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THIS is about the beautiful Gospel scene (Mt. 15:21-28) where a Canaanite woman, an outsider to Israel, approaches Jesus with unwavering hope, pleading for her daughter tormented by a demon. 
 She meets what appears to be silence, refusal, and even stern words, yet she allows none of these to extinguish her trust. Her steadfast faith finally opens the door to the healing sh...

THE Solemnity of the Assumption of Our Lady, celebrated every August 15, reminds us that, like the Blessed Virgin who was taken body and soul into heavenly glory, we too are destined to live forever with both body and soul united in our definitive state. 
 Her Assumption is not only a unique privilege but also a promise of what God desires for those who belong to Christ. It...

THAT is the striking lesson we find in the Gospel where Christ amazed Peter by saying we should forgive not merely seven times but seventy times seven, meaning always. His mercy knows no boundaries, no measure, no end. (cfr. Mt. 18:21–19:1) 
 He then told the moving parable of the servant whose enormous debt was forgiven by his master, yet who refused to pardon a fellow ser...

DIFFERENCES and conflicts are woven into the fabric of human life. Yet we are called to live in communion with one another, urging us to build bridges across every divide through the light of truth and the warmth of love. 
 This is the lesson we draw from the Gospel where Christ teaches how conflicts among believers should be handled, always with the noble aim of redemption...

LET us learn the beautiful art of transcending. We are not created to remain confined within the limits of the merely natural. While we live in this world, we are called to rise beyond it into the spiritual and supernatural life of God, in whose image and likeness we have been created. 
 To transcend does not mean escaping the world. It means seeing beyond appearances and d...