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Celebrando el segundo domingo de la Cuaresma, vamos a escuchar en la Misa que el hecho de la muerte salvadora de Jesús se expresa en su Resurrección, con la que el Padre legitima toda la aventura histórica de Jesús, …
The Christian moral life is one that seeks to cultivate and practice virtue. According to the Catholic Catechism, “A virtue is an habitual and firm disposition to do the good. It allows the person not only to perform …
The Universal Church celebrates today the “Feast of the Chair of Peter.” What is being celebrated, actually, is the unity of the Church. This is so because the principal diocese of the Catholic Church is Rome, and the Pope is …
One of the most compelling reasons to enter deeply into Lent is this: there is always hope! As long as life lasts, there is no reason to lose hope in God, in others, or indeed in ourselves. Things can always …
It has not always been spoken aloud, but Lent is aimed at what we call “a concern for growth.” All of the fasting, prayer, and almsgiving which the Church encourages is not about “a spiritual endurance test,” but that …
A prayer for the nation by Archbishop John Carroll, Baltimore, 1791:
“We pray, O almighty and eternal God, who through Jesus Christ has revealed thy glory to all nations, to preserve the works of your mercy, that your Church, being …
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“God said, ‘This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be …
Propiamente, Jesús no enseñó una “doctrina religiosa” para que sus discípulos la aprendieran y difundieran correctamente. Jesús anuncia, más bien, un “acontecimiento” que pide ser acogido, pues lo puede cambiar todo. Ello está ya experimentando: “Dios se está introduciendo en …
It was in the desert where Jesus spent forty days and forty nights before starting His public life (see Mark 1, 12-15). In a sense, our whole religious tradition was born in the desert. It was through the desert that …
¿Dónde está nuestra esperanza? La Cuaresma, la ceniza, la abstinencia, y el ayuno seguirán confirmando la opinión de los no creyentes: la fe cristiana es triste y amante del sufrimiento. Es también lo que piensan algunos creyentes “despistados” que todavía …
