First Sunday of Advent - Year D: Christ will come in the last days; show us, O Lord, your mercy! and give us salvation from you. We are entering the time of the coming, which is the time leading up to the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, in four weeks' time. It is sad that we associate the return of Jesus Christ with the danger that will come at the end of the world, but what the Gospel says has been revealed to encourage us and wake us up. Jesus, who is coming, is the great light, but we need to be ready, with prayer and faith, for the end of the world.

34th Sunday of the Year - B “Solemn Celebration of Jesus Christ, King of the World”: let truth and love reign, and Christ will be our King; Blessed be He who comes from the Name of the Lord, blessed be the kingdom of David our Father. This Sunday marks the end of the liturgical year for the Catholic Church. Is Christ already the absolute authority within us, or is it something else or someone else, and maybe it's just something that attracts us outwardly? Christ's love for humanity is immeasurable, and looking to the glorious Jesus, who is the beginning and the end, brings many graces...

32nd Sunday of the year - b : who loves, being able to offer ; I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for revealing the secret of your Kingdom to the little ones. Widows are unfortunate women who provide for themselves and their children because the head of the family is no longer there, so they live off what people give them. These categories of people do vital work, they work quietly. What these widows can do may be small in society, but it is great for God because they offer with love and you could say that they give their whole lives. ‘I tell you the truth’ comes from the word “AMEN”. Jesus' teachings are infallibly true.

31st Sunday of the Year - B: The commandment for us is: love; if anyone loves me, he will keep my words, and my father will love him; and we will go to them and dwell in them. When admonitions, advice and corrections to improve life go unheeded, the relationship is broken. God really does answer the prayers of people who ask, but we prefer to give up other things. The spiritual heritage of the Jews has collected 613 rules of the law in the Bible, 365 of which are prohibitions and 248 refer to what is ‘permitted’; but Jesus summed them all up in love, those who love their friends are sure to love the Lord too...

The Spirit of truth will guide you into all truth

At the end of its second General Assembly, held from 15 to 18 October 2024, the Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace sent a message to government officials at all levels, as well as to all Malagasy and all people of goodwill.

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Love and Salvation

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.

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Zatti, our brother

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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