IN 1977 the Rector of the Seminary where I was studying gave me and other young friars the possibility of going to our mission in Ghana to help set up a small ward in a leper colony. That was a very...
IN 1971 I was going through a life crisis: I was unhappy with my love life, my job and, above all, my spiritual life. Something was wrong, and I didn’t know what to do.
EVERY ONCE in a while I go to a small supermarket close to the Basilica of St. Anthony here in Padua to buy some little goodies to keep in my room in the friary: a few cans of sugar-free drink, some...
THE LITURGICAL high point of the Jubilee is Easter. In Pope Francis’ words, “What a joy to announce the Easter message: Jesus is risen; there is hope for you; you are no longer in the...
WHAT WOULD you do if you started receiving vibrant love messages? Perhaps by post, email or as texts. What if these messages were of the type: “Do you not feel how much I love you?” or...
AT THE BEGINNING of each New Year, we naturally think about the future. However, in these highly uncertain times, it is all too easy to be overwhelmed by fear and anxiety for our future and that of...
