Reflection: Luke 11: 29-32 We hear, but we don’t listen. Our eyes are open, but we don’t see. In the Gospel today, Jesus talks about Jonah and the Ninevites. Jonah went to Nineveh and preached a message of repentance. Everyone listened, from the lowliest to the king. They put on sackcloth and fasted and prayed […]
Wednesday of 1st Week in Lent Conversion Even for pagans, even for those known for their cruelty, like the people that enslaved the Jews, it is possible to be converted. When the author of the Book of Jonah told this to the Jews, it was an astonishing message to them. For Jews, yes, […]
Wednesday of 1st Week in Lent Conversion Introduction Even for pagans, even for those known for their cruelty, like the people that enslaved the Jews, it is possible to be converted. When the author of the Book of Jonah told this to the Jews, it was an astonishing message to them. For Jews, yes, […]
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YOU ARE NOT ALONE: Celebrating International Women’s Day with the Widows of Nagercoil Nagercoil, India. One of the mission posts of the Claretian Province of Chennai in India anticipated the International Women’s Day celebration on Sunday, March 6, 2022, in Thadikarankonam, Nagercoil, with one hundred thirty-eight widows of the Namakaga Naam Widows Organization and twenty other […]
Tuesday of 1st Week in Lent Word from God and Word to God God speaks his word to people in many ways: first of all, his word-in-action, that is, his saving deeds; his words written down in the Bible again, more the language of action than of words; the words he speaks through […]
REFLECTION: Matthew 6:7-15 “Women make the world beautiful, they protect it and keep it alive.” “They bring the grace of renewal, the embrace of inclusion, and the courage to give of oneself.” This was the message of Pope Francis on the International Women’s Day in 2019. “Peace, then, is born of women, it arises and […]
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THE MYSTERIOUS REASONS OF THE HEART Introduction In popular language, to fall for someone is synonymous with falling in love. The momentum of love does not deny the rational, but goes beyond it, ranges over new horizons, and soars towards a world of unexpected emotions. Faith is a conscious decision. Jesus […]