Among the many teachings of Jesus, we come across this rather stark-sounding invitation: “If anyone would be a follower of mine, let him deny himself and take up his daily cross and follow [...]
Of the many sufferings recounted in Jesus’ passion, perhaps the most impressive is the blood sweat he experienced on the Mount of Olives, hours before he died. The evangelist Luke describes [...]
When are we victims and when are we truly giving our lives for others? Seen from the outside, the two behaviours are the same and can be confused. To distinguish one from the other the only [...]
The generations that have gone before us understood that sacrifice had an irreplaceable value, not only in Christian life but also for family and social life. For better or for worse, this has [...]
Although it is true that we are “the image of God and walk in his likeness” as some theologians say, paradoxically, we find in ourselves dark areas that make it difficult for us to [...]
Not everyone knows the echo rule. It is extremely useful in explaining the carousel of “seesawing” in our relationships with others. To put it very simply, it comes to warn us that [...]
I knew a person who was deeply unhappy because her son was going down the wrong roads of vice and misbehaving very badly, especially with her. This mother often confessed how unhappy she was. But [...]
I will never be able to forget a Claretian who, just after his ordination as a priest, was left bedridden for more than 25 years in a traffic accident with absolute physical and mental [...]
There are problems (crises, accidents, illnesses and deaths) that impose themselves on us. We have to deal with them as best we can without sparing ourselves reasonable grief. But there are [...]
Every human being always and simultaneously lives in two situations or worlds: the real and the imaginary. The real world is the one that is there, objective, real and real. The imaginary world [...]
