Category Words of life

the Lord, the giver of life!

  1. The Church professes her faith in the Holy Spirit as “the Lord, the giver of life.” (…) It also contains the statement that the Holy Spirit “has spoken through the Prophets.” These are words which the Church receives from the very source of her faith, Jesus Christ. In fact, according to the Gospel ... Read more...

preach the gospel …

In the Creed, immediately after professing our faith in the Holy Spirit, we say: “I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church”. There is a profound connection between these two realities of faith: indeed it is the Holy Spirit who gives life to the Church, who guides her steps. Without the constant presence and ... Read more...

“You are witnesses of these things.”

(…) today I would like to focus on the second gift, that is, understanding. We are not dealing here with human understanding, with the intellectual prowess with which we may be more or less endowed. Rather, it is a grace which only the Holy Spirit can infuse and which awakens in a Christian the ability ... Read more...

“Le huitième jour, figure de l’éternité”

26. By contrast, the Sabbath’s position as the seventh day of the week suggests for the Lord’s Day a complementary symbolism, much loved by the Fathers. Sunday is not only the first day, it is also “the eighth day”, set within the sevenfold succession of days in a unique and transcendent position which evokes not ... Read more...

“rivers of living water flow…”

“The Gospel tells us that rivers of living water flow from the depth of the believer’s soul; not one river but rivers; rivers of peace, rivers of light, rivers of wisdom, rivers of love and of charity. And these inexhaustible rivers do not leave the heart in order to be lost; they are communicated to ... Read more...

I will go and pray for you at the grotto

Father Marie’s trip to Lourdes upon returning from Cauterets, where he had to have a health cure for his problems with the larynx. “A few miles from here, in a small village by the name of Lourdes, a grotto has become well-known throughout the surrounding countryside. A poor little girl from the village, 15 years ... Read more...

This is the priority …

« In a society which exalts the cult of efficiency, fitness and success, one which ignores the poor and dismisses “losers”, we can witness by our lives to the truth of the words of Scripture: “When I am weak, then I am strong” (2 Cor 12:10).(…) . I am counting on you “to wake up the ... Read more...