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 be carried by two people; there was no need for four. Yet, four were carrying it, and not only that, all four were tired as
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 be carried by two people; there was no need for four. Yet, four were carrying it, and not only that,
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
My father will do it
You have probably heard about William Tell, and you probably remember that William Tell, in order to prove his aim, hit an apple with a
Lionel Messi regrets not having studied
In February 2026, Lionel Messi (the Argentinian soccer player who is considered one of the best of all times) did an interview with the podcast
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.