De poco sirve recordar la encarnación de Cristo si no nos impulsa a preparar su venida gloriosa. Usamos la Navidad para grandes fiestas. Ahora, ¿hasta qué punto nos inspiran éstas a transformar el mundo y preparar los caminos del Señor?
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Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
How does Pope Francis write his homilies? No surprise, he starts with listening.
Pope Francis: “If you do not listen to people, how can you preach?”
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
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Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Why are we convinced that we were born to fly?
Seeing fully, praising perfectly, and finding satisfaction in a wholeness never obtained in this life: small wonder that eternal life sounds a bit like the birds, flying overhead.
Posted inFaith, La Palabra
Cristo es rey, pero a su modo; el único modo.
La paradoja no es que Jesús haya elegido ser rey con estilo propio, sino que aún nos dejamos seducir por los otros modelos de realeza. Se nos llena la boca hoy con este trono de la cruz y su corona de espinas, pero buscamos todavía ocupar los primeros puestos.
Posted inFaith, In All Things
Can Catholics reconcile scattering ashes and the resurrection?
A desire to return to nature need not be labeled “un-Christian.” Ashes to ashes, after all.
Posted inFaith, The Word
There is no Catholic civil war, regardless of what certain Catholic political pundits tell you.
“He has rescued us from the power of darkness” (Col 1:13)
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
What Catholics get wrong (and Hollywood gets right) about purgatory
You don’t earn heaven on earth—and you don’t earn it in purgatory either.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Some say praying to saints is both superstitious and distracting. It’s neither.
The saints do not change God’s mind, but they do give us some insight into the mystery of God.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
What my chihuahua has in common with Christ
Pets can’t replace the human, but they do love us without the taint of sin.