At the moment of your Baptism, you were transformed into the living temple of the Most Blessed Trinity. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit began to live within your very soul.  God became your Father; Jesus became your elder Brother; the Holy Spirit, became your “Friend” and the “Sweet Guest of your soul” (Sequence prayer to the Holy Spirit for Pentecost).

Therefore, your dignity through Baptism, being so sublime, that your final destiny is the eternal Temple of God in Heaven. However, there is one condition, and this condition is of vital importance: do not lose the … Read more

                                                                           
That first Easter Sunday night, as the Apostles hid in the upper room in fear of the Jews and possible execution from the Romans, Jesus walked through the wall in His glorified Body and greeted them: “Peace be with you! (Shalom!) Breathing on them He said: “Receive the Holy Spirit; whose sins you forgive they shall be forgiven; whose sins you  retain they shall be retained.” (Jn. 21: 21-23)

By this gesture, Jesus was bestowing upon the Apostles, future Bishops as well as future priests until the end of the world, the ability in His Name to forgive sins through … Read more

Healing paralytics, curing the blind, raising the dead, cleansing diseases, closing the mouth of hungry lions, penetrating the clouds and causing a torrential downfall of rain, stopping the rain, preventing disaster to visit a town, city, country, parting the Red sea in two walls— what do all of these miraculous events have in common? Right!  They were all accomplished by the prayer of fervent “Prayer-warriors”.   And that “Prayer-warrior ” can be you if you desire it!

The last few verses of the Letter of James presents as a model for fervent prayer the prophet Elijah. The prayer of a fervent … Read more

                                                                             
To live out Lent fruitfully the church strongly encourages us to undertake three pracices that will lead us to a true conversion of heart, to leave the slavery of sin so as to experience the true liberty of the sons and daughters of God.   The key word is GENEROSITY with the Lord.  Indeed the Lord cannot be outdone in generosity.  We give Him one with a generous heart and He gives us a hundred in return!

What are these three specific Lenten practices?  Outlined clearly in Mt. 6:1-18.— the Gospel reading for Ash Wednesday.  They are prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. … Read more

The Good Shepherd, the Way, the Truth, and the Life, the Gate to Heaven, the Bread of Life, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, the alpha and omega (beginning and end), the Light of the world, the Prince of Peace, Saviour Redeemer, Son of God and Son of Mary,  the Reason for our life and purpose of our existence—- all of these are titles for one Person and that Person is JESUS CHRIST!

Still  another title should be added to the endless titles of honor given to the greatest man walked on the face … Read more