While Moses is staying on Mount Sinai, people down below the mountain make a golden calf. God’s judgment is very severe: Let me alone, that my wrath may blaze up against them …
The prophet Ezekiel presents a magnificent vision where water flows from the temple. It becomes a powerful river, which gives life to trees and even makes the sea water fresh. The water …
When Isaiah talks about new heavens and a new earth that will be created, he not only connects with the creation story from Genesis. In fact, the old creation is nothing in …
It is hard not to talk about the coronavirus these days. It is on everybody’s mind and in everybody’s mouth, starting with politicians, civil authorities, religious leaders… and their words intermingle …
Penance and repentance are part of Lenten season and we could almost say of Lenten lifestyle. We must do “something”, many people say. But, is our repentance true or false?
Giving gifts to someone we love is natural. And so is showing favors, with the desire to obtain something back. Offering things to God, giving something to him is perceived by many …
Moses, standing above the River Jordan, looking at the Promised Land, and giving his final speech to the Israelites is emblematic for the situation of all the people of Israel and in …
The long prayer of Azariah from the Book of Daniel is a public penitential prayer. It started with profession that God acted correctly and the city of Jerusalem represented by its …
Very few people from the Old Testament receive endorsement by Jesus and Naaman the Syrian is one of them. Jesus mentions him in the gospel of today: there were many lepers in …
There is hunger for bread, thirst for water. Both are necessary for life. But people need more: joy, love, and hope. Valuable things can only be obtained as a gift.