We can be helped by glancing at the sacrifices that our parents had to endure so that we may live and grow up. To provide food and drink every day, to take us to the hospital, to build shelter for us, school, clothing just to mention a few. The notion that the Cross, mortification, sacrifice, are in some way good and a means of salvation, will always strike a discordant note with people who, like Peter on this occasion, view things from a worldly point of view. If we reason only in materialistic terms it is difficult for us to…

The history of the church shows that all who follow closely in the footsteps of Christ experience difficult moments and encounter the cross. Many people meet distressing circumstances for living in accordance with their faith. For some, adversity come through the family and relatives, workers have to put up with injustices of employers, women the intolerance of their husbands, others it is calumnies and discrimination from society. St Peter reminds the faithful that the difficulties they encounter are not meaningless. 1 Pet 2: 18-25. They should contribute toward one’s personal purification. In the midst of suffering, each one of us…

Families are troubled in these modern times. Parents want to know how to be better. Parents have many deeply personal questions about parenting and few places to turn with them. Every family has something going on that is troubling. A difficult child, no time for prayer, no time for conversation, drinking addiction, debts, disagreements, poor leadership, poor communication. Love, respect and caring for one another should be at the centre of every family. A family that prays together stays together. A family should take care of the spiritual and material needs of the members. The family should receive and take…