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Our life is stretched between the mountains of Transfiguration and Calvary
On the Mount of the Transfiguration the glory of God’s Kingdom was shining out of the Lord. Peter, James and John witnessed that very moment. They also saw Moses and Elijah coming from heaven as the servants of the Lord. Moses came to give testimony that the whole Law finds its fulfilment in Jesus. Elijah, […]
Continue ReadingRepent and believe in the Gospel
We have just entered Lent by the words “Repent, and believe in the Gospel” pronounced at each one of us individually. It happened at the very moment when ash was put on our forehead. In this way we have been invited to tear our hearts and to surrender them to Christ; we are invited to […]
Continue ReadingGod touches hearts even in the middle of their decay
After all the traumas of spiritual, moral, psychological and physical leprosy, the triumph of the evil one might have been announced. This has never happened, and the world still exists. After the evil one has shown his ugliness, the ocean of consolation is again at hand. This is the evidence of the triumph of the […]
Continue ReadingOn healing value of the hunger for God
We believe in One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. However, when we look at the most visible side, at everything that is marked by human conditions, we do not have enough living saints so we do not have a healthy Church. If God is placed only as the background of the praise, liturgy, morality, charity, […]
Continue ReadingOn the difficult relationship between God and man and on the virtue of hating demons
There is a fresco in the Santa Maria del Carmine church in Florence by the Italian Early Renaissance artist Masaccio. It shows the difficult relationship between God and man. Shades of beige, dirty yellow dominate the painting. Red and grey-blue create the background. On the foreground there are naked people: Adam covers his face with […]
Continue ReadingLife as A Vocation
Once we reflect on our lives in the context of Christ’s calling “follow me”, we are already changed as we allow Christ’s eyes to rest on us and to touch our hearts deeply. Once we enter into the paradigm of life as a vocation, we know that the main question for us is not how […]
Continue ReadingLove of God
Have you ever been asked: do you love God? Whatever we think, let us say that we do love God to some extent. Do not be afraid to say it. The first step to that love is faith. Faith opens the gate to another world, the world of God’s presence, tenderness love, call to mission. […]
Continue ReadingA short story of “striking appearance”(mediation)
Today we are celebrating the Epiphany of the Lord. The word “epiphany” (ἐπιφάνεια), means “manifestation”, “striking appearance”. Indeed, it is amazing to host the Divine Person who became one of us. Indeed, it is amazing to witness the unveiled, however still in faith, reality of God who became visible and tangible. Indeed it is striking […]
Continue ReadingWhere is the baby?
Where is the baby who was in the womb of Mary against whom the enraged dragon went off to wage war? He lies in a manger. He is on the altar. He is conceived in me. Where is the baby protected by Joseph in the womb of Mary against stones of shame, despair and the […]
Continue ReadingNativity
In the littleness of Mary underneath the darkness God is born Herod searches the innocents the disciples escape shepherds come Magi come In Bethlehem underneath the evil the fury of rejection is stopped It only exalts the King of the Universe above the earth In the meekness of Mary God is born Who is ready […]
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