Fr Dino VaninThis Holy Week can bring us much spiritual benefit though our decision to live out a shocking utterance that Jesus said during the Last Supper, only hours before His horrific death on the cross. Here it is… John 15:5 I am the vine, you are the...
Whenever I mull over my defeats, as well as when I hear some troubling confessions and, in spiritual direction, I see the dangers of living in the past! The past is done and gone…It is no more. God is calling us to live in the present; His present...
More than any other, perhaps, the parable of the prodigal son reveals to us an aspect of the heart of the Father in the only way we, mere human beings, can understand it. For this reason, then, we ought to resist the habitual tendency that we all...
“For 3 years now I have come in search of fruit on this fig tree but have found none.” These words of disappointment might express God’s feelings looking at us and at our inner disposition. Three years ago, when we heard the very same readings from...
There are feats and jaw-dropping acts that appear superhuman and unbelievable cases of pain endurance which seem to go beyond the most stoic human limits. It could be slashing oneself with swords and knives, piercing the body with large hooks...
The Book of Deuteronomy (26:4-10) points out the need for constant gratitude for the freedom that God provides for his people: be it freedom from the oppression of Egypt, be it, as in our case today, freedom from the slavery of falsehood, deception...
We all have a list of things that drive us crazy. One that drives lots of people up the wall is caused by those, kids and some adults too, who do exactly the opposite of what they are told; out of spite, I guess. Is Jesus upset with us on...
Relax. The orders from Jesus in the Gospel of Luke (6:27-38) are a string of exaggerations designed to shock us. He doesn’t really intend for us to take them literally. We need only be nice and considerate, and civil with most people and everything...
Cursed is the one who trusts in human beings, who seeks his strength in flesh… The message is somber and blunt, but we shall thank God all the same. How accurate is this warning? Let us begin by asking ourselves: “who keeps failing us?” Many would...
To how many thousands of words were we exposed this past week? From newspapers, magazines, leaflets, notices, forms, contracts, radio, TV, social media….Weary, we take refuge in our church today and we tell ourselves: “I need a break; I need...