He who loves does not only offer to others what good they deserve, but rather what he perceives as being needed by them too. Be just. However, know that love cannot be expressed by the logic of justice, but by the logic of Jesus Who is all full of mercy; totally, entirely. Do you want ...
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Acts of Kindness
A Generous Offer
Yesterday I was walking before noon. I saw him pass me on a small motorcycle (Vespa). He passed me by a little; then he pulled over to the side of the road and waited. I thought he was lost and needed someone to direct him to his destination. Do I look like one of those ...
Read moreA Story from a Fishmonger’s Shop
A few days ago, a friend told me that he was in a fishmonger’s shop, waiting for its owner to finish what he had ordered for lunch for himself and for his household. A man came in, and asked the fishmonger if he can buy fried bread (only) for two people, perhaps for himself and ...
Read moreConcern for Others
During the pandemic, it became customary for people, in their joys and sorrows, to leave their phone numbers on formal announcements that they set, to receive congratulations or condolences. This reception style, which distanced us from one another on the one hand, has relieved us, on the other hand, of transmitting the disease and its ...
Read moreA Sun in Winter
Yesterday, some friends told me that, these days, they are attending to helping some needy brethren who do not leave their villages during winter, to face the cold. Only those who love, who understood very well that we are all one family, are the ones who fight the cold in others. I remember my mother ...
Read moreChange the World
Change the world. Love; those who are with you and those who seek refuge in you… give them of your time, your listening, and your experience in life. Give to your children and your friends… and to those whom you think you owe something. Rest assured, nothing changes the world other than that we love.
Read moreThe Law of Life
Today, while I was walking, the sight of a woman driving her car responsibly caught my attention. She was holding the steering wheel with both hands. I saw her well. She had her hands visible over the steering wheel. Where is the cigarette, the loyal friend to many people in the car and elsewhere? I ...
Read moreGood People
Those we see, every day, on the roads of this life, are those whom God has sent to us in order to serve them. Without this conviction, doing good becomes, for many people, an indefinitely well-kept dream. Good people, who do not fit in the world, are living right here, right now.
Read moreA Story From Hollywood
Before Zach Galifianakis entered the world of film acting, he befriended “Mimi Haist”, the elderly lady he met in a California laundromat. He proudly tells that this lady has taught him to take care of his clothes. After he got immersed in acting and its concerns, he stopped seeing his friend “Mimi”. He rose in ...
Read moreOf the Wisdom of the Elders
My mother used to repeat to me: “When you visit a sick person in his house, you do not accept hospitality. If you want to allow yourself something, have a cup of coffee, if you see that it was ready before you enter”. In every way, my mother came from her parents’ upbringing. “This is ...
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