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Our Youth Are A Disaster… Are You Sure?
I would like to share with you a small reflection I have made about the youth of today, starting with a couple of quotations that I found almost by chance online. One says: “Our world has reached a critical stage; there is no longer any relationship between children and their parents.” The second one says: […]
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
On November 27th, 1830, the Virgin Mary appeared to a religious girl named Catherine Labouré (today a Saint), who saw her on top of a globe, carrying in her hands a golden sphere, like an offering to heaven. The Virgin explained that the sphere represented the entire world. In her fingers she had rings that […]
The Threads of God
The night is dominated by silence and my internal peace is fused with the surrounding tranquility. I have learned to appreciate the gifts of solitude: in it, I find the space for prayer. If light is the lack of darkness, also our internal peace is the absence of worldly distractions. Life is rich in experiences […]
Blessed Mourning
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. (Matthew 5:4)When I was a child, I remember reading these words from Christ and being so confused. Blessed are those who mourn…really? I could easily understand how peacemakers and those who hunger and thirst for righteousness could be consider blessed, but mourning being equated to […]
Testimony of the “Bent-Overs”
In this blog, I want to reflect on two Saints, Mother Teresa and Pope John Paul II. Both were sturdy and robust in their youth but arguably gave their greatest witness when they were old and “bent over.” Their testimony reminds us that Jesus uses the “bent-over” people of this world to accomplish His divine […]
Saints: The Shining Stars
Saints: The Shining Stars Sr. Mary Marta Soza Last month I watched with delight the beatification Mass of a 15-year-old boy, Carlo Acutis, a lover of the Eucharist and a friend of the poor. Blessed Carlo, whose body was found incorrupt, called the Eucharist: “My highway to heaven.” He died of leukemia in 2006. His […]
