After giving the New Commandments (mandatum novum), our Blessed Lord adds, “This is how all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” Thus, the Christian will not be identified by any other quality – not intelligence, not humility, nor chastity. Rather, he will be recognized by his fraternal charity.
Read MorePreaching the Gospel of Life is challenging in today’s secular culture. It was also challenging for St. Paul and St. Barnabas as their experience in Antioch is described in the first reading. And yet, amid persecution “the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit”.
Read MoreOn this 2nd Sunday of Easter, which St. Pope John Paul II designated Divine Mercy Sunday, the Church proclaims to all, the peace and mercy merited by the wounds of Christ.
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