Friday of 2nd Week in Lent Suffering Saves Introduction Joseph suffered because his brothers were jealous. Yet later he would save them from famine. Jesus was rejected and died for our sins. He became the keystone for a new kingdom, for the life of all. And we? We want happiness without pain, without […]
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65 Years of Offering the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass Rome, Italy. José Cardinal Saraiva Martins, CMF, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina, celebrates his 65th year of priestly ordination today, March 16, 2022, at 90 years of age. Cardinal Saraiva was born on January 6, 1932 in Gagos […]
Reflection: Luke 16:19-31 Gospel helps us to understand what it means to love. In the parable, the rich man has a sickness much greater than that of Lazarus’, who was “full of sores” : this rich man suffers from terrible blindness, because he is not able to look beyond his world, made of banquets and […]
Thursday of 2nd Week in Lent People Suffer. See Their Needs Those who place their faith in themselves and in the means they possess are not open to God or God’s kingdom. They make themselves their own gods and adore what they have made. They adore the golden calf. They fail to […]
Thursday of 2nd Week in Lent People Suffer. See Their Needs Introduction Those who place their faith in themselves and in the means they possess are not open to God or God’s kingdom. They make themselves their own gods and adore what they have made. They adore the golden calf. They fail to […]