Today we remember and celebrate the day that St Francis of Assisi was marked physically by the wounds of the cross in his body in the final years before his death. We call that the stigmata. Francis had a vision of a six-winged fiery seraph angel that transformed into...
This week’s Gospel readings are taken from Luke’s Sermon on the Plain, a sort of mirror memory of Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount which is more extensive and complete. The Sermon on the Mount or the Plain is a description of a basic plan for Christian living and...
Many times, our modern culture and mentality do not let us to understand what is happening in the Gospel events. We end up interpreting them with our modern eyes and we lose the true meaning. Today’s Gospel is one of those moments. When we hear the story about Jesus...
One day some fishermen are cleaning and mending their nets after a long night working without any success. As professional fishermen, they were experts in fishing and everything about their lake. They were prideful of their knowledge, experience, and trade. They knew...
The religious leaders of Jesus’ time had become guardians of tradition and rules. Those traditions and their own lifestyles had degenerated into a repetition of a boring life, boring preaching, and boring liturgies. Their word was rooted in the teaching of Moses, but...
