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Dear brothers and sisters, good morning! In this second Sunday of Advent’s Gospel reading, we hear echoed the invitation of John the Baptist: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Mt 3,2). With these same words, Jesus will start his mission in Galilee […]

The holy people of God shares also in Christ’s prophetic office; it spreads abroad a living witness to Him, especially by means of a life of faith and charity and by offering to God a sacrifice of praise, the tribute of lips which give praise […]

“So that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me” (John 17,21) From the beginning of all ecumenical dialogue, we have to […]

On the feast of Saint Joseph the liturgy opens with these words: “Almighty God, at the dawn of new times You places the mysteries of our salvation in Joseph’s watchful care. May this prayer continue to help your Church to bring these mysteries to their […]

A main problem in the charismatic renewal and also in the Church, according to Prof. J. Van der Veken is: “the link between God’s action and human activity. How should we understand that and think about it? What do we mean, for example, when we […]

To experience a conversion during the period of Lent truely is a grace of the Lord. All our actions originate in Him and go towards Him. From beginning to end, He is present in our activities. The primacy of Grace in the period of Lent […]

In ancient days the Lord sent the witnessing people patriarchs and prophets, in order to sustain its faith in the one God. But in the fullness, the zenith of time, he sent his own Son, who took flesh by assuming, in the Virgin Mary, a […]

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! The Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which concluded only recently, reflected in depth on the vocation and the mission of the family in the life of the Church and of contemporary society. It was an event of grace. […]

Holy Father, Brothers and Sisters in Christ, My intervention is not theological or canonical, nor pastoral. It is spiritual. Generally, there is in our Western countries much prosperity. There is social policy and care for the poor. Medical science is making great progress and health […]

The readings centre on three themes: solitude, love between man and woman, and the family. Today we present part 3: Family “What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder” (Mk 10:9). This is an exhortation to believers to overcome every form of individualism and […]

The readings centre on three themes: solitude, love between man and woman, and the family. Today we present part 2: Love between man and woman In the first reading we also hear that God was pained by Adam’s loneliness. He said: “It is not good that […]

The readings centre on three themes: solitude, love between man and woman, and the family. Today we present part 1: Solitude Adam, as we heard in the first reading, was living in the Garden of Eden. He named all the other creatures as a sign of […]

Pope Francis received the members of the Catholic Charismatic Mouvement of Italy on Saint Peters Square, July 3rd. In his message he pays tribute to the founders of the FIAT-Association, cardinal Suenens and Veronica O’Brien, for their work in the association of Charismatic Renewal. Full […]

Mary, Mother of Evangelization by Cardinal Godfried Danneels By way of introduction During an interview, Pope Francis speaks of the missionary Church and said: “Instead of being just a church that welcomes and receives … let us strive to be a church that finds new […]