It Wasn't Right

In Tanzania we celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of Our Lady on Sunday preceding or following the August 15 (unless it is Sunday of August 15 itself). That is why we celebrated the Solemnity today in my parish as elsewhere in Tanzania. In my homily I focused on Divine Logic and God's meticulousness  in guiding life of Our Lady...

Echoes of Eden

It struck me, meditating on the First Reading of today's Gospel of the First Sunday of Lent, Year A, that the original sin, committed by our first parents, no matter if you believe in the story literally or metaphorically, echoes throughout the ages in the Fourth Commandment of God: "Honor your father and your mother, that you may have a long life in the land which the LORD, your God, is giving you." (Ex 20:12)