“Not everyone that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.” (Mt 7,21) With these words of Christ, we are clearly reminded that we should not
December 2, 2021
IF there’s anything we can learn from that beautiful gospel episode of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes (cfr. Mt 15,29-37), it surely is that God will always provide for our needs and limitations. He will, in fact, do everything to snatch us from the worst evil that can
December 1, 2021
WE need to realize this more widely and deeply. If we want to follow Christ, if we truly consider ourselves as real Christians and not Christians in name only, we have to be like Christ, holy and with the burning desire to save all men. Thus, we ought to make sanctity
November 30, 2021
REMEMBER that beautiful gospel episode of a centurion whose faith was praised by Christ? (cfr. Mt 8,5-11) He asked Christ to cure his sick servant and did not want to bother him by going to his place. “Only say the word, and my servant will be healed,” he said. So impressed
November 29, 2021
IT’S the season of Advent again, opening a new liturgical year. There can be many things that can come to mind with this season of Advent. For one, it’s a time of expecting and preparing for the birth of Christ on Christmas. That is in the short run. In the long
November 27, 2021
“HEAVEN and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.” (Lk 21,33) With these words of Christ, we should feel the need to know what exactly is God’s word. Why will it not pass away? The simple answer is that God’s word is not just an idea, a
November 26, 2021
WE should not be surprised that as we end the liturgical year, the readings of the Mass these days focus on the end times. They are not meant to scare us but rather to encourage us to be properly prepared and to really lock our attention on what are truly essential
November 25, 2021
GIVEN the fact that we have already been warned by Christ that the world will end badly and that in our life, we will always have some trouble, (cfr. Lk 21,12-19) we should be properly prepared for this condition in our life by learning how to suffer with faith, hope and
November 24, 2021
WE cannot deny that there are moments when we find ourselves angry, or even when we need to be angry. We just have to learn how to handle this emotion that in itself is neither good or bad. It depends on how we do it. In this regard, it might be
November 19, 2021
