Jun 7, 2025

Abiding

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On the solemnity of the Holy Trinity, our thoughts turn to how Francis and Clare lived this Mystery of Unity and Sharing. Looking through the Sources, we realise that the…
The Poor Man of Assisi valued marriage in Christian life as a place of witness to God's fundamental love for man and woman, knowing how to accept and wait for…
In the Gospel passage proposed today, Jesus speaks of having come to give full fulfilment to the Law. So do not tear down or transgress the Word, but observe it…
Jun 1, 2025

Motherhood and sacrifice

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The passage in today's liturgy highlights the figure of Mary at the foot of the cross, as Mother of all believers - and the blood and water that flowed from…
May 30, 2025

Following

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Addressing Peter, Jesus asks him to follow him [«Me, Follow» Jn 21:22] instead of worrying about the future of the beloved disciple. Following is a theme strongly felt by Francis…
In the concluding part of chapter seventeen of John, Jesus repeatedly returns to the theme of unity, asking the Father for his own that «all the people may be One»…
May 26, 2025

In unity the glorification

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Jesus addresses the Father, telling Him to glorify Him so that the Son may glorify Him, as He prays for those entrusted to Him in His immense and impervious mission.…
May 24, 2025

Heaven within, for the Mission

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Luke's Gospel passage highlights Jesus' mandate to his own, sent to preach the Word to all peoples. Jesus emphasises that «in his name conversion for the remission of sins would…
May 23, 2025

Endless Joy

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Jesus speaks to His own saying: «Your Joy no one can take away from you» (Jn 16:22). The happiness that comes from Him is lasting, it is authentic because it…
May 22, 2025

In the Spirit

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Jesus tells his own that the Spirit of Truth sent will lead them into all truth, announcing what he will have heard. Francis, poor and simple, was a man constantly…
May 21, 2025

Franciscan Life in the Spirit

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Francis and Clare of Assisi had a special devotion to the Spirit of the Lord and his holy operation. There are countless passages in the Sources that attest to this.…
May 20, 2025

Hatred and persecution

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Jesus reminds us that the world's hatred for His disciples reveals hatred for Him. He adds that if they persecuted the Son of God, his own will be treated no…
May 14, 2025

Joy of the resurrected

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In chapter fifteen of John, Jesus announces that his full Joy in us comes from abiding in his love. Looking more closely at the life of the two Poor of…
May 12, 2025

In his will, Peace

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Jesus distinguishes between the peace that the world gives and the peace that comes from Him. He is the Prince of Peace, all good things that come from Heaven. Francis…
Francis held dear that expression from the Gospel: «By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another» (Jn 13:35). He cherished the…
In today's passage Jesus addresses His disciples and exhorts them to have faith, not to be troubled, for He goes to prepare "a place" for them. To Thomas, who asks…
May 6, 2025

Righteous life in love

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The passage proposed by the Liturgy today highlights Jesus' wonderful discourse to his own on Love. He begins by saying to abide in his love; and the concluding verse reiterates…
May 4, 2025

Shepherd and Gate

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Jesus in chapter ten of the Johannine Gospel calls Himself the 'Shepherd and Gate of the sheep' by entering through which one encounters salvation. He alone is the true Shepherd…
May 2, 2025

The Holy Operation

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In the sixth chapter of John's Gospel, Jesus speaking to his disciples tells them that only the Spirit of God can revive man and open him to new horizons. Francis…
Apr 30, 2025

The Father draws and sends

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In this part of chapter 6 of the Johannine Gospel it is emphasised by Jesus that no one can go to Him unless the Father draws him. Whoever listens and…
Today's Johannine Gospel passage shows how the crowd had not yet understood the eternal value of the Bread that Jesus wanted to give them. The people think of the manna…
Apr 26, 2025

«Shepherd my lambs» (Jn 21:15)

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In today's passage Jesus asks Peter if he really loves him and, to the disciple's affirmative answer, he adds to begin to shepherd his lambs, to begin with the little…
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…
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)
But the mystery of the Trinity also speaks to us of ourselves, of our relationship with the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit (Pope Francis)
Ma il mistero della Trinità ci parla anche di noi, del nostro rapporto con il Padre, il Figlio e lo Spirito Santo (Papa Francesco)
Jesus contrasts the ancient prohibition of perjury with that of not swearing at all (Matthew 5: 33-38), and the reason that emerges quite clearly is still founded in love: one must not be incredulous or distrustful of one's neighbour when he is habitually frank and loyal, and rather one must on the one hand and on the other follow this fundamental law of speech and action: "Let your language be yes if it is yes; no if it is no. The more is from the evil one" (Mt 5:37) [John Paul II]
Gesù contrappone all’antico divieto di spergiurare, quello di non giurare affatto (Mt 5, 33-38), e la ragione che emerge abbastanza chiaramente è ancora fondata nell’amore: non si deve essere increduli o diffidenti col prossimo, quando è abitualmente schietto e leale, e piuttosto occorre da una parte e dall’altra seguire questa legge fondamentale del parlare e dell’agire: “Il vostro linguaggio sia sì, se è sì; no, se è no. Il di più viene dal maligno” (Mt 5, 37) [Giovanni Paolo II]
And one thing is the woman before Jesus, another thing is the woman after Jesus. Jesus dignifies the woman and puts her on the same level as the man because he takes that first word of the Creator, both are “God’s image and likeness”, both; not first the man and then a little lower the woman, no, both. And the man without the woman next to him - both as mother, as sister, as bride, as work partner, as friend - that man alone is not the image of God (Pope Francis)
E una cosa è la donna prima di Gesù, un’altra cosa è la donna dopo Gesù. Gesù dignifica la donna e la mette allo stesso livello dell’uomo perché prende quella prima parola del Creatore, tutti e due sono “immagine e somiglianza di Dio”, tutti e due; non prima l’uomo e poi un pochino più in basso la donna, no, tutti e due. E l’uomo senza la donna accanto – sia come mamma, come sorella, come sposa, come compagna di lavoro, come amica – quell’uomo solo non è immagine di Dio (Papa Francesco)
Only one creature has already scaled the mountain peak: the Virgin Mary. Through her union with Jesus, her righteousness was perfect: for this reason we invoke her as Speculum iustitiae. Let us entrust ourselves to her so that she may guide our steps in fidelity to Christ’s Law (Pope Benedict)
Una sola creatura è già arrivata alla cima della montagna: la Vergine Maria. Grazie all’unione con Gesù, la sua giustizia è stata perfetta: per questo la invochiamo Speculum iustitiae. Affidiamoci a lei, perché guidi anche i nostri passi nella fedeltà alla Legge di Cristo (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 (Papa Benedetto)

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