This phrase, which encapsulates the heart of the Papal Message for the 51st World Communications Day (celebrated this year on 28 May), restores a central role to human beings and their capacity to choose between good and evil. Pope Francis urges us to act like millstones and “grind” the information we receive in a constructive… Read more »
The journey of the Word begins among the rolling hills of Galilee, in the small and unremarkable village of Nazareth. How strange that the Old Testament never speaks about Nazareth, or at least that is how it seems at first glance. But if we take a closer look at the word “Nazareth,” we realize that… Read more »
Mary, Virgin and Mother shows us what love is and whence it draws its origin and its constantly renewed power. To her we entrust the Church and her mission in the service of love: Holy Mary, Mother of God, you have given the world its true light, Jesus, your Son – the Son of God…. Read more »
The vocation, like faith itself, is a treasure that we carry in earthen vessels (cf. 2 Cor 4:7); therefore, we must safeguard it, as we safeguard the most precious things, so that no one robs us of this treasure, and so it does not lose its beauty with the passage of time. This care is… Read more »
Dearest Sisters, Easter is an event of overwhelming power. It is a proclamation of beauty, the forecast of a luminous life that irradiates grace: Jesus is risen–he is alive!–and we can meet the Living One as he was met by the women who came to his tomb at dawn on the third day. Let us… Read more »
Mercy is an elastic band. It reaches out to you and you, in turn, reach out to grasp it, but if you get distracted it eludes you. Mercy gazes at you and opens your heart. It is neither relative nor relativistic. It makes the most of new things but at the same time it respects… Read more »
The Lord did what he wanted with her because as far as I could tell she never resisted his will. She placed her life completely in the hands of God, his will! She was faithful to spiritual direction from the very beginning–from the moment she entered [the Institute] to the moment the Lord called her… Read more »
Human experience in the Bible teaches us that only those who know things interiorly are able to see. To see without knowing is simply to impose one’s personal point of view on others; it is the experience of those who use their power without converting it into service. To know without seeing is to live… Read more »
Dearest Sisters, As we prepare to celebrate the 53rd anniversary of Prima Maestra Theclas passage to eternal life, it is …
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«Fear not, for I am with you» (Is 43:5): Communicating Hope and Trust in our Time …
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