Valmistaudumme Pyhän Hengen juhlaan.

Jesus goes up to heaven and sends the Holy Spirit. Why does he go away? Why is our sanctification a slow process and not an immediate miracle?

Joh. 15. Jeesus kutsuu rakastamaan kuten hän. Mitä tarkoittaa rakastaa kuten hän on rakastanut? Onko se edes mahdollista?

Ristin ja ylösnousemuksen välillä - Pietarin, Johanneksen ja Marian seurassa. (Nauhoitettu Roomassa pyhän viikon lauantaina.)

Holy Week meditation. Good Friday during a Roman Pilgrimage. Image: "Ecce Homo" by Bartolomé Murillo.

Goal: personal sanctity. Path: ascetical life and the spirit of mortification. But always aware of the primacy of God's grace.

Lent begins, a period of renewed charity, prayer, and fasting. Let us pray especially for peace and the conversion of hearts.

We meditate on king Solomon's dream and his request from God. How do we value wisdom in practice?

Kaikilla on kutsumus.

Feast of the presentation of Jesus in the Temple, also known as Candlemas. (Painting by Simon Vouet.)