In an effort to passing on the faith, a family needs to consider some specific points: Life of piety within the family comes first. Children always look up to the parents as their models. Hence, praying grace at meals, teaching the children to recite the Rosary and thus develop devotion Read more…
According to Merriam-Webster, America’s most trusted online dictionary, Freedom is defined as the quality of state of being free, such as: the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action, liberation from slavery or from the power of another. Freedom does not mean that one can do whatever Read more…
After Bartimaeus received his sight, we are told that he followed Jesus on the way. With a clear vision, being able to see the way ahead, Bartimaeus could now get up and move forward. Through the gift of the Holy Spirit Jesus continues to open our eyes, giving us an ever-clearer vision of God’s kingdom. This vision becomes our roadmap, Read more…
The last line from today’s Gospel passage is; “For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.” This powerful statement is one that we should try to imitate. It seems many in our society want Read more…
Teenage period is, in reality, a period of crisis. The crisis is experienced mainly in matters of faith. This may be due to the pressure from the peer group, that ridicules other’s religious convictions or from a teacher, who instills atheistic ideas, or from older people, who belittle the importance Read more…
Our faith teaches that every child is a gift of God and a fruit of love, that the father and the mother share with each other. As His gift, God entrusts to the parents a son or a daughter, in order to help them attain eternal happiness, which alone can Read more…