When an Artist Painted Envy
Once, a painter was asked to depict envy. After much thought and study on the subject, the painter portrayed envy in this way: an old woman, pale as death. In her claws she held burning torches and serpents, and with her black, decayed teeth she cruelly tore apart her own
When an Artist Painted Envy
Once, a painter was asked to depict envy. After much thought and study on the subject, the painter portrayed envy in this way: an old woman, pale as death. In her claws she held burning torches and serpents, and with her black, decayed teeth she
Statue of Responsibility
Viktor Frankl, the famous Austrian neurologist, psychologist, and psychiatrist who survived the Holocaust, was once invited to the United States to give a series of
Four Men Carrying a Board
A story is told of four men who were carrying a large board, although it was not so big. It was a slate that could actually
An Unexpected Request
The prefect of a department in France, who was a Christian man, often visited hospitals. Once, while visiting a hospital run by nuns, he was
How much fire does a candle share?
It is a well-known fact that Saint Catherine of Siena had conversations with Jesus Christ. In one of those conversations, speaking about the Eucharist and
I run relentlessly to catch it
Theodorete recounts in his “Philotheus” that St. Marcian once met a hunter and asked him: “What do you do?” The hunter replied: “I hunt wild
Two brothers and an unexpected situation
Once I heard a story about two brothers, who were able to understand each other perfectly. One was a priest, and the other had a
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.