Forgiveness is one of the most profound and challenging teachings of Christianity. In a society where rancor and revenge seem to prevail, the call to forgive our enemies and those who have harmed us is radical and countercultural. However, at the heart of the Catholic...
I will begin this homily with the second reading. First, because it is the clearest and easiest to understand of the three; second, because it deals with a subject of capital importance for our Christian life. St. Paul explains the way in which we Christians assume...
To speak of individualism and synodality is to express or contrast two very different concepts, since within synodality there is no place for individualism. We are aware that we are living in a time when humanity is becoming more selfish, more individualistic or,...
In the fragment of Genesis 3, 9-15 it is related how man became a sinner. It is a story that explores and exposes one of the great enigmas of human existence: our freedom is labile, it easily loses its way and we do what we should not. Instead of making decisions that...
Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, the principal sacrament of the Church. What do we mean by the word “sacrament”? The Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 1131, says that “the sacraments are efficacious signs...
