Panita Borbor

Esta nota de aquí es una traducción de un articulo que publiqué en inglés y que, a su vez, viene de un brochure que encontré en un centro de estudios del Opus Dei en Montreal. Espero que, de una u otra forma, este pequeño articulo les pueda ayudar en el desafío que es ser papás. Meta Para cuando tus hijos sean jovenes adultos, ellos sean hombres y mujeres que amen a Dios como católicos virtuosos y practicantes. Para lograr esto, tienes que guiarlos y animarlos a que: Usen su libertad para escoger lo que es humanamente y sobrenaturalmente lo mejor para ellos (aún cuando esto requiera de esfuerzo y sacrificio); Amen al Señor Jesús como una persona. Tu forma de vida debe enseñarles cómo ellos tienen que darle sus corazones a Cristo. Lo que necesitas hacer      1. Trabaja con tu esposa Muestra tu amor y tu admiración hacia tu esposa. Refuerza la autoridad de tu esposa. Háblale a tus hijos acerca de las virtudes y sacrificios de su madre. Manténganse unidos...

This is something I found during my many visits to the Riverview Study Center in Montreal. At the time of this writing, many of my friends are still single and some of them currently have sons and daughters that are younger than five. Because of that, and because I thought it was so to the point, I wanted to share it here so that it may give us (yes, us. Men who are, are going to be, and who are hoping to be one day, fathers) guidelines to raise our children. Goal By the time your children are young adults, they are men and women who love God as virtuous, practicing Catholics. To achieve this, you must lead and encourage them to: Use their freedom to choose what is humanly and supernaturally best for them -even when this requires effort and sacrifice; Love Jesus Christ as a person. Your way of life must show them how to give their hearts to Christ. What you need to do      1. Work with your wife Show your love and admiration for her. Reinforce her author...

This was born out of a reflection I read in Spanish just before going to the II Sunday of Easter mass, also known as Sunday of Divine Mercy, and that I wanted to share with everyone here. I have to admit that the week following the Pascal Vigil was, paradoxically, one that got my heart a bit sad. Because of that sadness, I wasn't myself with those who I love. And, although my heart is still in the process of restoration, I have to confess that by reading this little extract, things suddenly became clear to me: My lack of peace and inner harmony was because I had deaf ears to God. I needed to return my gaze to He who is the owner of my life, the life of my love. Only Christ gives peace and inner harmony to heart (Well, in my case, it would be our blessed Mother that would pinpoint me the way to her son by telling me "Do as He tells you"). That this peace and inner harmony can only be achieved if I reconcile with God, with myself, then with my brothers and sisters, and then...

Joyeuses Pâques! C’est avec ces voeux que nous les chrétiens nous voulons exprimer et partager la joie qui remplit nos coeurs à cause de la Résurrection du Seigneur, pour sa ‘Pâque’, c’est à dire, son ‘passage’ de la mort à la vie. Il est ressuscité pour MOI, pour que je puisse trouver en Lui, et par Lui, la vraie vie! Sa victoire est notre victoire et en Lui notre mort et le péché ont été vaincus. En effet, sa victoire nous a apporté une nouvelle vie et nous ouvre à l’espérance de la vie éternelle. C’est pourquoi que sa résurrection est aujourd’hui un appel puissant, une invitation très forte à faire mourir au vieil homme et toutes ses oeuvres pour commencer à vivre, dès maintenant, une vie de résurrection, une vie nouvelle que le Christ nous a apporté. Mais, au milieu de nombreuses incohérences, faiblesses, chutes et les inclinations au mal, on peut se demander: Est-il vraiment possible de vivre une nouvelle vie, une vie chrétienne avec toutes ses exigences radicales? Est-il poss...

Pretty straightforward, huh? Well, to be honest, it is a question that has been on my mind for a while based on recent events that I came across with: You find someone that's nice, fun to be with, positive and that gives you a feeling that you can confide things to her/him. But you don't feel the person in question is also interested in you... You'd normally hear this type questioning from someone who is less than a quarter of a century old because of the lack of experience. It is peculiar to find someone older than that asking that same question (you do find them, though). But for the purposes of this post, let's assume this is something that all ages go through. So, yeah, rated 'E' for everyone. Let's get to the point: How to answer that question? To begin with, if there's someone that you feel attracted to and that person is not interested in you, it may very well be because you both don't know each other enough. Simple as that. A...