Someone shared the story of a wife asking her husband who was outside in the yard watering the plants to come inside for she wants to ask him about what she found in his cellphone. Up to now her husband is still in the yard watering the plants. The Lord told his disciples that
“It is more blessed to give than to receive.” – Jesus Children, most especially, have a hard time believing those words. Isn’t opening a gift on your birthday, or at Christmas, the best thing in the whole wide world? For a kid it certainly seems more fun than wrapping a present for someone else. This
“I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another. This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” (John 13:34-35). These words were part of the Gospel reading on a recent Sunday. As I
“Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.” (Romans 12:15) The first Sunday in June is “National Cancer Survivors’ Day.” Today we celebrate with those who have battled cancer and who are living witnesses among us of hope and victory. Human persons are made for life, for eternal happiness, and for wholeness. Sickness
Do you easily get UPSET even over little things? If you do, it’s because you only think about yourself, your comfort and what pleases you, unmindful of others. You allow yourself to be SET UP by the evil one, you fall prey to pride and arrogance. Furthermore, people who get easily upset are immature, hard
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Holy Spirit gives Christians the courage and the strength needed to engage in a loving dialogue with God that is like the dialogue of a child with his or her father, Pope Francis said. “Do not forget this: The protagonist of all Christian prayer is the Holy Spirit. We can
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Charity should be given freely and lived humbly with the poor, never letting it become hypocrisy, a slick business or a way to soothe a troubled conscience, Pope Francis said. “Not only does charity that doesn’t ‘reach the wallet’ end up being fake charity, so does charity that doesn’t involve the
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — If the world is to win the fight against climate change, its leaders must stop profiting from fossil fuels that threaten the survival and well-being of the planet and its inhabitants, Pope Francis said. Addressing a Vatican climate change conference for finance ministers from around the world May 27, the pope
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Being indifferent to or excluding migrants is a sign of a deteriorating morality that will soon spread and risk marginalizing everyone who fails to fit in, Pope Francis said. In fact, the Christian response of welcoming, protecting, promoting and integrating does not apply only to migrants and refugees, but to all
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Much has been written, and for many years, about immigration and its various policy and practical aspects. But what about that “weekend associate” at your parish? Or that group of nuns who reopened the old convent? They, too, may be immigrants. There are close to 5,000 people from all denominations hailing from
