Listening to the Father

Listening to the Father

When we read this text, we usually ask ourselves: Who is Jesus for me? What would I answer if they asked me? What follows Peter’s answer gives us a key to understanding: perhaps it is not up to us to answer, but rather to listen to the voice of the Father...
A mother’s cry

A mother’s cry

In a land considered pagan, a Canaanite woman receives a gesture of love from Jesus. He understands what a mother’s heart goes through, and knows what she is capable of for her daughter. Jesus understands this form of love well, because it is the same experience...
Solemnity of the Assumption of the most Holy Mary

Solemnity of the Assumption of the most Holy Mary

Mary raises a sublime song of praise to the Lord, proclaiming the wonders of his love and mercy towards all humanity. Filled with the Holy Spirit, her heart becomes an instrument of God, and the Magnificat resounds as an announcement of the Lord’s saving work. In the...
We pray for Colombia

We pray for Colombia

In the face of the terrible tragedy that has struck Colombia following the magnitude 7.4 earthquake on 10 August, which has left numerous dead, injured and affected families in Chocó, Cali, Pereira, Manizales and Quibdó, we wish to join in prayer for the entire...
Prayer sustains us in the storm

Prayer sustains us in the storm

In continuity with last Sunday’s Gospel, we rediscover the strength of prayer, this time joined with trust and surrender. Jesus withdraws to pray alone, in silence. Meanwhile, the disciples were at sea when the storm broke out. Yet their greatest fear came when...