Jesuits in Canada: Mission, Passion and Action
A Venezuelan Jesuit, Jhonny Antonio Morales Galicio, came to Toronto to learn English. He writes about his time here....
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Feb
17
Feb
What We Believe: Part 7 – The Apostles start a Church
In 1992, Pope John Paul II authorized a new Catechism of the Catholic Church, a 700 page comprehensive explanation of the teachings of the Church. Since then , a smaller version for youth was published. This series will try to explain various teachings of the Catechism in a simple way that hopefully will be easily understood ....
31
Jan
Jesus Calls While Passing By
A few years ago, Pope Francis was speaking to university students about the calling of Matthew (recounted in Matthew 9:9), and said, "If you have time, go see the picture that Caravaggio painted of this scene."...
27
Jan
What We Believe: Part 4 – Not What We Do But Why We Do It
Jesus spent 30 of those years in an obscure village in Palestine and lived , , , in an ordinary family doing carpentry work when He grew up. He spent only the last three years of His life . . . teaching, preaching, curing many sick people and finally dying on a cross as if He was a common criminal. How can we explain those 30 years of a hidden life while devoting only three years to what is known as the public life of Jesus?...
22
Jan
Would You Prefer to be Rich or Poor?
What happens when the poor are lifted up and become powerful? Does this mean that they too will eventually be put down?" Or, when the poor become rich? Will they too eventually be sent "away empty?"...
21
Jan
What is Humility?
The Gospel for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Luke 14:1, 7-14) speaks about giving a banquet. The Eucharist is our banquet, the sacred meal that foreshadows the great Messianic Banquet when all the nations will be gathered around Christ the Lord. This gospel passage seems to be about humility, which is why the first reading was chosen (Sirach 3:17-20, 28-29). But is it really about humility?...
20
Jan
What We Believe: Part 3 – God Reveals All in Jesus
The New Testament is really about Jesus Christ. All the Old Testament leads up to the coming of Jesus Christ who is described in the Catechism--Mediator and Fullness of All Revelation" (65-72)."...
13
Jan
What We Believe: Part 2 – Fidelity of God’s People
Part 2 of this series about the new Catechism looks at the presentation of Jewish history in a digest form....
07
Jan
“Singing and Making Melody to the Lord with Your Heart ” (Eph 5:19)
I also share with my students that for me, music is a path away from the stress of the day, for if you're focused on getting the notes just right, you can't be thinking of anything else. Everyone needs to find something like that....
06
Jan
What We Believe: Part 1 – Love of God Above All
In 1992, Pope John Paul II authorized a new Catechism of the Catholic Church, a 700 page comprehensive explanation of the teachings of the Church. Since then , a smaller version for youth was published. This series will try to explain various teachings of the Catechism in a simple way that hopefully will be easily understood ....