Reflections
Father……….
One could say that the summer Word of God guides us through the most important elements of the Christian life. It shows what we should not forget about as we tramp our holiday routes, as we rest and take up some activities different than outside holidays. After being totally for the benefit of another human […]
Continue ReadingUnder the Oaks …..
This Sunday’s first reading reminds us so much about the summer, about holidays. Here under the oaks, in the hottest time of the day, Abraham is sitting. The visitors come. Abraham, not knowing who they are, decides to entertain them. He offers them food, drink and rest. A similar situation happens in the Gospel. Jesus […]
Continue ReadingThe Good Samaritan
Jesus the Lord shows as a Samaritan as a model of our attitude towards others. A man who went over to the injured man and poured oil over his wounds tenderly and who focused himself fully on another, giving up his time, money and energy on another person, is given to us by Jesus as […]
Continue ReadingChrist comes to His people through His disciples
Jesus sent out seventy-two disciples on a mission. In this way the Lord stresses that the proclamation of the Kingdom of God is not exclusively reserved to the Twelve. The role of the Twelve was very clear and the missionary option of everyone was well established. In the Acts of the Apostles we read the […]
Continue ReadingThe solemnity of Apostles Peter and Paul
The solemnity of Apostles Peter and Paul is a celebration of the Church’s sacred roots. Both saints together formed the foundation of the “one, holy, Catholic, Apostolic”. The profession of faith: “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” comes from Peter – from the humble fisherman of Galilee. It is not the […]
Continue ReadingThe one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament….
There are two kinds of food: food of the body and food of the soul. The food of the soul is the Word of God and the Body and Blood of a God. The Body and Blood of Christ is the greatest gift from God entrusted to the Church. The Church is born of the […]
Continue ReadingHoly Trinity
Is it not just amazing to listen to the prayer of Our Lord and to experience His desire expressed to the Father when He said: Father, I want these whom you have given me to be with me where I am (Jn 17:24)? What Jesus added is also beyond all telling when He declared: I […]
Continue ReadingIt is unbelievable what the Holy Spirit wreaks in us.
One of the first demonstrations of the Holy Spirit in our souls is the birth of the faith that God knows us better than we know ourselves, that we are unique before God, and that our individual life really matters. As for that, the presence of the Holy Spirit comes forth also in our desire […]
Continue ReadingBetween Ascension and Pentecost Take me to heaven!
Jesus is in heaven. Heaven was locked and He has “opened” it to us through His glorious passion, death and resurrection. Heaven is then the ultimate purpose of His Incarnation and final purpose of our vocation. He said: “And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself” (Jn […]
Continue ReadingGod opened the door of faith to the pagans ( Acts 14:27)
We are asked to allow Christ to be in the centre of the lives also of those who may not share our faith at the moment. That is the attitude God wants. What does this mean? – that the Church is Catholic. The Greek word catholicos(καθολικός) means “concerning the whole, universal, general”. Originally this word designated a […]
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