There are words you hear once, but they stay ringing in your heart for life. Sitting on a stool in the dark and poor kitchen, the old lady, with tears in her eyes, had this to say: [...]
That Sunday the Gospel reading closed with this golden clasp: “If you, who are naughty, give good things to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to [...]
This was in Switzerland, but it could have been in Portugal or anywhere else. An old woman went into a self-service restaurant, ordered a bowl of broth, paid and sat down at one of the free [...]
“The difficult thing is to take off”, confessed a young man, eager to consecrate himself completely to God. He belonged to a group of young people who had gathered to give wings to their [...]
I think that, in the World and in the Church today, many people -and I, a sinner, too- live in heresy. That’s right: vital heresy. This expression was used, quite a few years ago, by Igor [...]
One of the evils of today’s politics is the search for visibility, the preoccupation with doing things for the media, gestures and phrases that will be seen in the media. Inaugurating a [...]
It was after the news, the prime time on TV, and a tart was throwing this enormity in her boyfriend’s face, as if it were the most natural thing in the world: “It’s none of your [...]
Readers know that, in the Olympic Games, only athletes who have reached the minimum required in their respective sport (diving, swimming, running, sailing…) take part. And only those who [...]
A friend of mine, who’s lost for coffee and can’t even smell it, asks for “a bastard” when he goes to the corner bar. He’s referring to the miserable [...]
“Some say that happiness lives far away. Others say it resides close by, in our own home. But true happiness lives in the cradle of a child born of love”. I don’t know if Freud [...]
