A man should love the unfortunate orphan of whom he is guardian as if he were his own child. He should be as careful and as diligent in the management of the orphan's property as of his own or even more careful still. read more

Mary the ark of the new covenant bore Jesus in her womb. She shares in the victory promised to all who believe. read more

Freedom is the power, rooted in reason and will, to act or not to act, to do this or that, and so to perform deliberate actions on one's own responsibility. By free will one shapes one's own life. Human freedom is a force for growth and maturity in truth and goodness; it attains its perfection when directed toward God. Our beatitude. read more

'The Lord allowed his disciples to enter danger to make them suffer, and he did not immediately come to their aid; he left them in peril for the whole night, to teach them to be patient and not to be accustomed to receiving immediate succor in tribulation'(Theophylact. Enarratio in Evangelium Marci, in loc.). read more

Thank you to all who helped the Catholic Eparchy of Keren in 2021. A special thank you to all of you who either individually or as a group who have donated during covid-19 pandemic. May you all be blessed most abundantly and may your kindness be recompensed by our Almighty God. read more

The night is far gone, the day is at hand... Let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in the day. Put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. Rom13:13. read more

The Kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field (Mt 13:24). read more

The Lord God is one, there is no other. We have been chosen as his own, and through the spirit, are able to call God Abba. Through baptism all nations are called to share in the life of the Son and acknowledge the triune God. read more

Peter rescued from the power of Herod, and Paul, protected from his enemies, proclaim with their lives that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of the living God. read more

On the Parable of the sewer often times we are asked to see ourselves as being represented by the soil and how we accept the seeds of faith. But what if we should see ourselves as the scattered seed, itself? read more

Come to me all, you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you shall find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light. read more

To be a disciple of Christ means to share in his cross (Mt 10:25). In martyrdom, a disciple becomes fully identified with Christ; in fact, the Greek martyr means 'witness'. While most Christians are not called to die for the Faith, all must be prepared to bear witness to and suffer for Christ (CCC 1225, 1506) read more