Dearest Sisters, On March 15 we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the pontifical approval of the Constitutions and, therefore, of our Institute. With Maestra Thecla, we praise and thank the Lord “because, with the certainty that comes to us from the official recognition of the Church, we can say, ‘We are in the will of God…
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In the warm midday silence, a solitary woman slips toward the town well, a site depicted in the Bible as a place for meeting and socializing with others. But at this point in the life of the Samaritan woman, the local well is simply a place to fill her water pitcher at a time when …
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I Dream of a Poetic Church And he was transfigured before them, as if it were the most natural thing in the world. I am always struck by the simplicity of transfiguration, which seems to me to be the height of poetic expression and reminds me of the touching experience of the “art”… Read more »
To die out of Love “No, you will not die!” hisses the serpent in the Garden of Eden, but its human inhabitants do not understand and are seduced. Beginning with the first pages of Genesis, that demonic hissing has never ceased to tempt our human nature. As if not dying is the solution to… Read more »
Dearest Sisters and young women in formation, Speaking one day with Sr. Vincenza Salvà–who left us a few months ago at the age of 105–I was particularly struck by one thing she said: “When Prima Maestra would meet with anyone, she would look into the person’s eyes and her first question would be, …
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MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE 57th WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY Speaking with the heart “The truth in love” (Eph 4:15) ►►► PDF
Two major events have tested contemporary journalism, but have we taken the time to reflect on what happened? Pandemic and war are the magnets that, because of their enormous reach, have attracted news coverage, renewed languages and distorted every televised “liturgy.” Another element–the digital one–has corroded the usual “modes” of televised journalistic reporting: deserted studios… Read more »
Jesus does not need the baptism John is administering, but he goes to the banks of the Jordan anyway, where people’s sins are being removed like clots dissolved in running water; where sinners overcome their fear of revealing themselves for what they are: persons who need to rediscover their humanity. So Jesus joins the line …
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God is born in Bethlehem–even the stars indicate this. The Gospel seems to suggest that simply doing one’s job with commitment is enough to begin the journey of drawing closer to Jesus. Even though the Magi take a wrong road as they travel, it turns out to be the right road because through this…
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The shepherds set out for Bethlehem without delay. We admire and envy them because their haste is behavior typical of young people or idealists. It is typical of free people–those who have nothing to lose and everything to gain. To set forth without delay has nostalgic overtones: it harks back to a time when…
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