Pro-life reflections and intercessions related to the Sunday readings
In the Gospel today, the pitiful yet noble Bartimaeus meets Christ. Bartimaeus is so helpless, trusting and desperate, unashamed of his poverty; a man in touch with his real needs. Unlike most of us, he knows he is not self-sufficient; he knows his life is in need of a saving presence.
Read More“Receive the Holy Spirit; whose sins you shall forgive they are forgiven them; whose sins you retain, they are retained.” This Gospel passage is related to the other passages before the death and resurrection of Christ when He promised the twelve apostles, and especially Peter, the power to “bind and to lose.”
Read MoreIt was the servant of God, Maria Esperanza (1928-2004), who said of our present generation: “The consciences of this beloved people must be violently shaken so that they may ‘put their house in order’…A great moment is approaching, a great day of light… it is the hour of decision for mankind”.
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