Reflections
Conversion to God as necessary step to grow in faith.
A voice cries in the wilderness: Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight. (Lk 3:4) The Church calls us to conversion because Christ Himself calls us to conversion. Conversion is a turning point in our life from our way of thinking about life, to Christ’s vision of God; Christ’s vision of man […]
Continue ReadingWe experience Christmas when we experience Advent
We are given entire weeks to prepare our hearts for the special graces of Christmas. During this time the Church prays incessantly for the coming of Jesus. Advent is then a special period to focus our hearts for His coming down to earth: “Let justice descend, O heavens, like dew from above” (Is 45:8). The Church […]
Continue ReadingThe image of our King
Jesus Christ is the centre of the history of mankind and the centre of each of us as individuals. He is the Sovereign, even when it looks like that everything is lost. He reigns always, even during the period of great distress and confusion when we have already entered the valley of darkness, when the […]
Continue ReadingThe Second Coming of the Lord
We belong to Christ and we are safe in Him and His vision. The Lord introduces us to the time of distress to make us ready for the unknown. Because the Lord is full of compassion, He comforts us and gives us hope. We learn that the time of distress will be unparalleled since nations […]
Continue ReadingSainthood? What does this mean?
Sainthood is the most beautiful thing, the greatest human fulfilment. It is a union with the life of Jesus and Mary in Nazareth, the life we find in the Catholic Church. But how do we understand sainthood? In many hearts there is a vision of sainthood as something rigid, artificial, unreal, strange, not good, not […]
Continue ReadingThe attitude of the blind Bartimeus as our chance to see and to know the Lord
We must never forget that our faith is about eternity, that the joy of faith is the splendour of the Lord reflected in our hearts. He is our light and our life and we find Him in the Church. Christ is the goal of history and the one Saviour of the world. Christ is the […]
Continue ReadingSteps to littleness are made by small daily sacrifices
Christ’s words enlighten us and they are our life. They are the source of our joy of freedom in the same way in which they changed life of St James and St John, two great brothers who wanted to be most important in the Kingdom of God. As we know, Christ’s message opened to both […]
Continue ReadingA renewal of morality as a key part of the New Evangelization
The New Evangelization is addressed to those who have fallen away due to the dechristianisation of the West. This involves a loss of faith and an “obscuring of the moral sense.” Indeed we live in a culture terrorised by subjectivism, utilitarianism, relativism and nihilism. A few days ago Abp. Charles Chaput of Philadelphia reminded the […]
Continue ReadingIn the Rosary, we contemplate the face of Jesus with Mary
Saint Francis de Sales teaches us that “the greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.” Indeed the Rosary is the remedy for all our spiritual difficulties, a remedy for all our moral struggles, a remedy for our evils and predominant faults. The Rosary is also the root of all our blessings.“Say the Holy […]
Continue ReadingJustice: Equality or inequality? (on God’s touch)
Sometimes God’s touch uncovers disorder in a logical mind. Just a gesture and we are stuck. We are lost like those hard working in the vineyard. Only grateful at the beginning. At the end, God is on trial. Righteous indignation is stronger than divinity. Jesus – a glutton and a drunkard, Saint John the Baptist […]
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