Christmas: a warmth that melts hardened hearts

Davide Prosperi writes to 'Corriere della Sera': With the mystery of the Incarnation, Destiny becomes a human companionship. For everyone
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The Incarnate Synthesis of the Gospel

An interview with Fr. Javier Prades on Pope Francis’ recent encyclical Dilexit Nos

Reading Fr. Giussani, one often confronts the concept of the ‘heart’ described as the locus of the person’s innate longing for truth, beauty, goodness, and justice. But why do we experience this longing? Prior dilexit nos – “We love because He first loved...

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The News Memo

"In order to more deeply engage with life": an attempt to discover a more human way to engage with the news

A few months ago, my cousin and I wrote a story in The News Memo about the new Cybercab vehicle that Tesla is developing. The Cybercab is a robot vehicle (there is no steering wheel) through which Tesla wants to develop a fully-autonomous taxi network. I ...

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The Awe of a Presence

“I was reborn through my sickness” – the surprise of being fully alive in the midst of illness

I became sick with Bell’s Palsy unexpectedly on the weekend prior to Thanksgiving. While I managed to attend to some of my commitments the weekend prior, the reality was that by Monday I could no longer have a normal conversation, work, or drive. I had t...

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The Miracle of Christmas is the Miracle of Hospitality

Begging for the miracle of hospitality to happen in each of our hearts this Christmas

A little over a year ago on a Sunday evening in October, I returned home to discover police cars and that familiar yellow tape with the words, “POLICE LINE DO NOT CROSS” surrounding the perimeter of the house next door. It wasn’t long until I discovered t...

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The Awareness of Finality

“Having taken baby steps towards the Infinite on my cancer journey, I know that what I long for is for Christ to come again.”

Lately, living with stage 3 cancer, I find it almost impossible to pray the prayers for my healing that loving friends and family have sent me and prayed for me. Perhaps it is because it is my own body, my very being. Thus there is already an irrepressibl...