Category Archives: Feast, Holy Day

“Let us be concerned for each other”: responsibility towards our brothers and sisters. This first aspect is an invitation to be “concerned”: the Greek verb used here is katanoein, which means to scrutinize, to be attentive, to observe carefully and take … Continue reading →

“Faith tells us that God has given his Son for our sakes and gives us the victorious certainty that it is really true: God is love! … Faith, which sees the love of God revealed in the pierced heart of … Continue reading →

Jesus declarers, “Anyone who loses his life for my sake, that man will save it.” This is sacrifice: handing our imperfect self over to the One who respond by handing back our true self through his gift of self on … Continue reading →

Apart from those seasons having their own distinctive character, thirty-three or thirty-four weeks remain in the yearly cycle that do not celebrate a specific aspect of the mystery of Christ. Rather, especially on the Sundays, they are devoted to the … Continue reading →

What happens in the moment that Jesus has himself baptised by John? With this act of humble love on the part of the Son of God the heavens open and the Holy Spirit is visibly manifest as a dove, while … Continue reading →

Advent: Awaiting God’s Justice. Advent watchfulness means living in God’s presence and according to his criteria in order to prepare a worthy dwelling-place for the promised Saviour Pope Benedict XVI The Grandeur of Joseph. In the world in which Mary and … Continue reading →

At the end of the Christmas Gospel, we are told that a great heavenly host of angels praised God and said: “Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace among men with whom he is pleased!” (Lk 2:14). … Continue reading →