In the Gospel according to St. Matthew, Jesus complains on one occasion saying: “This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me” (Matthew 15:8). From this we can understand that true prayer does not consist in high-sounding phrases or words. It is not simply what Read more
I would like to share in the coming weeks, some thoughts about Prayer. What is prayer? There are so many explanations given to enlighten, what we mean by prayer. As a general understanding, the Catechism teaches that prayer is raising one’s mind and heart to God, in order to have Read more
The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines, “A Virtue is a habitual and firm disposition to do the good. It allows the person not only to perform good acts, but to give the best of himself. The virtuous person tends towards the good with all his sensory and spiritual powers; Read more
The Sunday following Easter Sunday is celebrated as Divine Mercy Sunday in the Catholic church. Hence, it is fitting for us to understand what exactly we mean by God’s grace and mercy. In Christian understanding, Grace is the spontaneous, unmerited gift of the divine favor in the salvation of sinners; Read more
Today the joy of Easter echoes through the world, proclaiming Christ’s Victory of light and life over the darkness of sin and death. Christ is risen! He is risen indeed, is the song, we sing on this Easter Sunday and during the coming 50 days of the Easter Season. “This Read more
What is Liturgy? Liturgy is a form or rite or a body of rites, according to which public worship is conducted. A Catholic Liturgy is essentially an action of Christ, performed by one of the ordained ministers: Deacon, Priest, Bishop, Cardinal or Pope. In so far as it is the Read more
The historical events of Jesus’ Suffering, Death, Resurrection and Ascension into heaven is known as the Paschal Mystery. The word Paschal actually comes from the Hebrew word for Passover. The Paschal Mystery is very closely connected to our salvation: “He (Jesus Christ) accomplished this work (salvation) principally by the Paschal Read more
Freedom and law seem to be opposed to each other, as though freedom begins, where law ends. In fact, freedom is personal and it is guided by each individual according to his/her knowledge of good and evil. As long as the moral law specifies good and evil, the individual person Read more
Freedom to make the right choice is regulated and guided by laws. There are two fundamental types of laws: Divine Laws and Human laws. Divine Laws are distinguished as the Natural Laws and the Laws of Christ. Human Laws are Civil or Political Laws and Canon or Ecclesiastical Laws. The Read more
God created human person in his own image and likeness, as the Bible teaches us. He endowed us also with intellect and will. With intellect we are able to know what is good or bad and with the will, we are able to choose. Thus, true freedom is the gift Read more