WORDS FOR LIFE Put on your trainers! In life there is a paralysis dangerous and difficult both to uncover and identify. I’d like to call it an «illness» which arises when we confuse a sofa with happiness. Some believe we need a sofa to be happy. A sofa…
“God is always on our side ” At times in our lives, we aim lower rather than higher.At those times, it is good to realize that God remains faithful, even obstinate, in his love for us. The fact is, he loves us even more than we love ourselves.He believes…
In our Christian life too, dear brothers and sisters, may prayer and action always be deeply united. A prayer that does not lead you to practical action for your brother — the poor, the sick, those in need of help, a brother in difficulty — is a sterile and…
Adoration and eucharistic devotion. Exhortation «Sacramentum Caritatis», n. 66: In the Eucharist, the Son of God comes to meet us and desires to become one with us; eucharistic adoration is simply the natural consequence of the eucharistic celebration, which is itself the Church’s supreme act of adoration. (192) Receiving…
Angelus— 10th-June-2007: In life today, often noisy and dispersive, it is more important than ever to recover the capacity for inner silence and recollection. Eucharistic adoration permits this not only centred on the «I» but more so in the company of that «You» full of love who is Jesus…
Homily THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS — 27th June 2014: This love, this steadfastness of the Lord manifestshumility of His heart: Jesus did not come to conquer men like the kings and the powerful of this world, but He came to offer love with gentleness and humility.…
Angelus— 26th-May-2013: Today is the Sunday of the Most Holy Trinity. The light of Eastertide and of Pentecost renews in us every year the joy and amazement of faith: let us recognize that God is not something vague, our God is not a God “spray”, he is tangible; he…
Homily— 24-May-2015: “As the Father has sent me, even so I send you… Receive the Holy Spirit” (Jn 20:21-22); this is what Jesus says to us. The gift of the Spirit on the evening of the Resurrection took place once again on the day of Pentecost, intensified this time…
REGINA COELI— 4th-May-2008 And what does the human person in every epoch need other than this: a firm anchorage in life? Here once again is the wonderful meaning of Mary’s presence among us. Turning our gaze to her, like the first disciples, we are immediately directed to the reality…
(Regina Caeli, 9th April 2007) Dear Brothers and Sisters, We are still filled with the spiritual joy that the solemn celebrations of Easter truly bring to believers’ hearts. Christ is risen! The liturgy devotes to this immense mystery not only a day – it would be too little…
