The act of forgiveness is an important factor of God’s merciful love. In order to share God’s love, we must also forgive those who have wronged us, just as He has forgiven our sins, so we may…

As a person, it is difficult for us to be merciful towards others. But by looking at the way God forgives us, seventy times seven, which means always, we need to look into our inner selves on this…

There are no exceptions. Everyone mourns in one way or the other. It is in how one responds to it – by being one with Christ and by looking at the way the Blessed Mother experienced mourning – that…

The author writes about how his mother showed the real meaning of the word ‘gentle’. To be gentle is to live in the Holy Spirit as Jesus Himself taught the world how and the reward is the ‘earth as…

In this article, the author presents a privileged way of living the first Beatitude (“How happy are the poor in spirit; theirs is the kingdom of heaven” – Mt 5:3): by adopting a simple lifestyle and…

One of the stunning messages contained in the Beatitudes is that faith transforms our darkest inner moments into light. Jesus Christ has the power to convert the desert of human hearts into blossoming…

The Beatitudes comprise a whole new outlook of life that Jesus proposes to His disciples and to the world. By practicing them, Christians are working for the transformation of society.

In a new series devoted to the evangelical Beatitudes, Fr. John analyzes each of the eight blessings taught by Jesus of Nazareth. They are, as if it were, the road map of Christian life.

Tragedies like the collapse of the bridge in the city of Genoa, in Italy, trigger doubts and questions in peoples’ minds: “why did God not prevent this disaster?” The only certainty stems from faith…