FRUITFUL OR BARREN?

FRUITFUL OR BARREN?

In the life of a disciple bearing fruit is a very important aspect: “I chose you that you may go and bear fruit…” (Jn 15:16). The next criteria is whether the fruit is good or not  because “a tree is known by its fruit; and the tree that does not bear good fruit...
THE MYSTERY OF THE VISITATION

THE MYSTERY OF THE VISITATION

  Mgr Domenico Sguaitamatti Mary set out and went with haste: this simple, but fundamental annotation of Luke on Mary’s attitude is the element that does not allow us to think that the Visitation is something different from the Annunciation, as if they were two...
EASTER JOY

EASTER JOY

In a mysterious way, Christ Himself accepts death at the hands of the wicked and death on the cross, in order to eradicate from man’s heart the sins of self-sufficiency and to manifest to the Father a complete filial obedience. But the Father has not allowed...
MARY HAS GIVEN US THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

MARY HAS GIVEN US THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

Mary «gave birth to her firstborn son». Mary gave us the Light of the world, an event that changes our history for ever… The faith we proclaim tonight makes us see God present in all those situations where we think he is absent. He is present in the unwelcomed...
WAITING TOGETHER

WAITING TOGETHER

Advent means “coming” or “arrival”. Lasting only four weeks, it is traditionally a season of quiet and joyful expectancy. Advent has a two-fold character: a time of preparation for the festival of the Nativity when the first coming of God’s Son to the world is...