Category Archives: Magnificat

God achieves everything, acts in all circumstances, and brings about all our interior transformations. But he does it when we wait for him in recollection and silence. In silence, not in the turmoil and noise. God enters into the innermost … Continue reading →

Pope Benedict XV1. Following a beautiful and firmly rooted tradition, many families set up their crib immediately after the feast of the Immaculate Conception, as if to relive with Mary those days full of trepidation that preceded the Birth of … Continue reading →

In the first Gospel of Advent, Christ reminds us to “stand ready”. The impervious, unprepared people in “Noah’s day” were distracted by their eating and “drinking”, oblivious to the imminent flood. In what, then, does this Advent preparation consist? Putting … Continue reading →

LISTEN, KINGS, AND understand; rulers of remotest lands, take warning; hear this, you who have thousands under your rule, who boast of your hordes of subjects. For power is a gift to you from the Lord, sovereignty is from the … Continue reading →

The spiritual life has humility for its point of departure. A spiritual man is a saint who confesses himself a sinner. Humility in the presence of God is not an act but more of a permanent attitude of awareness of … Continue reading →

Experience shows that hearts respond more generously when they are shown trust; we do not conquer people for divine love with fear, imprisoning them in their misfortune….  The image of the fig tree planted in the vineyard suggests, perhaps, that … Continue reading →

 Mass and Mission Father Richard Veras In Sacramentum Caritatis, Pope Benedict XVI explains the integral relationship between Mass and mission through the phrase Ite missa est. This dismissal which concludes Mass has a deeper implication which has to do with the mission … Continue reading →