“The shadow of God is vast” Nietzsche said, after announcing that God was finished, had died. He had died and, as a result, human beings had been left orphans, alone on earth, without [...]
“Love is my weight” – declared St. Augustine, referring to the love of God and neighbour. “As much weight as I love” – he wanted to say. Selfish love is as [...]
An old beggar in Venice, Francisco García, sits on the ground and begs for alms, as he does every day of the year. And, like every day of the year, a pensioner, Luis Spanio, passes by him and [...]
I am going to return to the theme of the third millennium rosary, invented in Poland and in the format of a credit card. The models may vary according to taste and devotion. And also according to [...]
The old phrase: “There can be no sadness, when Life is born” was written about Christmas. It is either a potion of life or it is nothing but cod and French toast. Many important [...]
Anthony Mary Claret, a holy and wise bishop who lived in the 19th century, described the three dimensions of the human heart, in order to be happy and complete: in relation to God, the heart of a [...]
When I was in primary school, I used to write behind my father’s back, when I saw him sitting quietly by the fire. The discovery of writing fascinated me, but the passion of reading has [...]
“Some say happiness lives far away. Others say it resides in our own home. But true happiness lives in the cradle of a child begotten with love”. I don’t know if Freud knew this [...]
My friend Pedro María Zabilde went to the barber (and I ask permission to tell in my own way what happened to him and comes in his book Happiness is not for fools). The barber, talkative as a [...]
In ancient meditations on Hell, Plato and Aristotle were subjected to a devastating sentence: “Woe to you if you are praised where you are not and tormented where you are”. In other [...]
