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How God speaks to us: discerning the Lord's voice in our lives

A God who has always spokenFrom the first pages of the Bible, God is revealed as a God who enters into a relationship with humanity. He is not a distant or silent being, but a Father who speaks, who calls, who makes himself close. He speaks to Adam in the Garden of Eden, he calls to Noah, he calls to Abraham, he manifests himself to Moses in the burning bush. The whole of biblical history is shot through with this truth: God speaks. Read more...

God's unconditional love in the Bible

A love that precedes everythingEven before the creation of the world, God is love (1 John 4:8). He is not just the one who loves: He is Love. This love is not a passing emotion or a deserved reward, but a divine, eternal reality, offered unconditionally. In the Genesis account, this love is made manifest from the moment of creation: God fashions man and woman in his image, blesses them, and entrusts the earth to them with complete trust. Read more...

The Feast of the Blessed Sacrament: celebrating the real presence of Christ

The Feast of the Blessed Sacrament, also known as "Corpus Christi", is one of the great solemnities of the Catholic Church. It honours the central mystery of the Christian faith: the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist, under the species of bread and wine. Instituted in the 13th century, this feast is celebrated on the Thursday following the solemnity of the Holy Trinity, or on the following Sunday in many countries. It invites us to contemplate the miracle renewed every day at Mass: God makes himself present, humbly, in a piece of consecrated bread. Read more...

The Feast of the Holy Trinity: meaning, history and spiritual significance

The Feast of the Holy Trinity, also known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, is a major celebration in the Christian liturgical calendar. It honours the central mystery of the Christian faith: the unity of one God in three distinct persons - the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. This feast, which occurs on the Sunday following Pentecost, closes the cycle of Eastertide and opens the period of Ordinary Time in the Catholic liturgical year. Read more...

The Holy Trinity: one God in three persons, how can we believe?

A mystery at the centre of the Christian faithThe Holy Trinity is one of the deepest and most central mysteries of the Christian faith. To say that God is one in essence and three in person - Father, Son and Holy Spirit - may seem confusing, even incomprehensible. Yet this is the very heart of Christian revelation, what we proclaim with every sign of the cross and in every Creed. But how can we believe in such a mystery? How can we approach a reality so great that no words can truly contain it? Read more...