The passage from John takes us back to Jesus' distribution of the loaves and fishes. The Lord before the large crowd that follows him, puts his disciples to the test.…
Apr 20, 2025

Light or darkness

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Today's Gospel proclaims that God sent his Son to save men, not to humble them. The distinction is: he who believes has the same life as the Eternal, but he…
Apr 18, 2025

From water and the Spirit

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In the opening verses of John 3 Jesus emphasises to the Pharisee Nicodemus, who questioned him, the urgency of being born again from above by the Holy Spirit. In the…
Apr 17, 2025

Believing and proclaiming

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The Risen Jesus manifested Himself several times to the disciples and, despite their unbelief and hardness of heart, sent them out into the world to proclaim the Gospel to every…
The Risen One, before ascending to the Father, appeared to the Eleven and the other disciples, making his great commission: to be witnesses of new life, preaching the Gospel to…
Apr 13, 2025

From outside to inside

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«Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?» (Jn 20:15). Mary of Magdala wept for her Lord near the tomb. Lost and grieving, she grieved not knowing where he…
Apr 11, 2025

With the Risen One!

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«Now on the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb in the morning, when it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the…
Apr 10, 2025

Love to the end

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The Passion of the Lord narrated by the evangelist John, brings to our attention the arrest and betrayal of the Son of God, his being brought before the high priests…
Apr 8, 2025

Poisonous exchange

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«What you want to give me and I will give it to you» (Mt 26:15). So Judas. Money [thirty silver coins was the price for a slave] counted more than…
Apr 6, 2025

«Feet» to be reached

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The supper at Bethany is one of the most beautiful and moving passages in John's Gospel. Mary sprinkles Jesus' feet with a pound of highly perfumed spikenard oil, which Jesus…
Apr 4, 2025

One for all, in hiding

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Today's Johannine passage emphasises the sentence of the priest Caiaphas addressed to the Jews and pronounced concerning the imminent death of Jesus: "You understand nothing, nor do you consider that…
Apr 2, 2025

Word, Spirit, Life

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Jesus claims divine sonship, claiming to have God for Father, to honour Him and be glorified by Him. The leaders, on the other hand, who do not know the Father,…
Mar 31, 2025

Elevated with the Son

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John presents the cross as the exaltation of Jesus and thereby emphasises that the crucifixion - in appearance only death and defeat - is in reality the glorious revelation of…
Mar 29, 2025

Stoning or granting mercy

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The woman caught in adultery and brought by the scribes and Pharisees to Jesus is the specious 'fig leaf' they use to cover their sins. The Lord knows this to…
Mar 27, 2025

He has sent me

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Today's Gospel passage portrays Jesus going, almost covertly, to the Feast of Booths, in a persecutory atmosphere. He does not go at the time that seemed opportune to his relatives,…
In today's Gospel passage Jesus affirms his intimate relationship with the Father, highlighting the gift of such greatness that has been transmitted. Francis had a relationship of special intimacy with…
Mar 24, 2025

Signs, and Faith

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Jesus [who also attributes great value to signs and performs them to lead one to believe, revealing his glory] reproaches the king's official with immature faith, too attached to miracles.…
In the parable of the Pharisee and publican, Jesus evangelises those who presumed to be righteous, despising others. Francis always felt himself to be nothing before God, sinking into his…
Mar 18, 2025

Finger of God

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In this passage from the Gospel of Luke, Jesus casts out a demon from a mute man who, freed, begins to speak. Immediately some accuse him of doing this in…
Mar 17, 2025

Similar to Mary

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The Annunciation illustrates the art of listening in Mary, visited by the Angel Gabriel. She accepts the Mystery but asks questions of meaning, using her intelligence, in humility and dignity.…
In the first pericope, today's Gospel highlights the urgency of the profound conversion of every man, without pointing the finger at the guilt of others, but looking at one's own.…
Mar 13, 2025

Basic Stones

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Jesus narrates the metaphor of the murderous peasants. Only at the end do the priests and Pharisees realise that it was addressed to them, and try to capture him, fearing…
Mar 11, 2025

Welcomed Clare

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Today's Gospel tells of the announcement made by the angel to Joseph, inviting him to take Mary with him, since the child begotten in her was the fruit of the…
Mar 9, 2025

Measure without measure

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Jesus calls us to avoid all judgement, to be merciful, giving with breadth. After his conversion, Francis had experienced that the measure of Love is not having any. Helped by…
Mar 7, 2025

Proudness in loving

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Jesus proposes Perfection according to the Father: loving and forgiving even our enemies makes us sons. Francis of Assisi often repeated that Love was not loved. Going beyond the considerations…
Mar 5, 2025

Knock: it will be opened to you!

