The bible was composed in such a way that as beginners mature, its meaning grows with them. - Confessions
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We Travel to See Wonders and Miss the Greatest Wonder of All
People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering. - Confessions
What is the True Source of Beauty?
Beauty grows in you to the extent that love grows, because charity itself is the soul’s beauty. - Confessions
What are the Three Advents Of Christ?
At the beginning of a new yearly cycle, the liturgy invites the Church to renew her proclamation toall the peoples and sums it up in two words "God comes". These words, so concise, contain anever new evocative power.Let us pause a moment to reflect: it is not used in...
Where The Eucharist Is Celebrated, A Great Network Of Peace Spreads Around The World
Among Christians, the word "peace" has taken on a very particular meaning: it has become a word to designate communion in the Eucharist. There Christ’s peace is present. In all the places where the Eucharist is celebrated, a great network of peace spreads through the...
What Kind of People Were the Shepherds? Why Did God Choose Them?
Tonight let us look at the shepherds. What kind of people were they? In the world of their time, shepherds were looked down upon; they were considered untrustworthy and not admitted as witnesses in court. But really, who were they? To be sure, they were not great...
3 Moments When Mary Had Reason To “Fear”
These words, "Do not fear", must have deeply penetrated Mary's heart. We can imagine how in various situations the Virgin must have pondered on those words, she must have heard them again.At the moment when Simeon said to her: "This child is destined to be the...
The Real Commitment Of Advent: Not Expensive Gifts, But Joy
We cannot keep solely for ourselves this joy that we have received; joy must always be shared. Joy must be communicated. Mary went without delay to communicate her joy to her cousin Elizabeth. And ever since her Assumption into Heaven she has showered joy upon the...
What Is The “Coming” Of The Lord All About? How Does It Involve You?
We have said that this coming was unique: "the" coming of the Lord. Yet there is not only the final coming at the end of time: in a certain sense the Lord always wants to come through us. And he knocks at the door of our hearts: are you willing to give me your...
“All sins are attempts to fill voids.”
All sins are attempts to fill voids.
“Attention is the Rarest and Purest From of Generosity”
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
Why Both Married People and Priest Should Be “Celibate”
In other words, the person mature enough to commit to either the married or religious state of life must already have become a free, self-possessed, unique masculine or feminine celibate — for that is precisely what caelebs means: singular and alone!
Why Am I So Afraid To Give Myself To Others?
Deep in our hearts there is a call to live in communion with others, a call to love, to create, to risk. But there is also that radical feeling of our poverty when faced with human misery. I am afraid to give myself. I have constructed a world of security around...
“Every child, every person needs to know that they are a source of joy”
“Every child, every person needs to know that they are a source of joy; every child, every person, needs to be celebrated. Only when all of our weaknesses are accepted as part of our humanity can our negative, broken self-images be transformed.”
The Supreme Duty Of Every Christian | St. John Paul II
God is opening before the Church the horizons of a humanity more fully prepared for the sowing of the Gospel. I sense that the moment has come to commit all of the Church’s energies to a new evangelization and to the mission ad gentes. No believer in Christ, no...
More Than Ever, Today’s World Desperately Needs “Mercy”
The present-day mentality, more perhaps than that of people in the past, seems opposed to a God of mercy, and in fact tends to exclude from life and to remove from the human heart the very idea of mercy.
Experience The Reality Of The Cross Every Day | St. John Paul II
If the Cross is accepted, it generates salvation and brings peace, as is evidenced by the many beautiful testimonies given by young believers. Without God, the Cross crushes us; with God, it redeems and saves us.St. John Paul II
The First Goal of Spiritual Combat Isn’t Perfection, Rather Peace of Heart
The first goal of spiritual combat, that toward which our efforts must above all else be directed, is not to always obtain a victory (over our temptations, our weaknesses, etc.), rather it is to learn to maintain peace of heart under all circumstances, even in the...
How Should Christians Respond To The Question Of Evil?
This is consequently what must be our strength when faced with the question of evil: not a philosophical response, but the confidence of a child in God, in His Love and in His Wisdom. The certitude that Now we know that God works in every way for the good of those who...
On being neighborly online
How can we be “neighbourly” in our use of the communications media and in the new environment created by digital technology? I find an answer in the parable of the Good Samaritan, which is also a parable about communication. Those who communicate, in effect, become...
On the potential goodness of the internet
The internet, in particular, offers immense possibilities for encounter and solidarity. This is something truly good, a gift from God.
“The Church needs to be concerned for, and present in, the world of communication…”
The Church needs to be concerned for, and present in, the world of communication, in order to dialogue with people today and to help them encounter Christ. She needs to be a Church at the side of others, capable of accompanying everyone along the way. The revolution...
The Poor are Always Prophetic, We Must Listen to Them
“The poor are always prophetic. As true prophets always point out, they reveal God's design. That is why we should take time to listen to them. And that means staying near them, because they speak quietly and infrequently; they are afraid to speak out, they lack...