Arriving at the portico of the General Chapter
Arriving from all corners of the earth, the delegates to the Chapter began this ecclesial and congregational event with supper on Saturday, November 9th.The first day of the XVI General Chapter, Sunday 10 November 2024, began with a message of welcome from Sr. María...
WIDOW, A CHEERFUL GIVER: 32nd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
The stories of the widows in the bible, with names and without names, give us a distinct opportunity to appreciate how God protects and defends them. They gave us a point of admiration on how they live a life of faith. It was 16 years ago when my brother-in-law died,...
PRAYER IN LIFE AND TEACHING OF BL. FRANCISCO PALAU OCD
Feast Day of Bl. Francisco Palau OCD seems to be a great ocasion to deepen in his life and teaching. As this year we are invited as a Church to become ¨Pilgrims of hope¨in preparation for the great Jubilee of 2025, we center our reflection on importance of prayer in our life. Francisco Palau is a great example and mystagogue of prayer is intimate relationship with the Church.
ONE AND ONLY CALL TO LOVE: 31st SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
In this Gospel passage, we see Jesus distill the essence of God’s commandments into two interconnected calls to love: to love God completely and to love one’s neighbor as oneself. This teaching resonates deeply with the spirituality of Fr. Francisco Palau, the...
“MASTER, I WANT TO SEE”: 30th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
In today's Gospel, St Mark describes a pair of beautiful eyes, the eyes of "the blind man who sits begging by the roadside". Physically, these beautiful eyes cannot see the world around them, but in faith they have been enlightened to recognize and experience the...
MISSION OF SERVICE: 29th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
“Anyone ,who wants to be first among you, must be slave of all. For the Son of Man himself did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” In this World Mission Sunday, the gospel of Mark gives us the key of the missionary Church:...
FAMILY MATTERS: 27th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Our Gospel for this first Sunday of October is all about relationships. We should not forget that the month of October is the month of the Holy Rosary. It is the time we should consider praying for our families. In the gospel Jesus converses with the Pharisees about...
SIMPLE YET LIFECHANGING: 26th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
The gospel of this 26th Sunday brings to my mind some ideas: first, the insecurity that comes to us when others do good too; "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us." Of course, there...
“GOD WALKS WITH HIS PEOPLE”: WORLD DAY OF MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES 2024
“God walks with His people”, is the title chosen by Pope Francis for his Message for the upcoming World Day of Migrants and Refugees (WDMR), which is celebrated today, September 29, 2024. In this message, the Holy Father reminds us that all of us, God’s people,...
TRUE GREATNESS: 25th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
The theme of today’s readings might be summed up in these words of Martin Luther King: ‘Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.’ Ambition, drive, success and winning have been dominant traits of humanity from...
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