Sometimes I meet people who might be called C.E.O. Christians. Would you like to know what this abbreviation means? Christmas, Easter and Occasionally. They have many good reasons (or maybe excuses?) for limiting their going to church. Luckily some of them are brave enough to admit they are bored when they attend mass. Frankly I can understand them perfectly! On…
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It is a most beautiful and desired feeling: to love and be loved in return. However in this current cultural climate loves comes down to physical and bodily dimension, people are still yearning for deep mutual love. On the other hand to everyone who has experienced it, this love seems to be something fleeting. Many of our friendships have not survived…
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I had been brought up in Catholic traditions, catechized by very good people – but for me God had been rather an idea than a person. I was about 18, when God became somebody close to me. There weren’t any special, extraordinary circumstances or happenings – rather a quite slow process of discovering new dimensions of the faith. My religious…
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The woman in today’s gospel was caught committing adultery. In line with the Law of Moses she must be put to death. This was a cruel but acceptable way for removing sin by the Jewish society. People who were witnesses to the adultery used it to set a trap for Jesus. Their idea was simple: Moses was the highest authority…
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In the initial dialogue the younger son asks his father to “let him have the share of the estate that would come to” him. His father’s reply is positive: he divides the property between the two sons. Unfortunately the English translation of this part of the gospel is not perfect. The original, Greek text uses two meaningful words: the son requests the…