May 8, 2026 Loving Jesus, Receiving the Spirit In this Gospel, Jesus tells us how to love him and how to perceive the presence of the Spirit that the Father sends us thanks to the Son's prayer. Fi…
Mar 7, 2026 A Transforming Encounter During the third week of Lent, the liturgy offers us a special Gospel: the story of Jesus’ conversation with the Samaritan woman. This dialogue is an…
Jan 2, 2026 Being a shining star for the new Magi today This coming Sunday, we celebrate the Epiphany, the revelation of the Lord to the world. For the Orthodox Church, Epiphany replaces their celebration…
Oct 31, 2025 Moving from life to life It is certainly difficult to remember our departed family members and friends. We grieve because we love them and we are sad because they have left u…
Aug 29, 2025 Humility and false humility In this parable, Jesus teaches his disciples the importance of humility. He says, " When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take t…
Jul 5, 2025 Rejoyce, because your names are written in heaven In today's Gospel, Jesus expresses his desire to involve people in his own mission. He said, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so as…
May 9, 2025 Following the Good Shepherd In this world, there are many shepherds who want us to follow them. They want us to follow them so they can take us to their chosen destination. They…
Mar 14, 2025 Discovering that we are beloved children On the second Sunday of Lent, the Gospel is special. The Gospel does not speak of fasting or penance or suffering or the temptation of Jesus in the d…
Jan 10, 2025 Discovering our Identity: We are Children of God Often, we have a narrow understanding of baptism. We see it merely as a means of washing away our sins. This was probably the understanding of John t…
Aug 17, 2024 The Martyrs as Living Eucharist Jesus said, "I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever.” (Jn 6:51) By saying this, he is de…
Feb 2, 2024 She waited on them The Gospel talks about the healing of Simon Peter's mother-in-law. It looks just like an act of charity. She was ill and Jesus wanted to heal her. Bu…
Nov 18, 2023 Trading Talents In today's parable, Jesus depicts the Father as a man going on a journey who entrusts his goods to his servants. He gave five talents to the first, t…
Sep 10, 2023 Loving the sinners Media advertise, and people think that a sinful life is overall enjoyable. So, sin is not so bad. The only sore point is that it brings about divine…
Jul 14, 2023 Hearing and Living the Gospel In today's gospel, Jesus talks about the importance of the Word. We think we can live by money and job security, by food and entertainment, in affect…
May 5, 2023 Whoever has seen me has seen the Father In this Gospel, Jesus tells us that we follow Him into our Father's house. He says we should not be afraid or anxious because we know whom to trust…
Feb 24, 2023 Trust in God alone In Sunday’s Gospel Jesus experiences the temptations. After forty days of life in the desert, fasting, he feels hungry and the devil tempts him. What…
Dec 17, 2022 Joseph, a man who believes in the will of God We are close to Christmas, and the Gospel talks about Joseph's vocation to be the foster father of the child Jesus. The situation of Mary and Joseph…
Oct 7, 2022 Gratefulness Ten lepers meet Jesus. At least one of them is a Samaritan. Historically, the nation of Samaria is the product of the mingling of different peoples…
Aug 14, 2022 The Refusal of the Disciple This Gospel is not very easy to understand. Jesus' words are very strong. Why did he say: " Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth…
Jun 17, 2022 We Become One Body We celebrate the Feast of the Holy Body and Blood of Christ this coming Sunday. We celebrate the love of the Lord who does not leave us alone in the…
Apr 9, 2022 The Lord's Sacrifice: The Grace of an Infinite Love The liturgy of the Church invites us to reflect on the sacrifice of Jesus and, after his death, the joy of his resurrection. Palm Sunday is the celeb…
Feb 5, 2022 The Fishermen Were Washing Their Nets It is interesting to realize that the calling of the disciples did not happen in a special place or during a particular prayer experience. They were…
Dec 11, 2021 Conversion, a gift from God for us We are journeying in the path of preparation for Christmas. The Gospels of Advent’s Sunday are helping us with important messages: to be vigilant, to…
Oct 7, 2021 Only God can fill the void of our infinite desire This gospel is telling us a sad reality: the possibility to renounce our happiness, and to find ourselves far from God, terribly regretful. This is t…
Apr 8, 2021 Peace, Love, Mission, and Forgiveness In today's Gospel, Jesus appears twice to the disciples, when still "the doors were locked" for fear of the Jews. Jesus right away pronounces the gre…
Feb 11, 2021 "I was dead, but Jesus has made me live!" The first step in the cure is to acknowledge the disease. Nobody can be cured if he or she is not aware of or denies the illness. The second step is…
Dec 26, 2020 A “pierced” love To have a family is such a valuable thing! The family is where we were born, we grew up and the place where we learn how to build good relationships…
Nov 6, 2020 Lamp’s oil of hope and faith Walking in a solitary and dark place on a moonless night can be very difficult. We cannot see anything. A small obstacle can become fatal for our wal…
Sep 11, 2020 Forgiveness makes us freer and happier In my experience, any time I receive people for confession, whatever penance I ask them to do, they accept without any reaction or comment. Neverthel…
Jul 16, 2020 The growth of the good wheat in society and in our hearts We can imagine what a bad surprise can be for a farmer to see his fields filled by darnel. He knows that the wheat will produce less because of the p…
May 8, 2020 "God is like Jesus" Today’s Gospel is very rich in insights. While answering his disciples’ questions, Jesus takes the opportunity to explain very important realities. F…
Feb 27, 2020 Disciples of Jesus or followers of the “separator” We are starting the time of Lent. At the beginning of this journey, we read the gospel which describes the temptation of Jesus in the desert. Jesus i…
Jan 8, 2020 This is my Beloved Son During the baptism of Jesus, a voice resounded from heaven: "This is my beloved Son". The same words will be heard also during the experience of Tran…
Nov 7, 2019 A God that does not take, but gives life In this Gospel, Jesus is put to trial by the Sadducees, a group of Levites descendants of the first high priest of the Temple of Jerusalem, who were…
Sep 19, 2019 Taking care of what really matters This is a difficult parable to understand. While reading it, some questions arise spontaneously: is this gospel teaching us to act dishonestly, to fa…
