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Gospel by pictures: Sunday 4th of Easter (May 11st)
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMToday, the scene we consider in the Gospel explains the existing intimacy between Jesus Christ and the Father; but not only that; it invites us to discover the relationship between Jesus Christ and his disciples. -
Gospel by pictures: Sunday 4th of Easter (May 11st)
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMToday, in this Gospel, Jesus uses two images when referring to himself: He is the shepherd and He is the gate. Jesus is the good shepherd and He knows his own sheep. "He calls each of his sheep by name" (Jn 10:3). For Jesus we are not just numbers; He has a... -
Gospel by pictures: Sunday 3rd of Easter (May 4, 2014)
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMToday, we start proclaiming the Gospel with the expression: "That very same day after the sabbath" (Lk 24:13). Yes, the day after Sabbath, Sunday. Easter —it has been said— is like a great Sunday lasting fifty days. -
Gospel by pictures of Easter: Sunday 2nd of Easter (Apr. 27, 2014)
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMToday, 2nd Sunday of Easter, we complete the octave of this liturgical time, one of the two octaves —along with that of Christmas— that have remained out of the renewal made by the Vatican Council II. During eight days we contemplate... -
Gospel by pictures of Easter Sunday (Apr. 20th)
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMToday, "is the day when the Lord has acted", as we shall be singing throughout Easter time. As this is the expression of Psalm 117 that fills out the celebration of our Christian faith. The Father has resurrected Jesus Christ, His beloved Son, whom He indulges in because He has loved -
Gospel by pictures of Palm Sunday (Apr. 13rd, 2014)
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMToday, we are asked to contemplate the royal style of Christ, our savior. Jesus is a king, and —precisely— the last Sunday of our liturgical year we celebrate Our Lord Jesus Christ the King of the world. Yes, He is King, but his kingdom is "a kingdom of truth and life, of holiness and grace, of justice, love and peace" -
How To Relieve Stress: Comments From People Who’ve Overcome Stress
By Admin Webmaster 9/8/2020 6:56:47 AMFor different people, removing yourself from a stressful environment could mean different things. But whether you need a break from work, home, a particular person or something else entirely - don't go too long without removing yourself from the cause of your stress...
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Gospel by pictures of Sunday 5th of Lent
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMLazarus' resurrection is a “prognostication” of that of Christ, which we are soon going to commemorate. Jesus tells Martha that He is the "resurrection" and life (cf. Jn 11:25). He asks all of us: "Do you believe this?" (Jn 11:26). Do we believe that God has given us a new life through the Baptism? -
Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind: Gospel by pictures of Sunday 4th of Lent
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMToday, in the Fourth Sunday of Lent —also called rose or “laetare” (rejoice) Sunday— all the liturgy invites us to experience a deep joy, a great exultation, because Easter is getting nearer. -
Jesus and the Samaritan woman: Gospel by pictures of Sunday 3rd (A) of Lent
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMToday, just as in that Samarian afternoon, Jesus comes into our life, halfway through our Lenten journey, telling us, as He did to the Samaritan woman: "Give me a drink" (Jn 4:7). -
6 Habits that do more harm than good
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe rules of staying fit seem very easy to follow. Eating well, working out, getting enough sleep and you will be the healthiest person, right? Surprisingly, it is more complicated than that. Often the very choices you make to benefit your health can be ... -
Transfiguration: Gospel by pictures of Sunday 2nd (A) of Lent
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThis Sunday all three readings follow the same thought that, perhaps, can be expressed in this way: faith is a journey we are all on, a journey of joy, a journey that demands sacrifice, and a journey that leads to glory. -
7 Ways of Being Well-Organized And Getting Things Done
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMWhat follows in this blog post are 7 ways of being well-organized and getting things done and what we have done is tried to make them as easy to follow as possible to allow you to implement them immediately. There is no doubt that being organized does make a difference and -
A Makers of things
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMIn 2006 I quit my career job, left New York City, and headed to rural New Mexico to discover a life less reliant on money. I wanted to become a maker of things instead of a buyer of things. At the time I gripped an imaginary object, an ideal that I’d been holding up... -
Temptation: Gospel by pictures of Sunday 1st (A) of Lent
