Nazareth

Martha is agitated, Mary sits: what Meister Eckhart saw

Who is my neighbor? (Luke 10:25-37)

What only the Son truly knows about the Father and why it concerns us

Saint Gerard of Brogne, a monk who reformed without dominating

Rejoice because your names are written in heaven (Luke 10:17-24)

Like children: from Origen to the brotherhood of Christ

The child in the middle: greatness according to Saint Gregory of Nazianzus

Their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven (Mt 18:1-5, 10)

Why God awaits our prayer to save the world

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, the little way to God

Saint Jerome gives the Bible in Latin to the world

I will follow you wherever you go (Luke 9:57-62)

Meet Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, archangels

Why does humility always elude us the moment we think we have it?

Hold on until the end: Saint Lorenzo Ruiz

The lie of "yes" and the truth of the path taken again

Saint Vincent de Paul restores a face to the poor

Healing without a penny: Saints Cosmas and Damian

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the dust returns to the earth, and the breath returns to God (Ecclesiastes 11:9 – 12:8)

Saint Firmin evangelizes and founds Amiens

John, I had him beheaded. But who is this man about whom I hear such things? (Luke 9:7-9)

There is nothing new under the sun (Ecclesiastes 1:2-11)

Saint Constant ignites the water in the lamps

How the Virgin Mary also becomes our mother

God's true family is not chosen by blood but by listening

My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and put it into practice (Luke 8:19-21)

When the wisdom of Israel looks into the heart of man in broad daylight (Proverbs 21:1-6, 10-13)

What Matthew understood before us about the art of leaving everything for God alone

He did not try to deserve the call that seized him at his desk.

Saint Matthew leaves everything to follow Jesus

Follow me. The man got up and followed him (Mt 9:9-13)

One sign will suffice: what John Chrysostom understands in Jesus' rejection

Gregory the Great and the penny offered to the newest arrival in the vineyard

Saint Andrew Kim Taegon braves the Korean sword

Is your gaze evil because I am good? (Mt 20:1-16)

The fire that's burning might not be the one we think it is.

What John Chrysostom saw in the land that holds firm

Saint Januarius, the blood that watches over Naples

What fell on good soil are those who hold fast to the word and bear fruit by perseverance (Luke 8:4-15)

He did not crush the bruised reed: patience according to Tertullian

What Gregory the Great saw in the silence of the women who followed Jesus

Saint Joseph of Cupertino rises through humility

Women accompanied them and served them, contributing from their own resources (Lk 8:1-3)

The heart that doesn't know how to close the door to the misfortune of others

A woman enters uninvited.

Saint Hildegard wrote about her divine visions

Her sins, her many sins, are forgiven, because she showed great love (Lk 7:36-50)

The Lord is my shepherd: finding rest without ceasing to act

Gregory the Great: when no note is enough to make a closed heart dance

We played the flute, and you did not dance. We sang a dirge, and you did not weep. (Luke 7:31-35)

What remains today are faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love (1 Corinthians 12:31–13:13)

Why does God always favor empty hands rather than full ones?

Forgiving without counting the cost: what John Chrysostom understood about the debt that sets us free

I do not tell you to forgive seven times, but seventy times seven (Mt 18:21-35)

Forgive your neighbor the wrong he has done you; then, at your prayer, your sins will be forgiven (Sirach 27:30 – 28:7)

Rebuking a brother who sins: the Augustinian path of communion

Invoke the Holy Name of Mary

Inès Takeya, hospitality paid for with her life

By sinning against your brothers and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ himself (1 Cor 8:1b-7, 10-13)

Blessed are you who are poor, but woe to you who are rich! (Luke 6:20-26)

Queen of Alesia, the shepherdess who said no

Present in our midst — when John Chrysostom looks at a Church that no longer sees its own mystery

How Saint John Chrysostom teaches us to mend a wounded brother

If he listens to you, you have won your brother over (Mt 18:15-20)

He who loves others has fully fulfilled the Law (Romans 13:8-10)

If you do not warn the wicked, I will hold you accountable for his blood (Ezekiel 33:7-9)

Why do you do what is not lawful on the Sabbath day? (Luke 6:1-5)

What John Cassian sees in fasting that we no longer see

The Bridegroom Who Comes, the Bridegroom Who Departs: When Jesus Reveals the True Meaning of Longing

Saint Rosalie, hermit virgin of Mount Pellegrino

The days will come when the Bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast (Luke 5:33-39)

All night without taking anything: the hand of God in the silence

Why overabundance brings us to our knees rather than fulfilling us

Gregory the Great leaves power to serve

Leaving everything, they followed him (Luke 5:1-11)

Why did Jesus flee Capernaum right after healing it completely?

