Sunday´s Gospel, XXIV Sunday in ordinary time
GOSPEL , Luke 15, 1-10: The tax collectors and the sinners were all seeking the company of Jesus to hear what he had to say, and the Pharisees and the scribes complained. ‘This man’ they said ‘welcomes sinners and eats with them.’ So he spoke this parable to them:…
We can see the Lord’s happiness and joy by the repentance and conversion of his children
Lectio Divina Reflectión, Words for life, What is causing the separation of the faithful from the Church? – The loss of confidence in the Church caused by the reading of books, critical of the Church, which are not based on really appropriate criteria. – The lack of sincere and…
Voice of pope Benedict XVI, a God the Father so full of mercy
This passage of St Luke constitutes one of the peaks of spirituality and literature of all time. Indeed, what would our culture, art and more generally our civilization be without this revelation of a God the Father so full of mercy? It never fails to move us and every time…
Saints´Feast Days Coming Up, XXIV Sunday in ordinary time
St. John Chrysostom-Feast Day September 13th: John was born in Antioch to Greco-Syrian parents in 349 AD,father who was a military official died soon after his birth and he was brought up solely by his Christian mother. He studied rhetoric under Libanius a pagan and theology under Diodorus of Tarsus.He…
The family choir celebrate 8 years of singing
The Family Choir celebrated its 8th Anniversary in a very enjoyable act on the 3rd of September in the restaurant of Jorge and Ana (brother and sister of Joao and Eliana), Bodegon Gallery Restaurant in Benahavis. Also the Rociero Choir and the International Choir were represented, as well as…
Sunday´s Gospel, XXIII Sunday in ordinary time
GOSPEL – Luke 14, 25-33: Great crowds accompanied Jesus on his way and he turned and spoke to them. ‘If any man comes to me without hating his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple. Anyone who does not carry…
The Canonisation of Mother Teresa of Calcutta The «happiest day of her life»
It is said that saints come in twos, like Virgin Mary and St. Joseph, St. Peter and St. Paul, St. Francis and St. Claire and the French saints Louis and Celia Martin. In 1986, when Pope John Paul II visited the house of Mother Teresa right in the middle…
Voice of pope Francis, World Day Of Prayer For Vocations
Father of mercy, who gave your Son for our salvation and who strengthens us always with the gifts of your Spirit, grant us Christian communities which are alive, fervent and joyous, which are fonts of fraternal life, and which nurture in the young the desire to consecrate themselves to you…
Saints´Feast Days Coming Up, XXIII Sunday in ordinary time
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta-Feast Day September 5th: Teresa was born Gonxha Agnes BojaxhiuSkopje in the Ottoman empire in 1910 to Albanian parents. At the age of 18 she left home to join the Sisters of Loreto as a missionary and was placed in an abbey in Ireland,it was here she…
Support Horizonte, Proyecto Hombre
SUPPORT HORIZONTE, PROYECTO HOMBRE!! The NGO, «Asociación Horizonte», has been dealing with the various types of addiction existing in Marbella for the last 34 years. It operates through the programme «Proyecto Hombre», a well-known and successful charity working throughout the world since 1979, and has helped hundreds of families who…