Teach us to pray, they asked Jesus. Christians have always sought to define the essential content of their faith. Jesus, from his heart, delivers it to us; He does it with a prayer. Not to ask for things but to be transformed. To pray is to reattach ourselves to God, as one attaches one’s heart…
The house is full of people; Jesus and his disciples are there; Mary, the young woman, sitting at her friend’s feet with the disciples around; Martha, the generous one, is in her kitchen, stoking the fire, checking the pots and pans, getting up, passing and going over before the group to set the table, bustling…
Jesus loves sharing how God can be surprisingly loving in the least expected details of everyday life; a crowd has followed them to the mountain, where God, in Jesus, the new Moses, will reveal new laws and love rules. The disciples suggested sending the crowd away; it was evening, and they were far from town.…
Trinity: one God in three persons. Dogma I do not understand, yet it is liberating because it assures me that God is not in Himself solitude; that the ocean of His essence vibrates with an infinite movement of love. God embodies reciprocity, exchange, self-overcoming, encounter, and embrace. God’s nature is communion. The dogma of the…
In our Christian journey, loving the Lord is essential for us to hear His voice and follow His Word, uniting our desires and willpower. How does one love the Lord Jesus? Spiritual love sprouts through surrender and openness as a longing, allowing oneself to be loved. God is not earned; He is embraced, not through…
My sheep listen to my voice—not commanding to execute, but a loving voice to rouse. Listening is the hospitality of Life. To do this, you must “open the ear of your heart,” according to the Rule of St Benedict. Our loved one’s voice touches the heart’s senses long before words take shape; it surrounds and…
The disciples, locked away in fear of the authorities, found themselves in an upper room shrouded in darkness that hardly resembled a home. The absence of the loving Jesus sacrificed in Calvary left a void, leaving only fear and shame as life seemed to fade away. Though it’s spring outside, they are trapped in a…
Easter is both a resounding surprise of life and a harmonious interweaving of cosmic signs: spring, full moon, the first day of the week, the first hour of the day. It shouts of a new start: a new week begins (just like in biblical Genesis), the day starts, the sun is new, and the light…
During the supreme days of Holy Week, the weight of time changes pace; the liturgy slows down, takes another breath, and calmly accompanies the last days of Jesus: from the entry into Jerusalem until Magdalene’s rush into the garden when she sees the tombstone clothed with angels. Sadly, hate for Jesus is growing, but he…
The Gospel, which means “Good News,” took a profound turn when religious leaders presented a tragic story about the murdered Galileans to Jesus. They work with an image of God as an angry judge with a heavy and unrelenting arm, thrashing many. Jesus’ answer is stark: stop imagining existence as a courtroom. There is no…