The period of the preparation for Lent, which will be completed next Sunday, with its well-known titles, is a continuum. Before the fast and even as an introduction to it, the Church prompts us to establish ourselves on four virtues, without which we cannot secure righteousness; namely: humility, repentance, the love of the poor, and ...
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The Parable of the Publican and the Pharisee
When I was young, on winter nights, my mother used to seat us, my sister and I, next to her, cover us with her blanket, and indulge with us in story-telling. Before being their very topics, stories are, for those who were, like me, comforted by them, a person who loves you. The benefits of ...
Read moreSpiritual Pride
In the movie “The Two Popes,” Pope Benedict XVI, of thrice-blessed memory, (played by Anthony Hopkins) tells Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, now Pope Francis (Jonathan Pryce), in their fictional dialogue: “we all suffer from spiritual pride, all of us. You must remember that you are not God… However, you must believe in the mercy that you ...
Read moreRenewing Ourselves Today
This is my goal in these hasty lines. You know. There is no day without a past. Even our first day in this life carries a past that we have formed in our mothers' wombs. Here, the time of our awareness concerns me. The beginning of our renewal requires that we first accept that what ...
Read moreCommunion in Love
One of my committed friends told me that he had told a priest who is serving them with new fervor, about a regeneration work taking place in another Church. The story seemed out of place! He who was hearing it replied its conveyor: “it seems that you are unaware of the activity taking place in ...
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 moreThe Path of Life
If the Word of God has chosen to be humble as His path to us, our access to Him cannot have another path. This is the path of life.
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