a warm supper we look forward to at night of an early lunch or breakfast or waiting for someone who gets up early to go to work. they are the gestures of home, like a blessing before we go to bed or the hugs after we return from a hard day s work. love is shown by little things, by attention to those small daily signs which make our life always feel like we are at home. faith grows when it is practiced and it is shaped by love. that is why our families, our homes are true domestic churches. these are the right places for
rain on the righteous and unrighteous alike, bypassing broureaucrac bureaucracy, officialdom and inner circles threatens the authenticity of faith, hence it must be vigorously rejected. once we realize this, we can understand why jesus words about causing scandal are so harsh. for jesus, the truly intolerable scandal consists in everything that breaks down and destroys our trust in the working of the
to your children, how much more will the heavenly father give the holy spirit to those who ask him? how much wisdom there is in these few words. it is true that as far as goodness and purity of heart are concerned, we human beings don t have much to show, but jesus knows that where children are concerned, we are capable of boundless generosity. and that s why he reassures us, if only we have faith, the father will give us his spirit. we christians, the lord s disciples, ask the families of the world to help us.
challenges of families in a way that was so comfortable. it was almost his first language, lauren. this is exactly it because it s always been his focus, the family. it s been his passion. he talked about how the family was a domestic church. this is where you learn your faith. it doesn t happen with the big things. it happens with the small things, the small jegestures an this is how we grow in faith. he spoke about the families as the factory of hope and this week it came as a messenger of hope. and his message to the faithful, for those who believe in christ, engage in the little miracles. it can be a life of little miracles. but for all who want to lead a moral life, he s saying, breakdown the walls. reach out to others. love each other. be grateful towards each other and merciful towards each other.
name. jesus, instead encountered hostility from people who did not accept what he did. for them, jesus openness to the honest and sincere faith of many men and women who were not part of god s chosen people seems intolerable. the disciples, for their part, acted in good faith but the temptation to be scandalized by the freedom of god who sends rain on the righteous and unrighteous alike bypassing