What is in our hearts?
Several years ago, the film actor Robert Redford was walking through a hotel lobby. When he reached the elevator, a woman noticed him. She ran after him and asked, “Are you the real Robert Redford?” As the elevator doors were closing, he replied: „Only when I am...
What is right?
Today Jesus talks about how we have all things that are wrong. Instead of picking on the other people, we should not be happy about our own behavior. Let's think a bit more about that today. Loving God, help us to see when we are doing something that hurts others and...
“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you?”
A certain monk was praying under a tree beside a river. As he prayed the tide was coming and the river was rising. Then he noticed a scorpion at the foot of the tree struggling for dear life as the surging waves tried to drown it. The monk stretched out his hand to...
A life like a great journey
Someone once compared life to a great journey for which we carry two roadmaps. One map contains the streets, highways, crossroads and bridges where they are actually located; the second map is a scheme of the streets, highways, etc. where we think they should be. Of...
Who are called as the fishers of men?
One of the documents of Vatican II, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church describes all of us very clearly as, “the faithful who by Baptism are incorporated into Christ’s Body and are placed in the people of God and in their own way share the priestly, prophetic and...
My first homily in english
Who is Jesus Christ? Before you attempt to answer the following question, you should read these words again in the Gospel of Luke: ‘This is Joseph’s son, surely?’. Hal Gregersen said: “Questions are the Answer”. ‘This is Joseph’s son, surely?’ A young man told me a...