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La fiesta de la Asunción es, entre otras cosas, un gran recordatorio de cómo Dios desea cosas buenas para nosotros. Y quizás sea obvio que Dios desea el bien para nosotros — después de todo, en el corazón del cristianismo se encuentra la buena nueva de la resurrección — pero debido a cosas como el…
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This episode of the feeding of the five thousand, familiar though it is, nevertheless has its share of complexities. There are multiple levels to what is going on here, as we see clearly the humanity of our Lord together with the working of his divine power and the operation of providence.
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There’s a scene in St. Augustine’s Confessions where he relates the story of two men, two Roman officials, who were going for a walk in the city of Trier. As they walked, they came upon a house where some Christians lived, and in the house they found a book that told the story of St.…
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¿Por qué prosperan los malvados? Esta es una pregunta perenne con la que lucha el salmista. Tuve envidia de los insensatos viendo la paz de los impíos, dice, Pues no hay para ellos tormentos; están sanos y rollizos. O, como dice en otro salmo: el impío dice en su corazón: “No se acuerda Dios; ha…
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To anyone who has, more will be given, and from anyone who has not, even what he has will be taken away. These are words that can seem difficult, and yet they express something that, on a little reflection, must be true. Because all of us, regardless of whether or not we are aware of…
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Without Christ, life can often be quite heavy. The ways of the world can weigh one down, can wear one down. Because we all know from experience how the world works, we all have heard what the world has to say: make as much money as you can, accumulate as many nice things as you…
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This saying of our Lord, that whoever loves father or mother or son or daughter more than Him is not worthy of Him, is typically counted among the hard sayings of Jesus, and we can well understand why. There seems to be in these words a repudiation of the natural order of things, for what…
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When Moses read out the law to the Israelites on the far side of the Jordan, he concluded by listing the blessings that would come upon Israel if they were obedient to the covenant, as well as the punishments with which God would inflict them if they were not. And when you consider those blessings,…
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As we read this famous passage from John’s gospel, we can see that the crowd wrestling with how to respond to these striking words of Jesus. For context, we must remember that the people have sought out Jesus with great eagerness. They were there, if we recall the first part of this chapter, when Jesus…
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In our first reading, Moses goes up a mountain to meet God. And when he gets there, God reveals himself, showing to Moses his ineffable glory, revealing his name and declaring himself to be merciful and gracious, rich in kindness and fidelity. This encounter of Moses, the man, the creature, with God, the infinite, the…
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