeople finding it hard to believe that one of their own could speak the way Christ did (cfr. Mk...