We’re called to “live in the light”, but we tend to have an overly romantic idea of what that should mean. We tend to think that to live in the light means that there should be a kind of special Continue reading →
God has called us to be true prophets of His Word. We must speak and live out His truth by imitating Christ and working towards a better world for everyone.
Listening is essential in the service of evangelization. To bear witness to the Gospel, it is vital to listen to the voice of God and the voice of the other because you can’t communicate if you haven’t listened first.
We can truly live a meaningful life under the guidance of Jesus. The three words that will help us achieve this objective are service, sacrifice, and sharing.
Someone once said: “We spend the first quarter of our lives learning how Continue reading →
It is not easy to climb a mountain, but the climb itself is its reward. Don’t give up. Go slowly, step-by-step, one day at a time. Learn from the climb.
In the Gospels, we see several instances where Jesus does or says something that catches people by surprise. The evangelists then tell us: “And they were amazed.” Almost immediately, Jesus says: “Don’t be amazed!”
One of the classic definitions of prayer tells us that prayer is raising the mind and heart to God. In essence, that says it all. The problem is that often we raise our minds but not our hearts. Our prayer Continue reading →
Hola! Bienvenido! ¡Buenos días! Welcome! These were my greetings to the pilgrims who stopped by our church of Our Lady of the Assumption. It is a 14th-century old Gothic church in the small village of Villatuerta, Navarra.Fr. Marlon Vargas, Continue reading →
We have an ambiguous relationship to silence. There are times when we fear it and try to avoid it and there are other times when we are tired and over-stimulated and positively long for it. Generally, though, we have too Continue reading →
In his latest apostolic exhortation, Laudate Deum, Pope Francis has highlighted the urgency of every person doing their best to minimize the effects of climate change.
The exhortation, published on the Feast of St Francis of Assisi this year, Continue reading →
