GO AGAINST THE NATURE AND LOVE: SUNDAY REFLECTION (MT 22:34-40)
Loving well does not come naturally. If it came naturally, without any effort, we wouldn't need it to be a commandment. Loving well doesn't mean feeling well about someone. Ii is not some nice general idea. The first reading from Exodus explains it clearly: love is...
I BELONG TO GOD: SUNDAY REFLECTION (MT 22:15-21)
They came to ask Jesus a wrong question. They wanted to entrap Him, to find reasons to hate Him (as if they weren't hating Him already, as if they hadn't already decided what they wanted to do with Him...). They began recognizing Jesus' mission: to teach the way of...
INTIMACY THAT HEALS THE WORLD: PALAU’S SCHOOL OF LIFE (LETTER 39)
There are relationships that are closed, hermetic, exclusive. It’s not the case of relationship with Jesus: it brings forth love that is meant to heal and restore what is broken in whole of humanity.
HOW TO BE TRULLY YOURSELF?
It is a paradox but the more we become of God the more we become ourselves. We don’t guide ourselves anymore by the pressure of the world but by what is truly ours: our relationship with God.
GOD’S INVITATION: SUNDAY REFLECTION (MT 22:1-14)
In the parable, Jesus presents how God, in many mysterious and varied ways, calls people to himself by sending patriarchs, kings, and prophets. At first, God invited the chosen people, Israel. Later, God invited non-Jews who lived in Israel. Despite his repeated...
HOW TO GET A LITTLE CRAZY?
We don’t advance in our spiritual journey because we are too much concerned of ourselves and of the world. How would it be to give control of it all to God?
HOW TO LEARN TO BE QUIET?
God invites many people to come closer to him, to abandon themselves, to get quiet from their own achievemnts and hectic life. It is a gift that we can have if we will…
HOW TO BEGIN WELL AT THE WELL OF LIVING WATER?
To prepare ourself for the Feast of St. Teresa of Jesus, we invite you to journey through 4 ways of prayer she describes in her Book of Life. We hope you will feel encouraged to inmerse yourself in this fascinating depth of adventure with God.
CARMELITE-TERESIAN CHARISM: UNITY AND DIVERSITY (PART 7)
The three fundamental elements of the Teresian charism are prayer, fraternity, and mission. However, what truly characterizes
it is the fact that all three are intrinsically linked and do not make sense independently but call upon one another.
HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH?: SUNDAY REFLECTION (MT 21:33-43)
Reflecting upon the gospel for this Sunday, I find it very tragic, where the Landowner's servants and his son hwas been killed by the tenants to whom he entrusted his vineyard. I can imagine how the Landowner mourned these persons whom he valued. It was a sad kind of...
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