Saturday of 1st Week in Lent Gratuitous Covenant Love Introduction The life of a pious Jew could be summed up as a response to God’s covenant of love with a covenant loyalty. This is also the life of a Christian, even more so: as God takes the initiative of offering his gratuitous love to […]
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Women’s Day 2022 Celebration in Some Claretian Places The Claretian Missionaries joined the celebration of International Women’s Day 2022 with the theme “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow.” The topic means that the human family can become complete only when gender equality is realized. The Daughters of the Holy and Immaculate – Heart of […]
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Letter to the Romans – Part IV Have you ever been in quicksand? I have never been in quicksand, but some reading as a child and some movies reminded me of an image like this to better understand the theology of the Letter to the Romans. Imagine that you are in quicksand and that, inevitably, […]
Reflection: Matthew 5:20-26 Today’s gospel gives us some practical guidelines on the path of fraternal love. This fraternal love and relationship with a brother/sister cannot be separated from our relationship with God. As far as the Scribes and Pharisees were concerned, the only way to relate with God consisted in the most scrupulous observance of […]
Friday of 1st Week in Lent Personal Responsibility — Eucharist and Reconciliation Often we blame the community and “the system” for the evils of society and for the sins we commit. This shrugging off of responsibility is a timeless device of escape. Christ dealt with it and so did Ezekiel before him. Ezekiel tells […]