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DO NOT BE UNBELIEVING BUT BELIEVE The figure of Thomas as the disciple who refuses to believe has been very popular among Christians. The Gospel account, however, says much more about this skeptical disciple. The … Read More

Mission for Christians and Vincentians especially Jesus commands us to get out of all confinement to take part, enabled by the Spirit and with courageous faith, in the mission of forgiveness and peace, of evangelization … Read More

WHERE TO SEEK THE LIVING ONE? Faith in Jesus whom the Father raised from the dead did not spring up naturally and spontaneously in the hearts of the disciples. Before meeting him fully alive, the … Read More

Faith working through love Jesus wants us to have a faith that is firm as a rock and immense as the sea. This faith, made alive by love, prompts Mary of Magdala to go to … Read More

WHAT IS GOD DOING ON A CROSS? According to the Gospel account, those who were passing by Jesus on the cross at the top of the hill of Golgotha sneered at him. Ridiculing his powerlessness, … Read More

Courage! Jesus leads us Leading fearful disciples, who are also slow to understand, Jesus heads towards Jerusalem to face with courage his painful fate. Courage does not mean not agonizing at the specter of suffering … Read More

REVOLUTION IGNORED They bring to Jesus a woman caught in adultery. Everyone knows her fate: she will be stoned to death, as prescribed by the law. No one speaks about the adulterous man involved. As … Read More

Condemn, and you foster retrogression and death Jesus does not condemn us sinners; he invites us to renewal. Although without sin, despite his being like us, Jesus refuses to condemn the woman caught “in the … Read More

THE OTHER SON Without doubt, Jesus’ most captivating parable, wrongly called “The Parable of the Prodigal Son,” is the one about the “good father,” It is precisely this “younger son” who has always attracted the … Read More

Banquet for the holy and not so holy Jesus invites even sinners to the banquet of the kingdom. The strict practitioners of religion complain once again because Jesus welcomes sinners and eats with them. Again, … Read More