World Lab Animal Day is another name for World Day For Animals In Laboratories, observed every year on April 24 globally. The purpose of this day is to draw attention to the suffering and killing of animals that take place in laboratories all around the world. Animals used in experiments […]
Good Friday, the Passion of the Lord, Year B – 2024
There are things we enjoy looking at – we spend time looking at this and that aspect of a certain object. We want to observe every side of it – the position, the color, the texture. There are other things that we cannot bear to set our eyes on – […]
World Day of Peace – 1st January 2024
World Day of Peace, celebrated on January 1 every year, is primarily a Catholic feast day dedicated to universal peace on the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God. On this occasion, Popes generally make authoritative declarations on the Catholic Social Teachings (C.S.T.). The theme of the feast has always […]
28th Sunday of Year A – 2023
We sometimes hear people exclaim: “This is too good to be true!” They may speak these words about some unexpected outcome, or some surprising opportunity. They can hardly believe that such good fortune is offered to them. The text of today’s 1st reading could perhaps provoke the same reaction […]
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery – 2 December
Every year on December 2nd, the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery draws attention to slavery that still exists in the world. This day also focuses on the eradication of contemporary slavery. Many Americans think of slavery as something from history. This type of slavery involved the ownership and […]
22nd Sunday of Year A – 2020
Last Sunday, the gospel text showed us Peter being praised by Jesus – praised for recognizing him as he is, the Christ. But in today’s text, far from being congratulated, Peter is reprimanded in no uncertain terms! (Mt.16:21-27) “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you […]
33rd Sunday of Year C – 2019
People sometimes say that poets and prophets have a way with words. This expression means that poets and prophets have the gift of stirring up our imagination. They offer us… visions! Yes, they enable us to see things we had not perceived, or to see familiar things in a new […]
Good Friday, Year B
“The crowds were appalled on seeing him – so disfigured did he look that he seemed no longer human – … without beauty, without majesty, No looks to attract our eyes… A man to make people screen their faces. » This is what Isaiah tells us in the 1st reading of […]
5th Sunday of Year B
It is practically every day that we are told: “Don’t forget – don’t forget to go there, to buy this, to call so-and-so.” Or, more positively expressed: REMEMBER – remember to do this, to collect that, to pay the bills, etc. Yes, people around us repeatedly call our attention to […]
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day – 14 October
The Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance (WHPCA) has announced the theme of this year’s World Hospice and Palliative Care Day and Voices for Hospices. The theme is: Universal Health Coverage and Palliative Care: Don’t leave those suffering behind! World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is the global day of action […]