Bread and prodigies of the Christ-ghost (Mk 6:53-56) A saved existence requires a transformation from within; another beginning. A different foothold of good. In fact, the «fringe of the mantle»…
(Mt 5:13-16) «Beautiful Works» [which express fullness] are good works, enriched by the splendour of disinterest, listening, hospitality, prayer and humble dialogue, cordial fraternity. The plural term (v.16) indicates our…
Jesus calls us to bear essential witness, to give our whole lives, to be salt and light for everyone. Francis, in his journey of faith, sought to please God with…
The evangelist Mk shows how, as Jesus passed by, people everywhere flocked to carry on stretchers the sick to be healed. Following in the footsteps of the Master, Francis performed…
2. The Council has already borne much fruit in the realm of missionary activity. There has been an increase of local churches with their own bishops, clergy and workers in…
Being saved does not mean merely escaping punishment but being delivered from the evil that dwells within us. It is not punishment that must be eliminated but sin, the rejection…
God is always at work out of love and it is up to us to respond to him with responsibility and in a spirit of reconciliation, leaving room for the…
A few days ago, I read in the newspaper about another case of a 22-year-old girl being stabbed. She was stabbed because she was listening to music at too high…
VI Sunday in Ordinary Time (year A) [15 February 2026] May God bless us and may the Virgin protect us. The theme of the two paths, so dear to the…
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (year A) (Mt 5:13-16) Matthew 5:15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bushel, but on a lampstand, and it gives…
Fullness of minimal and beautiful works, not small and insignificant (Mt 5:13-16) "Beautiful works" [which express fullness] are good works, enriched by the splendour of selflessness, listening, hospitality, humble prayer…
Alone, and the true holiday that preserves the life force (Mk 6:30-34) Spy and interpretive key of the Gospel passage is the expression "in aloof" (v.31), which in the Gospels…
(Mk 6:14-29) The question "Who is Jesus?" grows throughout the Gospel of Mark, up to the answer of the centurion under the cross (Mk 15:39). The account of people's opinions…
Bread and wonders of the Christ-phantom (Mk 6:53-56) "He can carry the cloak of the Master who is devoted to the cause of non-violence and non-possession, who is driven by…
Salt, in the cultures of the Middle East, calls to mind several values such as the Covenant, solidarity, life and wisdom. Light is the first work of God the Creator and is a source of life; the word of God is compared to light (Pope Benedict)
Il sale, nella cultura mediorientale, evoca diversi valori quali l’alleanza, la solidarietà, la vita e la sapienza. La luce è la prima opera di Dio Creatore ed è fonte della vita; la stessa Parola di Dio è paragonata alla luce (Papa Benedetto)
Even after his failure even in Nazareth (vv.1-6) - his heralds gladly confused the Servant [who was educating them] with the victorious, sighed, respected and glorious Messiah…
Ancora dopo il suo fallimento persino a Nazareth (vv.1-6) - i suoi banditori hanno ben volentieri confuso il Servo [che li stava educando] col Messia vincitore, sospirato, rispettato e glorioso…
During more than 40 years of his reign, Herod Antipas had created a class of functionaries and a system of privileged people who had in their hands the government, the tax authorities, the economy, the justice, every aspect of civil and police life, and his command covered the territory extensively…
Durante più di 40 anni di regno, Erode Antipa aveva creato una classe di funzionari e un sistema di privilegiati che avevano in pugno il governo, il fisco, l’economia, la giustizia, ogni aspetto della vita civile e di polizia, e il suo comando copriva capillarmente il territorio…
Familiarity at the human level makes it difficult to go beyond this in order to be open to the divine dimension. That this son of a carpenter was the Son of God was hard for them to believe. Jesus actually takes as an example the experience of the prophets of Israel, who in their own homeland were an object of contempt, and identifies himself with them (Pope Benedict)
La familiarità sul piano umano rende difficile andare al di là e aprirsi alla dimensione divina. Che questo Figlio di un falegname sia Figlio di Dio è difficile crederlo per loro. Gesù stesso porta come esempio l’esperienza dei profeti d’Israele, che proprio nella loro patria erano stati oggetto di disprezzo, e si identifica con essi (Papa Benedetto)
These two episodes — a healing and a resurrection — share one core: faith. The message is clear, and it can be summed up in one question: do we believe that Jesus can heal us and can raise us from the dead? The entire Gospel is written in the light of this faith: Jesus is risen, He has conquered death, and by his victory we too will rise again. This faith, which for the first Christians was sure, can tarnish and become uncertain… (Pope Francis)
These two episodes — a healing and a resurrection — share one core: faith. The message is clear, and it can be summed up in one question: do we believe that Jesus can heal us and can raise us from the dead? (Pope Francis)
Some medieval theologians explained: first God, the Creator, creates the universe, creates the heavens, the earth, the living. He creates. The work of creation. But creation does not end: He continuously supports what He has created, He works to support what He has created so that it goes forward (Pope Francis)
Alcuni teologi medievali spiegavano: prima Dio, il Creatore, crea l’universo, crea i cieli, la terra, i viventi. Lui crea. Il lavoro di creazione. Però la creazione non finisce: Lui continuamente sostiene quello che ha creato, opera per sostenere quello che ha creato perché vada avanti (Papa Francesco)

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