God puts on our backs can help us fly. The steward who reaches the essential things in life despite many imperfections, is a person who works very hard while trusting very deeply in God.

The accusation, ‘This man welcomes sinners and eats with them’ prompts Jesus to relate the parables we hear in today’s Gospel. These words, St Augustine tells us, should be written on every altar. They should well be written in our hearts as well, that we may, in humility and hope,…

On this Jubilee Year of Mercy, we are called especially to practice the Christian virtue of hospitality. We are asked to give welcome especially to our brothers and sisters in the margins and peripheries of society. The gospel enumerates them: the poor, the lame, the blind.

Her life was a grateful magnificat, magnifying God for the wonders he has done in her. She was no stranger to agony & pain, but she cherished all these in her heart, conservabat. And finally, stabat, she always stood by her son, stood for her son—even unto his death. Because…

Christians are probably one of the most alert believers in the world. The Lord cautions them continually to be prepared. They never know what’s coming at them. They do not know the hour.

Despite all the difficulties and frustrations we have had with prayer, we ask for the grace to know and love our Lord intimately, to have the confidence in his great love for us that desires every good thing for us, that we may have the spiritual freedom to place our…

Every now and then, it is good to realize that we do not have to be busy all the time before our God. Amidst the buzz of this world it is always good to find that space to be silent and subtly sensitive to the Sacred. Let us first immerse…

The point for today is not to get paralyzed by the fears and uncertainties of our own lives, but to remember how God’s goodness sees us through and overpowers this uncertainty. We survive. And not only do we survive, but we flourish, by God’s hand.  

In response to the Gospel, let us pray today to the Master of the harvest to send laborers (of the second kind) for His harvest. May God make of us such laborers to work for His field. May He grant us the grace of awareness to realize how much He…

The Lord Jesus may want us to be faithful, single-minded, and no-nonsense disciples, but he knows all too well that we are not going to be perfect. Should we fall short of the demands of discipleship, should we lapse or fumble, our Lord will be there to encourage us to…