St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle…
On Friday, July 4, 2013 Pope Francis was joined by Pope emeritus Benedict XVI in the gardens for a ceremony during which the Holy Father blessed a statue of St Michael at the same time consecrating the Vatican to the Archangel’s protection. I believe this consecration really angered the devil, because very soon after he…
Pope Francis to Cursillistas
Pope Francis met with Italian Cursillistas in Rome last week on Saturday May 28th on the occasion of their 7th national Ultreya. Some quotes… “You use this ancient pilgrims’ greeting, “ultreya”, to indicate the meaning of these gatherings, which have characterized your charism since the beginning: they are moments of encounter, of proclamation, of witness…
Easter reflection Part 2
Easter did not occur simply to console those who mourned the death of Jesus, but to open hearts to the extraordinary message of God’s triumph over evil and death. The light of the resurrection was not meant to let the women at the tomb bask in a transport of joy, but to generate missionary disciples…
Easter reflection by Pope Francis
“Why do you look for the living among the dead?” We cannot celebrate Easter if we continue to be dead; if we remain prisoners of the past; if in our lives we lack the courage to let ourselves be forgiven by God who forgives everything; if we fail to change, to break with the works of evil, to…
A Large Room
“The Church must be a large room. Not a small and closed circle, but a community with arms wide open, welcoming to all. Let us ask ourselves this question: when someone approaches who is hurting, who has made a mistake, who has gone astray in life, is the Church, this Church, a room large enough…
Easter Joy!
“All too often we look at life and reality with downcast eyes; we fix our gaze only on this passing day, disenchanted by the future, concerned only with ourselves and our needs, settled into the prison of our apathy, even as we keep complaining that things will never change. In this way, we halt before…
Cristianismo
Recently in our School of Leaders, we were going over the STUDY rollo. I was intrigued, by the translation in English, that they preserved the word “Cristianismo”. In English, we rarely ever hear the word “Christianism”, however it is common in Spanish. “Cristiandad” and “Cristianismo” are often just translated into English as “Christianity”, so what’s…
Peter’s Reflection on Witness
Sometimes I feel as if I and others have reduced Christianity to studying and learning Christianity. Its like learning Algebra but never having used Algebra or never needing to use the Algebra. Its only when things go sour that many including myself truly cry out to God. “My personal Savior”.There is something to be said…
Francis on the Wedding at Cana
It is beautiful to think that the first sign Jesus accomplished was not an extraordinary healing or a miracle in the temple of Jerusalem, but a gesture that responded to a simple and concrete need of common people, a domestic gesture. Let us put it this way — a miracle done on “tip toes”, discretely,…
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