People have many basic needs if they are to develop as fully-fledged individuals: needs for self-fulfilment, needs for esteem (self-confidence and self-respect, recognition, etc.), needs for belonging and love, needs for security, physiological needs (food, etc.). However, one of these needs has not yet been met: the fundamentals of "food, shelter and security". Catechesis on the Church, the family and development, in collaboration with Fr Bertrand Ratovoalinirina.
Nekena, Antsa's daughter, has a problem because she lacks her father's love and her parents are separated. Nekena is always looking for a fight, even though her grandmother and mother Antsa do everything they can. Nekena is always sad, especially when she sees the lives of her classmates, who have parents who live together and educate them together. The mother notices that Nekena is with a young man, and this is the basis of the latter's reprimands, the only time they can talk to each other...
It's important to fight jealousy and hatred on a daily basis, because they cause a lot of resentment that Christians don't deserve. Mgr Gilbert Ramanantoanina used to say: when you do something, do it with love and sincerity. Faced with this preparation for the coming of the Lord, let's try to purify our hearts: let's get rid of lies, pride, violence... The congress of the worldwide Christian Church has a great duty to encourage people to turn more to God in this period of preparation for the coming of the Lord...
Second Sunday of Advent : Prepare the way of the Lord in the wilderness; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Let every ravine be filled in, every mountain and hill lowered! Let the crags be turned into plains, and the peaks into broad valleys! Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and every being of flesh will see that the mouth of the Lord has spoken....
Pope Francis has accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Miarinarivo, presented by H.E. Mgr Jean Claude Randrianarisoa. At the same time, the Supreme Pontiff has appointed H.E. Mgr Marie Fabien Raharilamboniaina, as Apostolic Admnistrator sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the same Diocese.
Read more ...Christmas is a great joy, because it is the love of God that has come to us, proclaims Fr. Bizimana Innocent, Provincial Superior of the Salesians Don Bosco of Madagascar and Mauritius, presenting his Christmas greetings. Salvation is accomplished, so life is not in danger of disappearing. It is this love and this salvation that we wish to fill our life so that we have peace.
Read more ...The short film "Zatti, our brother" (Argentina, 2020) focuses on one of the most difficult episodes of his life. We are in Viedma, in 1941: at the age of 60, Zatti is forced to leave the hospital he has attended for decades. His faith and strength are tested.
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