HOMILY OCTOBER 22, 2022
In the first reading we read yesterday, St Paul exhorted God’s people to be united. One body, one spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith,
In the first reading we read yesterday, St Paul exhorted God’s people to be united. One body, one spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith,
The Gospels described more times Jesus as a man of prayer. Jesus prayed. Despite the urgency of his mission and the pressure from the many
These days we are reading the story of Elijah. Elijah was a revolutionary character, a strict guardian of the traditions of Moses, who opposed all
Before starting the homily, I wanted us to listen to this song by Bob Dylan, a song from 1962, considered by many to be a
thinking that she, Mother of the Church, is the mother of all the crucified in history, she is the mother who collects the screams of pain and despair of the oppressed, of the humiliated, of those persecuted for justice and faith. She is the woman who walks beside the women of our time who know exploitation and violence. She is the Mother who weeps for her children who die in search of a dignified life without wars.
At the end of his third journey (we are around the year 58), Paul returns to Jerusalem and causes a violent riot in the
During his second journey, first Paul passed through the cities of the first journey to visit the young christian communities he had evangelized. Arrived in
Today’s first reading begins the account of St. Paul’s second journey. Since there are children, mothers, and grandmothers at this Mass, I would like to
It is clear that this Jesus’ wish for peace is not a wish for tranquility. It is not a peace that depends on external circumstances but it is an inner peace that allows us to support the fights of life without losing peace…When I reflected on the first reading, I thought how…
Dear brothers and sister, in this fourth Sunday of Easter, called also the Sunday of the “good shepherd”, the Church pray for vocations, vocation to
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