Jul 23, 2025

Fish in baskets

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In the Gospels, the Kingdom of Heaven is compared to a net that gathers all sorts of fish, which are then selected by the fishermen. One day Francis, walking with…
Jul 21, 2025

He who believes lives!

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The Johannine passage narrates the resuscitation of Lazarus. In the face of death, the humanity of the Lord testifies to his love for us, his friends. Francis of Assisi too,…
Jul 19, 2025

It is by knocking that we receive

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After teaching his disciples to pray, Jesus urges them to ask for what they need and to knock because the door will be opened to them. For Francis of Assisi,…
Jul 17, 2025

«Not like this among you»

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In today's Gospel Jesus teaches his disciples about humility and greatness in service. He who wants to become great will be first in service. Compared to the imperial criterion, the…
Jul 15, 2025

True vine and true branches

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On the feast of St Bridget, patron saint of Europe, the liturgy offers us a passage from the Johannine Gospel. In it Jesus reminds us that He is the true…
Jul 13, 2025

A convincing Sign

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In today's Gospel, the scribes and Pharisees demand a sign from Jesus, even though Christ had already given them many. But the only saving sign given to the people of…
Mt sets before us the malice of the leaders who want to eliminate Jesus, set against the holiness of the Servant of God, who heals every sickness. The Spirit of…
Jul 9, 2025

Attracting meekness and humility

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Jesus, in chapter eleven of Matthew, calls His own to meekness and humility of heart as a place of refreshment from all toil, learning from Him. Regarding the meekness of…
In today's Gospel, Jesus rebukes the cities that had received wonderful benefits but had not converted. He echoes: «Woe to you, Corazin! Woe to you Bethsaida!» (Mt 11:21). Judgment is…
Jul 5, 2025

How Jesus did

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In today's Gospel according to Luke, Jesus responds to the question, «Who is to me neighbour?» (Lk 10:29) by telling a story. When faced with someone lying on the ground,…
The Liturgy of the feast of St Benedict, co-patron of Europe, emphasises the theme of leaving everything for Christ, for the Gospel, reciprocated by the hundredfold and the Life of…
Jul 1, 2025

Close Proclamation

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Who knows how many times Francis, the Herald of the Great King, in reading this passage from Matthew must have thought that in order to announce the Kingdom of God…
Jun 29, 2025

Healings and Faith

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Today's Gospel highlights Jesus resurrecting a dead girl and the healing of a woman who had been suffering from loss of blood for a long time. Jesus saves both, and…
Jun 27, 2025

What Fasting?

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Jesus answers John's disciples about fasting. Now the Bridegroom is with them and they will not fast; when he is taken from them they will fast. Logic that breaks down…
Jun 25, 2025

In the search, the Encounter

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On the first day of the week, Jesus came to the disciples while they were gathered behind closed doors. He entrusted them with the mission of proclaiming the Good News,…
Jun 23, 2025

In Faith the strength

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In today's Gospel Jesus asks his own, in the storm at sea, for a supplement of faith. «Why are you afraid, [men] of little faith?» (Mt 8:26). Even to Francis,…
Jun 21, 2025

Giants of the Church

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Francis of Assisi had great respect for the Church, which he considered mother, holy, catholic, apostolic, Roman: "At the beginning of my new life, when I separated from the world…
Jun 19, 2025

Shepherd: authentic Heart

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In the liturgy of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we are presented with a passage from Luke in which the true Shepherd goes in search of the lost sheep, leaving…
Jun 17, 2025

Branching out, encouraging gifts

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Today's Gospel passage highlights the spiritual intelligence of those who, like Francis, place at the service of the Kingdom everything that the Most High has entrusted to them in their…
Jun 15, 2025

Amend, don't lose

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Francis, the Poor Man of Assisi, believed deeply in the Merciful Love and Patience of Christ. He could not bear to judge people without appeal. He was always righteous and…
Jun 13, 2025

