Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples. The theme for 2017 is “Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and […]
19th Sunday of the Year A
The theme of last Sunday (Feast of the Transfiguration, Year A) is back again: “Do not be afraid…” Yet, the situation described in today’s gospel (19th Sunday of Year A – Mt.14:22-33) is quite frightening! A storm on the lake and the apparition of… a mysterious being walking on the […]
Feast of the Transfiguration, Year A *
* (This feast takes the place of the 18th Sunday of Year) The gospel of this Sunday (Feast of the Transfiguration, Year A – Mt.17:1-9) presents us with a scene that is rather unusual in the life of Jesus. It is no wonder that the apostles are startled and even […]
Pentecost, Year A
“The doors were closed (‘locked’, says another translation) in the room where the disciples were for fear of the Jews.” Have you ever been really afraid? If so, you surely remember the experience! In a threatening situation, it seems we can’t think straight! We try to figure out the best […]
International Human Solidarity Day – 20 December
« Global problems require collective solutions. At a time of divisiveness on many key global issues, from armed conflict to forced migration, people need to turn toward each other in common cause, not away from each other in fear. » — UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon This year’s celebration of Human Solidarity Day […]
Terrorist attacks
Paris, Bamako, violence and terror: we wonder, we worry… Awful, terrible, inhuman – we lack words to describe the reality. France, Mali, Syria, Iraq, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Libya, Yemen, Afghanistan, Palestine… The litany could go on and on… Yes, we wonder, we worry and… and we search for answers. […]