Bad company
Once the abbot of a monastery had this dream: there were many monks in a monastery, each one doing his own task. All of them were surrounded by demons who tried to tempt them in different ways, but in vain, for the monks were holy enough to reject those temptations.
Bad company
Once the abbot of a monastery had this dream: there were many monks in a monastery, each one doing his own task. All of them were surrounded by demons who tried to tempt them in different ways, but in vain, for the monks were holy
The logic of the Gospel
Paul Claudel tells this story in his novel “The tidings brought to Mary”: Jacques Hury is working for his fiancée’s father Vercors when he sees
The parable of the poet
There is a parable in the Eastern tradition that speaks of a poet—poets in the oriental culture are considered moral leaders, those who guide the
Sophie, the cleaning woman
Sophie, a cleaning woman, was Catholic. One of the gentlemen in the large building where she worked said to her, “Hey, Sophie, I understand that
Punishment worse than death
The Karate Kid is an American martial arts drama film. Part two, that was released in June of 1986, starts right after Daniel LaRusso defeated
Contributing vs committing
Once a priest was asking for help to open a house of mercy. He began asking people to support this work of mercy, and they
The charcoal basket
Once a boy, while visiting his grandfather who lived on a farm, asked him: “grandpa, I try to pray every day as you do, but
About us...
The main goal of this blog is to help people to live according to the Gospel principles. Those who have had the great grace of reading the Gospel have found that there is no greater preaching than that of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Our Lord taught through parables, proverbs, analogies, etc. in order to attract his listeners and to help them to reflect and convert. As followers of Jesus we try to imitate His example of preaching in order to illustrate the Divine Teaching and make it easier to live out.