In the midst of our path here on Earth, the well-known phrase “hoping against hope” can be a key for us to confront our daily difficulties with courage and peace. Today more than ever we seem to be surrounded by
Relationships, whether with friends or family, can be the source of many good things: first of all, friendship, but also growing, learning, teaching, loving, and being loved. But relationships can be tricky sometimes. Nobody’s perfect, and sometimes our imperfections (and
In the first book of Kings we read how the prophet Elijah went to the mountain to encounter the Lord. There he could perceive a strong and violent wind, but the Lord was not there. Then, an earthquake, but the
It is a reality for all of us, at least in certain moments of our life, that we may find it difficult to forgive, especially if the offense committed against us were serious ones. In spite of this tendency, it
“Do whatever He tells you” is one of the rare sentences that we have in Scripture from our Lady, and it is a command, or, at the very least, a strong recommendation. At the wedding feast at Cana, Mary found
Those of us who know the treasure we have in our faith and in our relationship with God know how much everyone needs Jesus – His love, His mercy, His peace. No one knows that better than God Himself, and
Many of us have friends or family that want nothing to do with Catholicism, and thus we find ourselves stuck in between a rock and hard place. We have found the pearl of great price, we have found Christ—the very
