Promoting a Culture of Peace with Love and Conscience The preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that « disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of humankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech […]
3rd Sunday of Year C – 2025
When reading the gospel texts, we may be faced with… a temptation – the temptation to believe that all this happened in the past and does not apply to us. We see the people and the situations presented to us and we consider all this as history instead of… revelation. […]
15th Sunday of Year B – 2024
Rich, deep, and enlightening are the words I would use to describe the text of today’s 2nd reading (Ephesians 1:3-14). Paul is writing to the first Christians of Ephesus, and he has much to tell them – much about God and much about themselves. Reading again this long reflection, I […]
World Day Against Cyber Censorship – 12 March
World Day Against Cyber Censorship is an online event held each year on March 12 to draw attention to the ways that governments around the world are deterring and censoring free speech online. The day was first observed on 12 March 2008 at the request of Reporters Without Borders and Amnesty International. A letter […]
3rd Sunday of Lent, Year B – 2024
The text of the 1st reading of today’s celebration is well known to us (Exodus 20:1-17). Many of us have learnt it, long ago, memorizing every one of what is called ‘The Ten Commandments’. We may think that we know them and… there is nothing to be added to our […]
1st Sunday of Lent, Year A – 2023
A very small word (in the English language), it can determine much of life… IF… IF… suggests some conditions, opens up possibilities, outlines options, implies choices, calls on a person’s […]
6th Sunday of Year A – 2023
You may have overheard a conversation when, suddenly, one of the speakers said: “It’s a matter of life and death.” You knew immediately that they were speaking about some serious matter. In life, there are situations which are that important and we are aware of it. The 1st reading of […]
24th Sunday of Year C – 2022
A gospel text – THE gospel text so well known! (Luke 15:11-32). Too well known, perhaps… to the point that we fail to recognize the real identity of the people – those presented in Jesus’ parable. A son like… many other… Cherished by a loving father… Unaware of all that […]
World Bicycle Day – 3 June
For many of us, riding a bicycle without training wheels is the first challenging physical activity we ever learn how to master. We all remember, don’t we? A running start. The protective hand secured to the bicycle seat is released. And then — ZOOM! — the child is off and […]
Africa Day – 25 May
Africa Day (formerly African Freedom Day and African Liberation Day) is the annual commemoration of the foundation of the Organisation of African Unity on 25 May 1963. It is celebrated in various countries on the African continent, as well as around the world. The organisation was transformed into the African Union on 9 July 2002 in Durban, South Africa, but the […]