Month: December 2024

St. Luke’s Gospel draws our attention today (in 2, 16-21) to the Blessed Virgin Mary, marveling at what had happened, treasuring the events of Christmas in her memory, and pondering them in her heart. The image is that of the …

Hoy comienza un nuevo año y sinceramente nos deseamos unos a otros todas las bendiciones de Dios: buena salud, bienestar, armonía en la familia, y felicidad… Este día, al celebrar la Fiesta de María, Madre de Dios (y Madre nuestra), …

While we are prone to make many resolutions at the beginning of a new year, we are a lot less prone to keep them. Fitness gyms, for example, always report a spike in new memberships in January – and then …

Yesterday, the Church celebrated the Feast of the Holy Family. As we continue our journey now through the Twelve Days of this holy season, let’s not leave them behind! We remember this and we remain inspired by it: that the …

While we properly celebrate the Holy Family of God today, we also celebrate “the human family,” called to be holy in every way possible. Let’s remember, however, that “holiness” does not mean “perfection.” Holiness means striving to follow God’s way …

Sin quererlo, la noche y el día de Navidad la mirada se había concentra­do por completo en el Niño. Pero ya entonces se nos recordaba cómo hay otras figuras en el “misterio,” en el belén. Se nos recordaba que había …

As we know, families are special in a lot of ways. Family life can be a very important way of keeping us safe and protecting us from harm. As families, we can share the things that we have and we …

La Misa del domingo, de la Sagrada Familia, nos invita a recordar que somos familia. La celebración nos sitúa en clave familiar. Es el día de la familia. Estamos todos invitados a renovar nuestro compromiso familiar, por un lado, …

It is fitting that the Church celebrates the feastday of St. John the Apostle soon after Christmas Day and within the Twelve Days. The opening lines of his Gospel sum up in a few words what we are celebrating right …

On the Second Day of Christmas, we celebrate the feastday of St. Stephen, a deacon and the first Christian martyr. At first glance, to join together the memory of the first martyr and the birth of the Redeemer might seem …