Month: September 2023

The parable of the workers in the vineyard (Matthew 20:1-16) reveals God’s enormous and boundless generosity, infinite mercy and kindness beyond imagination. It is a lesson on grace because only God’s grace makes real love possible. It is a movement from fairness to justice and then to love. God has a special concern for the needy, the weak, the lost, …

Pope Francis said, “The words and gestures of the Lord touch our hearts: He takes the bread in His hands, pronounces the blessing, breaks it and offers it to the disciples, saying: Take; this is my body”. With great simplicity Jesus gives us the greatest sacrament in a humble gesture of giving and of sharing. At the culmination of His …

Pope Francis, in his homily, reminded Christians that the Lord, who is present in the Eucharist, takes each and everyone of us to heart, cares for us and satisfies our need for nourishment, companionship, consolation. He noted that “the Eucharist was like the destination of a journey along which Jesus had prefigured it through several signs, above all the multiplication …

Pope Francis said that Catholics must place the Eucharist at the center of their lives to transform their relationships with God and their neighbors. He pointed out: “If you are the same at the end of Mass as you were at the beginning, something is wrong. The Eucharist is the presence of Jesus, it is deeply transforming. Jesus comes and …

Pope Francis said that we are a community nourished by the body and blood of Christ. Communion with the body of Christ is an effective sign of unity, of communion, of sharing. One cannot participate in the Eucharist without committing oneself to mutual fraternity, which is sincere. But the Lord knows well that our human strength alone is not enough …