Father anticipates and heals

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Jesus focuses on relying on Providence: «Look at the birds of the air: for they neither sow nor reap in barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them» (Mt 6:26). Francis…
Jun 11, 2025

Treasure of prayer as sons

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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…
In today's passage, Matthew presents Jesus intent on emphasising true perfection according to the Gospel. Our neighbour is not only our fellow countrymen - as the Jews tended, then, to…
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.…
Christians are a priestly people for the world. Christians should make the living God visible to the world, they should bear witness to him and lead people towards him (Pope Benedict)
I cristiani sono popolo sacerdotale per il mondo. I cristiani dovrebbero rendere visibile al mondo il Dio vivente, testimoniarLo e condurre a Lui (Papa Benedetto)
The discovery of the Kingdom of God can happen suddenly like the farmer who, ploughing, finds an unexpected treasure; or after a long search, like the pearl merchant who eventually finds the most precious pearl, so long dreamt of (Pope Francis)
La scoperta del Regno di Dio può avvenire improvvisamente come per il contadino che arando, trova il tesoro insperato; oppure dopo lunga ricerca, come per il mercante di perle, che finalmente trova la perla preziosissima da tempo sognata (Papa Francesco)
Christ is not resigned to the tombs that we have built for ourselves (Pope Francis)
Cristo non si rassegna ai sepolcri che ci siamo costruiti (Papa Francesco)
We must not fear the humility of taking little steps, but trust in the leaven that penetrates the dough and slowly causes it to rise (cf. Mt 13:33) [Pope Benedict]
Occorre non temere l’umiltà dei piccoli passi e confidare nel lievito che penetra nella pasta e lentamente la fa crescere (cfr Mt 13,33) [Papa Benedetto]
The disciples, already know how to pray by reciting the formulas of the Jewish tradition, but they too wish to experience the same “quality” of Jesus’ prayer (Pope Francis)
I discepoli, sanno già pregare, recitando le formule della tradizione ebraica, ma desiderano poter vivere anche loro la stessa “qualità” della preghiera di Gesù (Papa Francesco)
Saint John Chrysostom affirms that all of the apostles were imperfect, whether it was the two who wished to lift themselves above the other ten, or whether it was the ten who were jealous of them (“Commentary on Matthew”, 65, 4: PG 58, 619-622) [Pope Benedict]
San Giovanni Crisostomo afferma che tutti gli apostoli erano ancora imperfetti, sia i due che vogliono innalzarsi sopra i dieci, sia gli altri che hanno invidia di loro (cfr Commento a Matteo, 65, 4: PG 58, 622) [Papa Benedetto]
St John Chrysostom explained: “And this he [Jesus] says to draw them unto him, and to provoke them and to signify that if they would covert he would heal them” (cf. Homily on the Gospel of Matthew, 45, 1-2). Basically, God's true “Parable” is Jesus himself, his Person who, in the sign of humanity, hides and at the same time reveals his divinity. In this manner God does not force us to believe in him but attracts us to him with the truth and goodness of his incarnate Son [Pope Benedict]
Spiega San Giovanni Crisostomo: “Gesù ha pronunciato queste parole con l’intento di attirare a sé i suoi ascoltatori e di sollecitarli assicurando che, se si rivolgeranno a Lui, Egli li guarirà” (Comm. al Vang. di Matt., 45,1-2). In fondo, la vera “Parabola” di Dio è Gesù stesso, la sua Persona che, nel segno dell’umanità, nasconde e al tempo stesso rivela la divinità. In questo modo Dio non ci costringe a credere in Lui, ma ci attira a Sé con la verità e la bontà del suo Figlio incarnato [Papa Benedetto]
This belonging to each other and to him is not some ideal, imaginary, symbolic relationship, but – I would almost want to say – a biological, life-transmitting state of belonging to Jesus Christ (Pope Benedict)
Questo appartenere l’uno all’altro e a Lui non è una qualsiasi relazione ideale, immaginaria, simbolica, ma – vorrei quasi dire – un appartenere a Gesù Cristo in senso biologico, pienamente vitale (Papa Benedetto)

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