F for Faith To have faith, it is… to believe, you will say. Of course… but still? It is to accept a set of propositions on a given topic. You are right but… only this? A short text of the gospel reveals more: “As Jesus went on from there, two […]
World Day for Consecrated Life – 2 February
Consecrated women and men — together with Catholics in general — are invited to celebrate the World Day for Consecrated Life. Established by St. John Paul II, the day recognizes the beauty and impact of a life dedicated to poverty, chastity, and obedience. When is it celebrated? The Catholic Church […]
When there is nothing left…
On this 5th Tuesday of Year B, the gospel reading offers us a long text. We are presented with a scene that allows us to meet a man who is desperate, and with a woman who has also lost hope. But for both of them, life recovers all its meaning! […]
World Youth Day – 26 July 2023
5,000 Canadian Youth Join Pope Francis in Portugal for WYD More than 5,000 Canadian Youth are making their way to Lisbon, Portugal to be with Pope Francis, from 1 to 6 August 2023. The Holy Father will join more than one million young people for World Youth Day (WYD), an […]
2nd Sunday of Easter, Year A – 2023
In this day and age, surveys are commonplace. People want to know what others think about different subjects. They want to be aware of how their fellowmen and women feel about many topics. So, journalists, reporters, and others involved in the media, submit questionnaires – questionnaires asking about the opinions […]
World Day of Prayer – 3 March 2023
Introduction The World Day of Prayer is a global ecumenical movement which brings Christians of many traditions together to observe a common day of prayer each year. Through preparation and participation in the worship service, we can learn how our sisters of other countries, languages and cultures understand the Biblical […]
Feast of Diwali – 24-28 October 2022
Diwali, the festival of lights, is a religious observance commemorated by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and some Buddhists around the world. (A five day celebration), every autumn, the observance sees millions of people attend firework displays, prayer services and festive events in celebration of the occasion. However, festivities were cancelled last year for […]
29th Sunday of Year C – 2022
The texts of the gospel come to us in different ways. They reach us under different expressions and translations. And they can provoke in us different reactions… The last verse of today’s gospel text (Luke 18:1-8) does precisely this: it awakens in us thoughts and questions. Jesus has been teaching […]
19th Sunday of Year C – 2022
The 2nd reading of this Sunday speaks of people and events long gone (Hebrew 11:1-2,8-19). The people involved and their experiences may seem distant and strange to us and yet… Yet, what is described in this text has a message that is very relevant to us in our own time. […]
Feast of the Holy Trinity, Year C – 2022
One day, I heard someone say with much conviction: “We must let God be God!” Perhaps this is what today’s celebration is meant to remind us of: Let God be God… Accept that God is… so much greater than we can picture, so much wiser than we can understand, so […]