Protecting the Weak Around Us Introduction While the Bible speaks constantly of forgiveness, it always keeps condemning presumption, whether in […]

Sharing In Good Work Introduction The search for wisdom, says Ben Sirach, must be one of the main tasks of […]

Be The Last And Serve Others Introduction Today Ben Sirach speaks of sufferings that come to people and test them […]

Prayer For Healing Introduction In Year I, the first reading comes from the wisdom book of Ben Sirach, a high-placed […]

Imitating The Father In Heaven Introduction  If we are capable of doing it by the grace of God, there is […]

This Is My Beloved Son, Listen To Him   Introduction The Lectionary takes today an excerpt from the Letter to […]

Upon This Rock I Will Build My Church (Super hanc petram aedificabo ecclesiam meam) Introduction The liturgy celebrates today not […]

Accepting Christ, Accepting Suffering Introduction God makes a provisional covenant with people. Von Rad calls this the beginning of the […]

Lord That I May See Introduction The deluge ends. God and people are reconciled again. The dove returns with an […]

Seeing God’s Presence In The Events Of Life Introduction The memory of big inundations was strong in the lands and […]