The Process of Conversion

R292 1 D LIT3 Jesus em Emaus

Jesus is willing to accompany us in person all the way to the Emmaus of our whims, in order to lead us back to the Jerusalem of fidelity.

Let Us Not Harden Our Hearts

R291 1 D LIT5 Jesus entra Jerusalem

The contrast between the acclamations of Palm Sunday and the cries of condemnation uttered a few days later reminds us that superficiality must not take root in our souls.

True Surrender into God’s Hands

R291 1 D LIT4 Ressurreicao de Lazaro

If Lazarus’ healing depended on us, would we have acted as Our Lord did? Certainly not, and everything would have turned out less gloriously!

No One Can Deceive God

R291 1 D LIT3 Profeta Samuel

God sees the interior; let us prepare ourselves this Lent to have a pure heart, full of intentions that are pleasing to Him.

The Fight Against Temptation in Lent

Temptation of Christ on the Mountain

Lent teaches the soul to fight temptation through obedience to God’s law and detachment from material pleasures, guiding a life oriented to eternal salvation.

He Came to Save Sinners…

Abraham Entertaining the Three Angels by Barent Fabritius Museum of Fine Arts Arras France

In presenting the genealogy of Our Lord Jesus Christ, St. Matthew emphasizes that the Word assumed the flesh of sinful mankind in order to heal all of its deficiencies.