Category Words of life

that supports you.

Nostra Aetate 1965 – 2015

As the sacred synod searches into the mystery of the Church, it remembers the bond that spiritually ties the people of the New Covenant to Abraham’s stock. Thus the Church of Christ acknowledges that, according to God’s saving design, the beginnings of her faith and her election are found already among the Patriarchs, Moses and ... Read more...

…Abraham obeyed when he was called .

The author of the Letter to the Hebrews writes:  “By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place which he was to receive as an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was to go” (Heb 11: 8). Behold:  Abraham, whom the Apostle calls “our father in faith” (cf. ... Read more...

and my burden is light . »

Quand Jésus regarde ses élus, son regard fait fondre le cœur. Oh ! ce regard ! Le Seigneur frappe à toutes les portes ; personne ne veut lui ouvrir ; il appelle, personne ne répond ; il attend, personne ne vient… Dédommagez-le ; ouvrez-lui votre cœur ; faites-le entrer dedans ; donnez-lui tout. Ne pensez qu’à lui, n’aimez que lui, faites tout pour ... Read more...

… to your word.

  Prayer to Mary, woman of listening* Mary, woman of listening, open our ears; grant us to know how to listen to the word of your Son Jesus among the thousands of words of this world; grant that we may listen to the reality in which we live, to every person we encounter, especially those ... Read more...

…who believed .

But now let us ask ourselves: how does the Assumption of Mary help our journey? The first answer is: in the Assumption we see that in God there is room for man, God himself is the house with many rooms of which Jesus speaks (cf. Jn 14:2); God is man’s home, in God there is ... Read more...

…before them, .

Christianity does not reject matter. Rather, bodiliness is considered in all its value in the liturgical act, whereby the human body is disclosed in its inner nature as a temple of the Spirit and is united with the Lord Jesus, who himself took a body for the world’s salvation. This does not mean, however, an ... Read more...

…and her sister and Lazarus. .

« La parole du Seigneur est claire : Marie a choisi la meilleure part, celle de la prière, celle de la contemplation de Jésus. Aux yeux de sa sœur cela signifiait perdre du temps ». Marie s’arrête pour regarder le Seigneur comme une petite fille émerveillée, « au lieu de travailler comme elle le faisait ... Read more...