Author Archives: franksantucci

“But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called greatest in the Kingdom of heaven.”    (Lk. 5:19) All should be persuaded that it is easier to achieve this end by example than by words. Hence, we must convince ourselves that … Continue reading →

Do not let us be put to shame, but deal with us in your kindness and great mercy. Deliver us by your wonders…(Dn 3:42-43) But no, you are my Father, it is you who since the most fragile days of my infancy … Continue reading →

“No prophet is accepted in his own native place.” (Lk. 4: 24) We are the ministers of his mercy, and so let us always have the tenderness of a father towards all; let us easily forget the insults that are sometimes … Continue reading →

“Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again; but whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst;  the water I shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”    (Jn. … Continue reading →

I shall get up and go to my father… (Lk. 15:18) You are my special benefactor and applied your merits in an altogether special way to me; my generous friend, you forgot all my acts of ingratitude to help me … Continue reading →

“The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; by the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes.”  (Mt.21:42) In the 1820’s the policy of the Vatican was not to grant official recognition and … Continue reading →

There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day. And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who would gladly have eaten his fill of … Continue reading →

Can you drink the chalice that I am going to drink?”  They said to him, “We can.”  He replied, “My chalice you will indeed drink. (Mt. 20:22-23) Our Lord Jesus Christ has left to us the task of continuing the great work … Continue reading →

Do not be called ‘Master’; you have but one master, the Christ. The greatest among you must be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled;but whoever humbles himself will be exalted. (Mt. 23:11-12) Encouraged however by a desire to serve … Continue reading →

Jesus said to his disciples:  “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. “Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven.” (Lk. 6:36-38) Charity is the pivot … Continue reading →