The Feast of Corpus Christi is celebrated in the Catholic Church on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday or, in some places, it is transferred to the Sunday. The feast was instituted to honour the Lord’s presence in the Blessed Sacrament. There were 2 separate miracles that lead to the institution of the feast in […]
Heart of Jesus, overflowing with goodness and love The heart of Jesus is a burning furnace of love”, because charity has something of the nature of fire, which burns and blazes to illuminate and heat. At the same time, in the sacrifice of Calvary the heart of the Redeemer was not destroyed by the fire […]
With the encyclical “Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence”, Pope Leo XIV offers the Church and the entire world a profound act of discernment. It is neither a condemnation of technology nor a naive enthusiasm, but rather an invitation to look deeply, with the eyes of faith, at […]
Heart of Jesus, burning furnace of charity “Furnace of charity”. A furnace burns and, in burning, it consumes everything, be it wood or other easily combustible substances. The Heart of Jesus, the human heart of Jesus burns with love which fills it; and this is love for the eternal Father and love for mankind, for his […]
The heart of Jesus, holy temple of God; heart of Jesus, tabernacle of the Most High. Heart of a man like many, many other human hearts and, at the same time, heart of God the Son. If therefore it is true that every man “dwells”, in some way, in his heart, then in the heart […]
Heart of Jesus, of infinite majesty. This heart is our alliance. This heart is the greatest closeness of God regarding human hearts and human history. This heart is the wonderful “condescension” of God: the human heart which pulsates with divine life: the divine life which pulsates in the human heart. In the most holy Eucharist, with […]
Heart of Jesus, substantially united to the Word of God. The expression ‘Heart of Jesus’ immediately calls to mind the humanity of Christ, and emphasizes the richness of his feelings, his compassion towards the sick; his preference for the poor; his mercy towards sinners; his tenderness towards children; his strength in denouncing hypocrisy, pride, violence; […]
The Holy Trinity, created by Lorenzo Lotto in 1523 in Bergamo for the church of Sant’Alessandro della Croce, presents a truly peculiar reflection of the Trinitarian mystery. It is an oil on canvas work, 170 x 115 cm, now in temporary storage at the Diocesan Museum of Bergamo. The artist, a man of profound faith, […]
The account of Pentecost in the Acts of the Apostles is filled with powerful imagery. The Holy Spirit overcomes the confines of the Upper Room where the Apostles are gathered and, with the sound of wind and the appearance of tongues of fire, descends on each of them. The effects are instant. The Church is […]
Veni Creator Spiritus Come, Holy Ghost, Creator, come from thy bright heav’nly throne; come, take possession of our souls, and make them all thine own. Thou who art called the Paraclete, best gift of God above, the living spring, the living fire, sweet unction and true love. Thou who art sevenfold in thy grace, […]