The ecclesial life consists of caring. For many brethren, the word means that they always have someone to care for them. In this sense, the word is correct, no doubt. Nevertheless, it is dangerous, at the same time. It is correct, the reason is well-known. The human being who always finds someone to care for ...
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Our Victory
A few days ago, I was overcome by the Corona virus. The friends, who checked up on me in their calls, all said: “a passing malaise”. The phrase is understandable. The disease is no longer killing, in general. However, you are at home with your pain and with this cough that does not want to ...
Read moreWatery Eyes
Do not always cry alone. Oftentimes, tears have helped people overcome this deadly lie that life is a garden of roses.
Read moreUnderstanding the Word
A young girl, almost twelve years old, asked her mother about something I said in my homily, which was difficult for her to understand. Her mother encouraged her to take up her question and pose it to me. I love questions, from both the old and the young. Most or all of them help me ...
Read moreThe Ecclesial Commitment
It is all beauty. In its details, it is heaven on earth; in thought; in art; in meaning; in the love that is manifested in it; and in this awareness that exhorts the heart to abstain from the world as it yearns for a kingdom to come… Who would say to the brethren, who neglect ...
Read moreBrother, Pray for Me!
People are more and more moving away, nowadays, from what is essential in the life of communion, that is, from asking for support in prayer. This is heedlessness coupled with excessive self-reliance, that is, keeping away from seeking God’s help, as well as forsaking the parlance of the Saints (1 Thessalonians 5:25). Today, who would ...
Read moreThe Healthy Person
There are two sins that most of us commit in diverse ways. The first is that we often neglect that Christ died for our sins, that is, we overlook that our faith in God’s salvation prevents us from committing sins. I am not talking only about those who have distanced themselves from the mystery of ...
Read moreIntegrity in Life
If the voices that were born to object to the wrong, to the wrong of the great before that of the little, to individualism and egoism, and to all that is stupid…, if these voices were asleep, then you should fear for everything that has meaning in this life, fear for everything that you care ...
Read moreMeeting with Friends
A while ago, my friend Laith Hanna asked me to suggest a picture for a post I wrote for you. I was surprised by his request. This is so unlike him. The man is a creative artist who does not need help with his work, which includes synthesizing the word and the image on this ...
Read moreThe End in the Beginning
We have reached the end. You do know that this day, Holy Saturday, is, historically, a favorable day for the baptism of new believers. Why does the beginning (baptism) take place at the end? Today’s event, that is, the theme of today’s feast (Descent into Hades), reveals that baptism is a communion with Christ’s death ...
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