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The Matthew passage emphasises the goodness of the Father, who does not give a stone to the son who asks for bread. Then here is the golden rule: what one…
Mar 3, 2025

Treasury of Prayer

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Jesus invites his disciples to a prayer that is not long-winded, but bare, essential; as children. Although in different paradigms, Clare and Francis of Assisi were aware that in the…
Mar 1, 2025

Desert, solitude, adoration

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The enemy suggests to the Son of God a different way from the Father, but Jesus shrugs off that stench. Francis' life had undergone a radical change when the Physician…
Feb 27, 2025

The Minim forbade excesses

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Jesus replied to John's disciples, who were fasting a lot, surprising them: as long as the Bridegroom is with his wedding guests, they cannot fast. Francis knew well how to…
Feb 25, 2025

Let charity be an example

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On this Ash Wednesday, the liturgy brings to our reflection three cornerstones of the Lenten season that is beginning. The focus is on discreet charity, on prayer in hiddenness, on…
In recounting the "sign" of bread, the Evangelist emphasizes that Christ, before distributing the food, blessed it with a prayer of thanksgiving (cf. v. 11). The Greek term used is eucharistein and it refers directly to the Last Supper, though, in fact, John refers here not to the institution of the Eucharist but to the washing of the feet. The Eucharist is mentioned here in anticipation of the great symbol of the Bread of Life [Pope Benedict]
Narrando il “segno” dei pani, l’Evangelista sottolinea che Cristo, prima di distribuirli, li benedisse con una preghiera di ringraziamento (cfr v. 11). Il verbo è eucharistein, e rimanda direttamente al racconto dell’Ultima Cena, nel quale, in effetti, Giovanni non riferisce l’istituzione dell’Eucaristia, bensì la lavanda dei piedi. L’Eucaristia è qui come anticipata nel grande segno del pane della vita [Papa Benedetto]
Work is part of God’s loving plan, we are called to cultivate and care for all the goods of creation and in this way share in the work of creation! Work is fundamental to the dignity of a person. Work, to use a metaphor, “anoints” us with dignity, fills us with dignity, makes us similar to God, who has worked and still works, who always acts (cf. Jn 5:17); it gives one the ability to maintain oneself, one’s family, to contribute to the growth of one’s own nation [Pope Francis]
Il lavoro fa parte del piano di amore di Dio; noi siamo chiamati a coltivare e custodire tutti i beni della creazione e in questo modo partecipiamo all’opera della creazione! Il lavoro è un elemento fondamentale per la dignità di una persona. Il lavoro, per usare un’immagine, ci “unge” di dignità, ci riempie di dignità; ci rende simili a Dio, che ha lavorato e lavora, agisce sempre (cfr Gv 5,17); dà la capacità di mantenere se stessi, la propria famiglia, di contribuire alla crescita della propria Nazione [Papa Francesco]
God loves the world and will love it to the end. The Heart of the Son of God pierced on the Cross and opened is a profound and definitive witness to God’s love. Saint Bonaventure writes: “It was a divine decree that permitted one of the soldiers to open his sacred wide with a lance… The blood and water which poured out at that moment was the price of our salvation” (John Paul II)
Il mondo è amato da Dio e sarà amato fino alla fine. Il Cuore del Figlio di Dio trafitto sulla croce e aperto, testimonia in modo profondo e definitivo l’amore di Dio. Scriverà San Bonaventura: “Per divina disposizione è stato permesso che un soldato trafiggesse e aprisse quel sacro costato. Ne uscì sangue ed acqua, prezzo della nostra salvezza” (Giovanni Paolo II))
[Nicodemus] felt the fascination of this Rabbi, so different from the others, but could not manage to rid himself of the conditioning of his environment that was hostile to Jesus, and stood irresolute on the threshold of faith (Pope Benedict)
[Nicodemo] avverte il fascino di questo Rabbì così diverso dagli altri, ma non riesce a sottrarsi ai condizionamenti dell’ambiente contrario a Gesù e resta titubante sulla soglia della fede (Papa Benedetto)
Those wounds that, in the beginning were an obstacle for Thomas’s faith, being a sign of Jesus’ apparent failure, those same wounds have become in his encounter with the Risen One, signs of a victorious love. These wounds that Christ has received for love of us help us to understand who God is and to repeat: “My Lord and my God!” Only a God who loves us to the extent of taking upon himself our wounds and our pain, especially innocent suffering, is worthy of faith (Pope Benedict)

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