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 […]
World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly – 28 July 2024
The World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly this year will be July 28, 2024. The Pope challenges us: On this Fourth World Day devoted to them, let us show our tender love for the grandparents and the elderly members of our families. Source: Text: Google The fourth World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly will […]
4th Sunday of Easter, Year B – 2024
Nowadays, some people speak of our ways as those of a ‘throw away culture’. It seems that people buy a lot of objects, and they soon throw them away. They acquire many items and discard them readily. Not much is precious to them, it looks as if nothing is of […]
The Alphabet of Lent – Letter D
D for DISCIPLES The expression: ‘The DISCIPLES of Jesus’ is familiar to us. Apart from the twelve apostles whose names we know, the gospel speaks also of seventy-two disciples (Luke 10:1-24). We imagine them listening to Jesus and following him on the roads where he walks. Our imagination does not […]
Global Day of Parents – 1st June 2022
Appreciate All Parents Throughout the World Since the 1980s, the important role of the family has increasingly come to the attention of the international community. The General Assembly adopted a number of resolutions and proclaimed the International Year of the Family and the International Day of Families. Emphasizing the critical role […]
7th Sunday of Easter, Year C – 2022
Some people delight in finding unusual things, they marvel at extraordinary events. And, in this day and age, there is plenty to satisfy their search for what is special and exceptional! The landing of a human being on the moon ranks among such happenings. The astronaut, Neil Armstrong, is quoted […]
31st Sunday of Year B – 2021
Today’s gospel text (Mark 12:28-34) ends with a sentence that is most hopeful: “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” Who would not want to be told these words? It is truly reassuring to believe that we are not far from God. Is it not what we want: […]
12th Sunday of Year A – 2020
In prayer, saints of all times have said all kinds of things to God – at times surprising things! You wonder… Think of St. Philip of Neri who, with his usual sense of humour, would tell God: “Lord, beware of Philip, before the day is over he could have betrayed […]
4th Sunday of Lent, Year C – 2019
“When he came do his senses…” (Lk.15:11-32) Herding pigs, for a Jew, was a shameful occupation. To a Jew faithful to the prescriptions of the Law, these animals were considered ‘impure’. And there he was, minding pigs for the owner who did not even give him a share of the […]
Feast of Pentecost, Year B
« Each one bewildered… They were amazed and astonished… » This is what the 1st reading of this feast of Pentecost tells us (Acts 2:1-11) about the Christians of the first century. Fast forward to the 21st century, our own period of Christian living, could not this text describe us as […]