It is the Risen Lord who is our security, who makes us experience profound peace even in the midst of life’s storms
pope Francis
All Saints
On this day, the feast of All Saints, in the year 1541, Michaelangelo‘s Last Judgement was unveiled on the rear wall of the Sistine Chapel.
Fathers’ Day
It’s Fathers’ Day today in New Zealand and Australia
engaging reality
Let’s retreat from from “those false and superfluous certainties around which we have constructed our daily schedules…”
which team
And how beautiful it is! It is like getting our lives back, getting a new chance. Nothing is more beautiful than to have a new chance.
no trouble
Jesus wishes to say something precise to us. He knows that in life the worst anxiety, agitation, is born from a feeling of not making it, of feeling alone
living the storm
The storm exposes our vulnerability and uncovers those false and superfluous certainties around which we have constructed our daily schedules, our projects, our habits, and priorities.
Be Praised!
It is four years this week since Pope Francis published his encyclical on the environment Be Praised addressed to “every person living on this planet.”
hope alive
Each of us is called to rediscover in the Risen Christ the one who rolls back from our heart the heaviest of stones. So let us first ask: What is the stone that I need to remove, what is its name?
a new deed
…self-esteem is not a human achievement. Healthy self-esteem is the fruit of knowing that we are loved even as imperfect, weak and vulnerable sinners.
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cafe protagonist
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Last Supper
“If the Eucharist is just a symbol, then to hell with it.”
Transfiguration
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walking together
Recent popes don’t speak much about the “kingdom” of God. Instead their language is new, fresh and relevant.