September 16

(The call of Abram and the ancestral sagas) Now the Lord said to Abram, Go forth from your country, and from your relatives and from your father’s house to the land which I will show you. . . God calls each of us as he called the people of Israel. We, too, are to be […]

September 15

“So give yourselves humbly to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. And when you draw close to God, God will draw close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and let your hearts be filled with God alone to make them pure and true to him.” Being humble at all times […]

April 26

“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God who gives to all men generously and without reproaching, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.” After an […]

September 14

“Let the giving of your thanks be your sacrifice to God. . .” I thank God for Christian parents whose solicitude and prayer have followed me all the days of my life… for the spark of divinity in my soul that teaches me that it was not made for meanness and constantly urges me upward […]

September 13

“Arise, cry out in the night as the watches of the night begin; pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children who faint from hunger at the head of every street.” When I was in high school at Great […]

September 12

“Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see Your good works and glorify your Father Who is in heaven.” Being a Christian in this time is very difficult, or maybe it is just for me trying to be a Christian. Could it be that it has been and always […]

September 10

“A perverse man stirs up dissension, and a gossip separates close friends.” My Grandfather said many times “If you cannot say something good about someone you best not say anything.” These words still ring as true today as when I can first remember his saying them. Every time I hear someone gossip or when I […]

April 25

After they had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up before them and said: “Men, you should have taken my advice not to sail from Crete; then you would have spared yourselves this damage and loss. But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because not one of you will be […]

April 24

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” Pure, purity, purified – these words are used to promote a variety of products we use daily such as drinking water, vitamins, cosmetics, even “pure oxygen therapy” and many others. […]

April 23

“If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to […]