(By: J. Veltri, sj) I enter into a retreat seeking a deeper knowledge and faith that GOD wants to communicate personally with me, no matter where I have been or how closed I have been in the past. This is a tme of disengagement – because I recognize that we are rhythmic creatures needing activity…
Dear Brothers and Sisters, in our continuing catechesis on Christian prayer, we now turn to the prayer of petition. The Catechism explains that in every prayer we ask for the coming of God’s Kingdom in our lives and in our world. Jesus taught us to pray to our heavenly Father, acknowledging our total dependence on…
Laudato Si Week : May 16-25 Our insistence that each human being is an image of God should not make us overlook the fact that each creature has its own purpose. None is superfluous. The entire material universe speaks of God’s love, his boundless affection for us. Soil, water, mountains: everything is, as it were,…
Happy Easter to you ALL! Pope Francis says: The first Easter message that I would offer you: “it is always possible to begin anew because there is a new life that God can awaken in us in spite of all our failures. “From the rubbles of our hearts”, God can create a work of art;…
Dear Brothers and Sisters, in our continuing catechesis on prayer, we now consider the place of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the life of prayer. All Christian prayer is modelled on Jesus’ own prayer. As the incarnate Son, he not only teaches us to pray, but as the Mediator between God and man he constantly…
Through prayer and works of charity we open our lives to the Spirit’s gifts, following in the footsteps of countless saints who have gone before us. The Catechism tells us that there are as many paths of prayer as there are persons who pray, but it is the same Spirit acting in all and with…
” Let us allow ourselves to be loved, so that we can give love in return. Let us allow ourselves to stand up and walk towards Easter. Then we will experience the joy of discovering how God raises us up from our ashes.” -Pope Francis
We were always given a chance to be drawn closer to God and perfect opportunity comes in this time of LENT. Our Holy Father, Pope Francis said that in this life, we are always in need of conversion and that during this season of Lent the Church invites us to pray for this conversion. He…
First day of September Signs that you are here. Days to remember, Oh September I remember. I was born in September.
È stato un sogno da tempo per andare in missione. E poi un giorno ero sulla strada con la macchina quando la madre Generale mi ha dato la buona notizia, mi ha invitato di andare a Roma per una missione. Subito io le ho detto di SI anche se la madre mi ha detto di…
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