Category Archives: Nezaradené

Dear brothers and sisters, Today the Church celebrates the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. At first sight, this feast contains a strange contradiction. We exalt an instrument of suffering and death. The cross was one of the cruelest forms of … Continue reading →

Last summer, some friends of mine were on holiday in Prague and decided to visit the Jewish Quarter. Among the many remarkable places they saw, they were especially moved by the 500-year-old Pinkas Synagogue. Its interior walls are covered with … Continue reading →

In today’s Gospel, Jesus gives us one of the most memorable images in the New Testament:“Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own?”It is almost a humorous picture: … Continue reading →

Love for one’s enemies is not about liking harmful behavior or erasing justice; it’s a disciplined commitment to see the other’s humanity while refusing to mirror their harm. It protects your integrity, keeps conflict from defining your character, and opens … Continue reading →

Peter Claver — Jesuit, missionary, and the man who signed his own name as a slave. His story is one of the most striking in the early modern church. ### Who he was **Peter Claver, SJ** — in Catalan Pere … Continue reading →

Let us notice what our Lord reproaches all those who consider themselves His faithful friends: “Your love is like a morning cloud and like the dew that passes away early” (Hos 6:4). This verse could also be paraphrased like this: … Continue reading →

  Dear brothers and sisters, we celebrate the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The birth of the Mother of God, the birth of the Mother of Jesus Christ, the birth also of our spiritual Mother, the … Continue reading →

Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius, a Roman senator and Christian theologian and philosopher of the sixth century, said: “Love itself is a higher law.” When the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees place the letter of the law above … Continue reading →

Introduction Conflict is not an interruption of Christian community; it is the context in which Christian love is proven. Matthew 18:15–20 gives us one of Jesus’ most practical and challenging teachings about life together. It is not merely a protocol … Continue reading →

On September 5, 1997, the world watched a tiny Albanian nun buried with honors usually reserved for presidents and kings. She was 4 foot 11 inches tall, weighed almost nothing, had no property, no organization in the worldly sense — … Continue reading →