Author name: Juan

“… whoever wants to be great must become the servant of all”. (Mt. 20:17-28) In this passage from today’s Gospel, Jesus’ two relatives, James and John, through their mother, ask Jesus to be the heads of the subsequent mission, up there, perhaps making use of their kinship with Him. But Jesus, seeing this desire for […]

“Do whatever they tell you, but do not be guided by their works, for they do not practice what they preach.” (Mt. 23:1-12) Jesus was not from the tribe of Levi from which the priests and worshippers came. Nor did He belong to a religious institution like that of the Pharisees. He was part of

“Be merciful, as your Father is merciful” (Lk. 6:36-38) Mercy = to bring to the heart the miseries of others God has mercy on us in the highest degree. He forgives us for our mistakes a thousand times. Many times we play with this knowing that God’s forgiveness will be just around the corner, and

“If your righteousness is not greater than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.” (Mt. 5:20-26) If our righteousness is not different, we will remain in mediocrity, in the multitude that lives as if God did not exist, as if He were a ghost, as if the criteria

“Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” (Mt. 16:13-19)                                                                                                        In this Gospel passage, the question that Jesus asks his apostles is also for us: Who do we say that Jesus is?  To the people, to others, to the children we teach, to the young people, to those who work with us

“This is a wicked generation. It asks for a sign, but no other will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. (Lk. 11:29-32) In the passage of Luke 11:29-32, we are presented with a profound reflection on the search for signs and the true conversion of heart. We live in a world that

“Pray this way: Our Father… hallowed be thy name…  thy kingdom come” (Mt. 6:7-15) How many times have we heard this Gospel about the Lord’s Prayer? Maybe a lot. But what will these days of Lent say to those of us who go through it trying to convert our lives, preparing ourselves for the joy

“Come, you who are blessed by my Father… for I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty… I was passing through…” (Mt. 25:31-46) We will be judged in love… we will be judged in love…  That should resonate with us every day of our lives. In this we are all

“It is not the healthy who need the doctor, but the sick.” (Lk. 5:27-32) We always tend to classify people as “bad” or “good”. Today we talk about “toxic” people, those who take away your energy, who bother you, who are “obnoxious”, who are bitter and from whom we have to stay away so that

“Can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them?  (Mt. 9:14-15) We are not isolated from the world. The world surrounds us also with its struggles, makes us grow in selfishness, almost as a way of defending ourselves… And when a time like this comes, we realize that someone has also taken