Saint Ingrid of Skänninge, widow who became founder

To the other towns also I must proclaim the Good News, because that is why I was sent (Lk 4:38-44)

The demon who knew everything and loved nothing

I know who you are: you are the Holy One of God (Luke 4:31-37)

Becoming a stranger again: what Nazareth reveals about the face of Jesus

Why those who know us best sometimes see us the least

He sent me to bring Good News to the poor. No prophet finds favor in his own country (Luke 4:16-30)

Beheaded for speaking the truth, Jean seals his mission

Clement of Alexandria: From confessed ignorance to transformative love

The five foolish women also performed good works: this is what Gregory the Great sees in the parable of the ten virgins.

Augustine of Hippo, reason restored to faith

Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him (Mt 25:1-13)

What watching changes within us, in the school of William of Saint-Thierry

Saint Monica, tears turned into joy

Be ready (Mt 24:42-51)

This wrath of God is unlike any of ours.

Why honoring the dead is never enough to heal the heart

You are indeed the sons of those who murdered the prophets (Mt 23:27-32)

The little finger that Gregory the Great refused to forget

First, wash the inside: what Chrysostom sees that we refuse to see

This is what should have been practiced without neglecting the rest (Mt 23:23-26)

Bartholomew the Apostle: seen before he spoke

I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven (Mt 16:13-20)

When words betray the one who speaks them — meditation on Matthew 23:1-12

Reign in joy: the Virgin Mary Queen

They say, but do not do (Mt 23:1-12)

Why does Irenaeus summarize the entire law in terms of love and faith?

To love unconditionally: to embrace the commandment that sums it all up

Saint Christopher, Christ-bearer

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and your neighbor as yourself (Mt 22:34-40)

Entering the hall or entering the party: what Matthew 22 forces us to choose

Invite everyone you find to the wedding feast (Mt 22:1-14)

When God's generosity wounds our sense of justice

Saint John Eudes, builder of the Church and apostle of hearts

Is your gaze evil because I am good? (Mt 20:1-16)

I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, and they will no longer be their prey (Ezekiel 34:1-11)

Letting go of what holds us back: the camel, the eye of a needle, and the possibility of freedom

Saint Helena digs the earth and finds the sky

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Mt 19:23-30)

What love precedes, the law never reaches.

What we can't let go of: the rich young man and our hidden treasure

If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven (Mt 19:16-22)

Why the Canaanite woman teaches us to pray without becoming discouraged

When God is silent, faith teaches us to speak.

Woman, great is your faith! (Mt 15:21-28)

The foreigners, I will lead them to my holy mountain (Isaiah 56:1, 6-7)

An Ascent Towards Eternity: Mary and the Path of the Visitation

The Assumption of Mary: body and soul towards God

The Mighty One has done great things for me: he has lifted up the humble (Lk 1:39-56)

Blessed is the mother who bore you! (Luke 11:27-28)

They brought the ark of God and set it up in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it (1 Ch 15, 3-4, 15-16; 16, 1-2)

Asterius of Amaseia: Why break off a marriage without flinching?

Going back to the beginning: what Jesus sees in marriage that we have forgotten

It was because of your hardness of heart that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives. But from the beginning it was not so (Mt 19:3-12)

Seeing one's own debt in order to dare to forgive that of the other

I do not tell you to forgive seven times, but seventy times seven (Mt 18:21 – 19:1)

Before their very eyes, depart in broad daylight, like an exile (Ezekiel 12:1-12)

Correcting a brother without judging him: the lesson of John Chrysostom

Reaching out to others before it's too late: fraternity according to Matthew

If he listens to you, you have won your brother over (Mt 18:15-20)

Coming down to reign: what Jesus does with a child in the middle

Beware of despising one of these little ones (Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14)

God loves a cheerful giver (2 Corinthians 9:6-10)

Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross — Edith Stein, philosopher, Carmelite, martyr

A little bit about faith: what Chrysostom sees in the failure of the disciples

Saint Dominic founded the Order of Preachers

The righteous will live by their faithfulness (Ha 1:12 – 2:4)

Woe to the bloodthirsty city! (Nahum 2:1, 3; 3:1-3, 6-7)

His clothing was as white as snow (Dan 7:9-10, 13-14)

A Chosen Soul: Jesus' Detour to the Canaanite Woman

When God's silence becomes a school of faith

Woman, great is your faith! (Mt 15:21-28)

What truly defiles is not outside, but in the heart.

Why does Jesus talk about gardening when he is accused of questionable hygiene?