WE are reminded of this peculiar character of our earthly condition in that parable Christ told his disciples about a man who sowed good seed in his farm but an enemy also sowed weeds in it. (cfr. Mt 13,24-43) Yes, in this life, we have...
IT’S obvious that we need laws. We should respect and follow them as faithfully as possible as long as they are just laws. But we have to understand that laws, which in the end come from God, are formulated and articulated by us and therefore...
WE have to know what true rest is and how we can have it. There are now many ideas about what and how it should be, all of them giving us some truth about rest, but there can only be one real definition of rest...
THIS is, of course, a challenge for all of us. We have to learn how to remain childlike in spirit even as we age and mature, and gain a lot of experience in life. We have to remember that only when we have this spiritual...
WE need to realize more deeply that we are in constant need for repentance and conversion. We should never take this need for granted. It is not meant to make our life look gloomy all the time. Rather, it is meant to make us to...
IN that part of the gospel where Christ talks about making war in order to have peace and about considering those who love father and mother more than him as not worthy of him (cfr. Mt 10,34-11,1), we are actually reminded that we really have...
THE parable of the sower and the seed (cfr. Mt 13,1-9) prods us to undertake the urgent and most necessary task of spreading the word of God widely and abidingly. It also urges us to be that good soil that brings good and plentiful fruit...
“BEHOLD, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves.” (Mt 10,16) Clear indication from Christ that practically obliges us to seriously take this training of how to be both simple and shrewd in...
“WITHOUT cost you have received; without cost you are to give.” (Mt 10,8) These words of Christ should be the guiding principle when considering the financial aspect of the priestly ministry. It cannot be denied that this financial aspect of a priest’s ministry can pose a...
WHEN Christ chose his 12 apostles, (cfr. Mt 10,1-7) we have to realize that if we want to be true believers and followers of Christ, we too should feel called to be apostles of his. We too should feel the need to continue helping him...