Sons’ Prayer: performance or Listening? Mt 6:7-15 (v.13) «When you pray, do not babble like the pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their wordiness» (Mt 6:7;…
Trumpets, bass drums and reciters, or perfect instruments (Mt 6:1-6.16-18) External wiles have no wisdom: they become a boomerang. Whoever tries to shine obscures his own light. Anyone who cares…
Jesus invites his disciples to a prayer that is not long-winded, but lean, essential; as sons. Although in different paradigms, Clare and Francis of Assisi were aware that in the…
Jesus suggests avoiding hypocrisy in prayer, the theatricality of appearance, loving and praying in the secret known to the Father. Francis and Clare loved prayer, hidden contemplation, in a special…
Our Father, who art in heaven . . .". We stand at the altar around which the whole Church is gathered in Sarajevo. We utter the words that Christ, Son…
In the preceding series of Catecheses I have spoken of Jesus’ prayer and I would not like to conclude this reflection without briefly considering the topic of Jesus’ silence, so…
Let us continue the catechesis on the “Lord’s Prayer”, now arriving at the penultimate invocation: “lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil” (Mt 6:13). Another version says:…
Thoughts on food Several things prompted me to reflect on this. One was a film broadcast by Rai 1 on 2 April 2026 (Maundy Thursday) on the subject of eating…
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (year A) [21 June 2026] First reading from the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah (20:10–13) This passage is one of what are known as the…
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (year A) (Mt 10:26–33) Matthew 10:26 Do not, therefore, be afraid of them; for there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, nor anything…
The faithless lower self, the thespian Mt 6:1-6.16-18 (.19-23) "Beware of practising your righteousness before men in order to be admired by them" (Mt 6:1). Jesus, in today's Gospel, reinterprets…
Between inward struggle and not opposing the evil one (Mt 5:43-48) In his first encyclical Pope Benedict wrote: "With the centrality of love, the Christian faith has taken up what…
Sons’ Prayer: Performance or Listening? (Mt 6:7-15) In the communities of Mt and Lk the "prayer" of the sons - the "Our Father" - does not originate as prayer, but…
The 'win-or-lose' alternative is false: you have to get out of it (Mt 5:38-42) «Other cheek»: climate of inventiveness. Not opposing the wicked allows one to experience the Beatitudes, the…
The drama of prayer is fully revealed to us in the Word who became flesh and dwells among us. To seek to understand his prayer through what his witnesses proclaim to us in the Gospel is to approach the holy Lord Jesus as Moses approached the burning bush: first to contemplate him in prayer, then to hear how he teaches us to pray, in order to know how he hears our prayer (Catechism of the Catholic Church n.2598)
L’evento della preghiera ci viene pienamente rivelato nel Verbo che si è fatto carne e dimora in mezzo a noi. Cercare di comprendere la sua preghiera, attraverso ciò che i suoi testimoni ci dicono di essa nel Vangelo, è avvicinarci al santo Signore Gesù come al roveto ardente: dapprima contemplarlo mentre prega, poi ascoltare come ci insegna a pregare, infine conoscere come egli esaudisce la nostra preghiera (Catechismo della Chiesa Cattolica n.2598)
“Love is an excellent thing”, we read in the book the Imitation of Christ. “It makes every difficulty easy, and bears all wrongs with equanimity…. Love tends upward; it will not be held down by anything low… love is born of God and cannot rest except in God” (III, V, 3) [Pope Benedict]
«Grande cosa è l’amore – leggiamo nel libro dell’Imitazione di Cristo –, un bene che rende leggera ogni cosa pesante e sopporta tranquillamente ogni cosa difficile. L’amore aspira a salire in alto, senza essere trattenuto da alcunché di terreno. Nasce da Dio e soltanto in Dio può trovare riposo» (III, V, 3) [Papa Benedetto]
For Christians, non-violence is not merely tactical behaviour but a person's way of being (Pope Benedict)
La nonviolenza per i cristiani non è un mero comportamento tattico, bensì un modo di essere (Papa Benedetto)
The Angel does not enter our room visibly, but the Lord has a plan for each of us, he calls each one of us by name (Pope Benedict)
Nella nostra camera l’Angelo non entra in modo visibile, ma con ciascuno di noi il Signore ha un suo progetto, ciascuno viene da Lui chiamato per nome (Papa Benedetto)
A mysterious love, which in the texts of the New Testament is revealed to us as God’s boundless and passionate love for mankind. God does not lose heart in the face of ingratitude (Pope Benedict)
Un amore misterioso, che nei testi del Nuovo Testamento ci viene rivelato come incommensurabile passione di Dio per l'uomo. Egli non si arrende dinanzi all'ingratitudine (Papa Benedetto)
Jesus showed us with a new clarity the unifying centre of the divine laws revealed on Sinai […]  Indeed, in his life and in his Paschal Mystery Jesus brought the entire law to completion.  Uniting himself with us through the gift of the Holy Spirit, he carries with us and in us the “yoke” of the law, which thereby becomes a “light burden” (Pope Benedict)
Gesù ci ha mostrato con una nuova chiarezza il centro unificante delle leggi divine rivelate sul Sinai […] Anzi, Gesù nella sua vita e nel suo mistero pasquale ha portato a compimento tutta la legge. Unendosi con noi mediante il dono dello Spirito Santo, porta con noi e in noi il "giogo" della legge, che così diventa un "carico leggero" (Papa Benedetto)
An ancient hermit says: “The Beatitudes are gifts of God and we must say a great ‘thank you’ to him for them and for the rewards that derive from them, namely the Kingdom of God in the century to come and consolation here; the fullness of every good and mercy on God’s part … once we have become images of Christ on earth” (Peter of Damascus) [Pope Benedict]

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