In the Company of Mary Our Lady, it is a great feast of the students, who offer to the Virgin the fruits of the year that is ending. “When Jeanne de Lestonnac opened the school in Bordeaux, her project was so successful that the classes were filled with students. Filled with joy, she wanted to …
Feast of the Presentation of the Child Mary in the Temple, Lk. 20:27-40. Read More »
What do you want me to do for you? Lk. 18:35-43 This question is the expression that Jesus uses to ask the blind man what is his inner desire. In fact, what moves internally in the blind man is the desire to regain his sight. Only when we recognize that internally something is not right, …
SEVENTH WORLD DAY OF THE POOR As a Church, we celebrate the Seventh World Day of the Poor. Pope Francis invites us to meditate on this verse taken from the book of Tobit: “Tobit, in the moment of trial, discovers his own poverty, which makes him capable of recognizing the poor. He is faithful to …
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To achieve a goal we need effort and discipline. Jesus knows that prayer is a fundamental tool for life, but He also knows that remaining faithful in prayer requires forming the habit of doing so and fundamentally the desire to maintain a relationship with God. That is why he proposes to his disciples a parable …
When there is a deep adherence to the person of Jesus, we seek first of all to live in coherence with the values of the Gospel. This implies that we persevere, because the very contexts and environments in which we live can sometimes lead us astray and tempt us to set aside the criteria of …
The revelation of God in Jesus allowed the Kingdom to be established on earth. Through the salvation story manifested in Jesus, we can realize that the Kingdom of God is a reality. Jesus has revealed to us the face and the way of being of God; in this way he allows us to visualize the …
Gratitude is a value that is developed within human beings, through the direct or indirect action of other people. This is what the leper of Samaria experienced, who felt immense gratitude to God with such intensity, that he returned to Jesus to thank Him for this life-changing gesture. Being grateful, we see life from another …
Today’s story gives us a very valuable lesson for our lives. Every mission we carry out must be framed in the context of gratuitousness. It is the evangelical attitude that Jesus teaches us and that does not seek any kind of external recognition. Our pay is the satisfaction that we have done what we had …
Human relationships enrich us and at the same time challenge us because the woven coexistence with different people is difficult. Offenses, grievances and dependencies arise that need to be reconciled, welcomed. Faced with this journey that Jesus shows us, which is in a community of brothers, his friends ask him to increase their faith. Our …
