The gospel tells us a beautiful story of mercy (compassion, kindness, gentleness), of how Joseph de Arimathea, a pious and devoted man of the Lord Jesus, was moved by the death of his teacher, and once he died, ordered everything for his burial. At a time when the disciples of Jesus had been dispersed and hidden by persecution, Joseph de…

To be similar to God, that is the goal of spirituality, to be wise as God is wise, or in other words: "Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect" Matthew 5:48, "Be holy, because I am holy" 1 Peter 1:16. But how to achieve this similarity? This only happens when we are able to see the world with…

Alexander the Great with his army had conquered the gigantic Persian empire, and after his death in Babylon the empire was divided between his generals, which brought about a long period of warfare in the Middle East until the arrival of the Roman empire. Alexander's successors, of Greek origin, were not characterized by religious toleration like the Persian Achaemenid dynasty,…

Master Ben Sira taught us at the beginning of his book about the most important spiritual gifts of the old testament, the gifts of wisdom and the fear of God, because these gifts are what link us with God, that is, with a heart of flesh towards the love of God (Agape), and not with a heart of stone that…