A teacher of our Colegio Agustiniano San Martin de Porres told me that she had prepared a Stations of the Cross with specific material for teachers and asked me if I thought it would be a good idea to close Lent with the teaching and administrative staff. Of course I...
A wave of prayers for Pope Francis in the Jubilee Year of Hope Just as the Catholic world began to tell and retell stories of hope in this post-COVID era, the news came that the Holy Father was ill, and this time, seriously ill. With bated breath, the faithful around...
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, celebrated annually from January 18-25, begins this year 2025 with the motto inspired by John 11:26: “I am the resurrection and the life…. Do you believe this?”. Prepared by the monastic community of Bose, this...
Pope Francis has called for a day of prayer and fasting for October 7, 2024, with the intention of imploring the gift of peace in the world. This date coincides with the first anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel, an event that sparked a brutal escalation of...
We begin with a paradox: how can a contemplative nun say that prayer, in short, praying, is the most difficult thing in the world? Well… yes, you can say that when you only see prayer from a single flat or obtuse perspective, from your own perspective or that of...
