Usually, our reflection is on a theme taken from one of the readings. However, today we will focus our attention on the Psalm of today’s celebration, Psalm 91. This Sunday opens the period of Lent and we start today our Lenten pilgrimage. A pilgrimage, a journey to a destination, to […]
Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord, Year A – 2020
Repeatedly, and in many ways, poets and prophets have said it: LIFE IS A JOURNEY. The beginning of a new year is, somehow, a reminder of this. Of course, a journey means setting out and being on the move. Today’s gospel, on the Feast of Epiphany (Mt.2:1-12) illustrates this very […]
World Day for Safety and Health at Work – 28 April
This year, the World Day for Safety and Health at Work (SafeDay) and the World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) are coming together in a joint campaign to improve the safety and health of young workers and end child labour. The campaign aims to accelerate action to achieve Sustainable Development […]
World Day of Social Justice – 20 February 2023-2024
The United Nations’ (UN) World Day of Social Justice is annually observed on February 20 to encourage people to look at how social justice affects poverty eradication. It also focuses on the goal of achieving full employment and support for social integration. Background The World Summit for Social Development was […]
World Hepatitis Day – 28 July
ELIMINATE HEPATITIS The elimination of viral hepatitis has now been firmly put on the map. At the 69th World Health Assembly in Geneva, 194 governments adopted WHO’s Global Strategy on Viral Hepatitis, which includes a goal of eliminating hepatitis B and C in the next 13 years. The community responded […]
International Olympic day – 23 June
The history of the Olympic movement is rooted in the deep past (776BC). The first (modern) Olympic games were recorded in 1896. At the time they were so important event that warring States ceased their conflicts in order to commemorate this event. Since that year it has been more than […]
World Telecommunications Day – 17 May
World Telecommunications Day celebrates the constant evolution of one of the most important factors of our lives: communication. The main goal of World Telecommunications Day (WTD) is to highlight the importance of communication and how information travels across the world. It also aims to increase awareness of how crucial communication […]
Expectation
In this period of waiting, of e x p e c t a t i o n , the words of Henri Nouwen are very appropriate. « Those who think that they have arrived, have lost their way. Those who think they have reached their goal, have missed it. An important […]