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMToday, we celebrate the first Sunday of Lent, and this “strong” liturgic time is a spiritual path leading us to participate in the great mystery of the death and resurrection of Christ. -
Gospel by pictures of Sunday 8th (A) in Ordinary Time
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMWhy are you so worried about your clothes? Look at the flowers in the fields how they grow. They do not toil or spin. But I tell you that not even Solomon in all his wealth was clothed like one of these. If God so clothes the grass in the field which blooms today and ... -
Gospel by pictures of Sunday 7th (A) in Ordinary Time
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMToday, the word of God teaches us that the original source mandate means to sanctity is through God: "Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect" (Mt 5, 48) -
Gospel by pictures of Sunday 6th (A) in Ordinary Time
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMToday, Jesus tells us: «I have come to fulfill the Law» (Mt 5, 17). What is the Law? What is ‘The Prophets’? By the Law and the Prophets, Jesus meant two different sets of books of the Old Testament. The Law refers to the works believed to have been written by Moses... -
Gospel by pictures of Sunday 5th (A) in Ordinary Time
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMToday, the Gospel clearly urges us to become witness to Christ. And it invites us in two different ways, which, apparently, may look contradictory: the salt and the light. -
Gospel by pictures of Sunday of Baptism of the Lord
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMToday, we contemplate the Messiah —the Anointed— by the river Jordan "to be baptized by him [John]" (Mt 3:13) -
Gospel by pictures of Sunday of Epiphany
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMJesus Christ crosses the paths of the lives of many people who are not interested in Him. A little effort would have changed their lives; they would have found the King of Joy and Peace. -
Gospel by pictures of the Feast of the Holy Family (A)
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMToday, we contemplate the mystery of the Holy Family. The Son of God begins his path through men in the midst of a plain family. It is the Father's design. The family will always be the irreplaceable human habitat. Jesus has a legal father that “carries” him and a Mother that is always by his side. -
Gospel by pictures of Sunday 4th (A) of Advent
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMToday, the liturgy of the Word invites us to consider and admire St. Joseph's figure, a truly good man. About Mary, God's Mother, it has been said that she was blessed among women (cf. Lk 1:42). -
Christmas hardships for St. Joseph
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMIf we but seriously meditate on his life we will never approach the work God has for us with the expectation that it should be without hardships. Rejection by our own people, scorn from others, the disappointment of failures, waiting for long periods of time, detours, exile and... -
Gospel by pictures of Sunday 3rd (A) of Advent
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMToday, as in last Sunday, the Church familiarizes us with the figure of John the Baptist. He had many disciples and a clear and well-differentiated tenet: for the Publicans, for the soldiers, for the Pharisees and Sadducees... His desire was to prepare Messiah's public life. -
Gospel by pictures of Sunday 2nd (A) of Advent
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMToday, St. Matthew's Gospel presents us with John the Baptist inviting us to conversion: "the Kingdom of heaven is now at hand!" (Mt 3, 2) -
Gospel by pictures of Sunday XXXIV in Ordinary Time (Nov. 24, 2013)
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMHere we see the Good Shepherd giving up his life for his flock. And, there up high is the sign that reads, "This is the King of the Jews" (Lk 23,38). -
Gospel by pictures of Sunday XXXIII in Ordinary Time (Nov. 17, 2013)
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMToday, the Gospel speaks to us of the last coming of the Son of man. The liturgical year is about to end and the Church presents the “parusia” to us, while at the same time the Church wants us to think of our last days: death, judgment, hell or heaven. A journey destination conditions its planning. -
In defense of chastity
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe world looks at chastity and sees repression: a dull and frigid lifestyle that is probably the result of fear or not being able to find a date. ‘‘Those poor people living chaste lives. They don’t have a clue what they’re missing. If only someone could liberate them from their ... -
Gospel by pictures of Sunday XXXII in Ordinary Time (Nov. 10, 2013)
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMToday, Jesus makes it clear his claim about resurrection and eternal life. Sadducees doubted, or even worse, they ridiculed the belief in eternal life after death, which was defended —instead— by the Pharisees and we also defend it.