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Spiritual discernment is a gift from God that helps us in the knowledge of ourselves and of life, and the Holy Spirit is our guide The term discernment has a very broad meaning, and even within Christian Catholic spirituality it can take on different meanings…
Saint Expeditus the Martyr is invoked for urgent and desperate causes. Here is how his cult originated and spread Praying for a grace should never be done in haste. Yet it is also true that today, and even more so in the past, men and…
Contents1 How many parables of Jesus are there2 Parables common to the four Gospels3 Parables common to the three Gospels4 Parables common to two Gospels5 Parables exclusive to the Gospel according to Mark6 Parables exclusive to the Gospel according to Matthew7 Parables exclusive to the…
Contents1 Who are the witnesses to the faith?2 What does it mean to be witnesses to the faith?3 Some stories of faith For a Christian, the testimony of faith is not just a declaration of one’s belief. Faith becomes daily action, mercy, service to others,…
Contents1 Last Supper and Jesus’ arrest2 Before Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin3 Pontius Pilate and Jesus4 Crucifixion The trial of Jesus, as narrated in the New Testament Gospels, is one of the central events of Christianity. The Trial of Jesus represents one of the first, dramatic acts of…
Contents1 The Gospel of the Samaritan woman2 Who was the Samaritan woman3 The Parable of the Samaritan woman’s meaning. With the meeting with the Samaritan woman at the well, Jesus reveals his identity as Messiah and speaks revolutionary words, anticipating the work of evangelisation of…
Contents1 The Beatitudes in Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount2 Sermon on the Mount: meaning3 The Lord’s Prayer With the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus offers a new vision of the divine law, offering a revolutionary model of conduct based on love and forgiveness The Sermon on…
Contents1 What the parable of the Good Samaritan teaches us2 Who represents the Good Samaritan?3 Who’s next in the parable of the Good Samaritan?4 The Parable of the Good Samaritan for Children The parable of the Good Samaritan teaches us that love and compassion know…
The healing of the paralytic in Capernaum is one of the many miracles of Jesus, but it contains a series of profound meanings worth exploring. The healing of the paralytic of Capernaum is an episode described in the synoptic Gospels (Mk 2:1-12; Mt 9:1-8; Lk 5:17-26). According to…
Contents1 The first episode of Jesus’ public life2 Jesus in the Desert3 The ministry of Jesus in Galilee4 The Final Ministry in Jerusalem From the Baptism in the Jordan to the triumphal entry into Jerusalem. The three years of Jesus’ public life that changed the…
Contents1 Why Does Jesus Compare Himself to the Good Shepherd?2 Prayer to Jesus the Good Shepherd3 When Is Jesus the Good Shepherd Celebrated? On the fourth Sunday of Easter, the liturgy celebrates Jesus the Good Shepherd. Where does this image of Christ originate? We are…
Contents1 What is egg tempera2 The pictorial technique of egg tempera in sacred icons3 Egg tempera: recipe Sacred icons: genuine expressions of religiosity, symbolic works that transcend art. How are they painted? Discovering egg tempera Much of the deep symbolism that permeates sacred icons comes from the…
The expulsion of the merchants from the Temple of Jerusalem represents an act of rebellion by Jesus against a now outdated and corrupted religious tradition, in favour of the new purity of spirit and the hope that He came to bring. Among the many episodes…
Contents1 Why is freedom of religion a right?2 When was freedom of religion born?3 Why is Article 19 crucial?4 What is the only limit to religious freedom? Freedom of religion is a fundamental human right, defined by many national constitutions. That’s why it’s so important.…
Contents1 What Does the Dedication of a Church Mean?2 The Rite of the Dedication of a Church3 The Parts of the Rite For the Christian religion, the dedication of the church is a moment of fundamental importance. It is the solemn consecration of a new…
Contents1 The annulment of the marriage at the Sacra Rota2 The causes of the annulment of the marriage3 The encyclical Amoris Laetitia of Pope Francis4 Can divorced people get married in church? Marriage annulment: when love is not enough. The Catholic Church allows it, but…
Contents1 Nek2 Walter Nudo3 Claudia Koll4 Sylvester Stallone5 Antonio Banderas6 Andrea Bocelli7 Al Pacino8 Justin Bieber9 Jonathan Roumie10 Mel Gibson Actors and singers, soubrettes and directors. 10 famous religious conversions that show us how, before God and faith, we are only men and women in…
The Sacred Belt kept in Prato is a Marian relic of great importance, the centre of a devotion that has lasted for eight hundred years. Among the many Christian relics that have always characterised the Catholic religion, arousing popular devotion and gathering crowds of faithful…