Chapter thirteen of Matthew's Gospel highlights the rejection of Jesus by the inhabitants of Nazareth. The Lord is amazed at the unbelief found in his homeland and the contempt reserved…
Jesus speaks in parables of the Kingdom of Heaven, likened to a treasure hidden in a field for which he who finds it sells everything. The subject of the parable…
In today's Gospel, Jesus tells parables about the Kingdom of God, drawing inspiration from elements of nature: mustard seeds and yeast. With natural and real connections, he explains the nature…
Francis, the Little One of God, often instructed his brothers not to be servants of the weeds sown in the world by the evil one, not to follow his perverse…
Today's liturgy highlights a passage from Matthew in which Jesus emphasises listening to the Word and opening one's heart. The parables He illustrates are not understood because these two existential…
On the feast of St. Mary Magdalene, the Liturgy proposes to us the passage from John that concerns her most closely, as it challenges every soul in its search for…
Francis of Assisi, the Wise and the Little One of God, always had a clear conscience about the importance and necessity of the contemplative life, tempered by work that keeps…
The Pharisees ask Jesus why his disciples do what is not permitted by the Law on the Sabbath [eating, out of hunger, the ears of corn in the fields]. Jesus,…
The Gospel is a hymn of praise to God the Father by Jesus in the dimension of the weakness and vulnerability of the little ones. He had experienced the disappointment…
Jul 6, 2025

Welcomings

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Jesus makes it clear that it is necessary to take up one's cross in order to follow Him and be worthy of Him. He also emphasises that whoever welcomes His…
Jesus emphasised not to be afraid of martyrdom, of those who kill the body but do not have the power to kill the soul (Mt 10:28), because the disciple is…
Jul 2, 2025

Freely, simply

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Chapter 10 of Matthew continues to present us with a Jesus who asks his disciples, sent to preach the nearness of the Kingdom of Heaven, to give freely as they…
In today's Gospel we see Jesus going through towns and villages proclaiming the Kingdom of God and healing the sick. Assiduous contemplation and purity of life had made Francis powerful,…
The passage proposed for this Sunday is taken from the Gospel of Luke and emphasises Jesus' mandate to his disciples, highlighting how they were to be itinerant preachers of the…
Jesus makes us contemplate Matthew's strong and particular call, displacing everyone, precisely because it begins with sinners and not with the perfect according to the mentality of the time. «For…
The passage from Matthew presents Jesus grappling with demons who fear being cast out. The unclean spirits unite against the true servants of God. Francis knew something about this. The…
In today's Gospel passage Jesus proposes to those who want to follow him a real poverty of living and ready detachment from the demands of kinship. Francis of Assisi fell…
Jun 20, 2025

New Family

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Francis, the jester of God, after Grace had made him a new creature, preferred to the natural family the one given him by the Father of mercies. Indeed, without hesitation,…
In the passage proposed by the Liturgy of the day, Jesus calls us to concretely do his will, to be like a dwelling founded on his Rock, resisting rain and…
The Liturgy relating to the Birth of the Baptist examines a Lucan passage where the people's question, faced with this event, is: «What then will become of this child?» (Lk…
On this solemn Sunday of Corpus Christi, the liturgy offers us a passage from Luke about the multiplication of loaves for a huge crowd. Jesus says to his disciples: «Give…
Jesus exhorts not to accumulate treasures on earth, soon to be consumed, but in God because they are eternal. In the Sources, the theme of not accumulating is at home,…
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…
In today's Gospel, Jesus sends a very clear message: give to those in need: «Give to those who ask you, and do not turn away from those who want to…
This Sunday's long passage from Matthew's Gospel deals with various themes. Among these is the urgency of overcoming the legalism of the scribes and Pharisees, doing God's will with care.…
Jesus warns against the ruthless justice of the Pharisees, urging respect for every brother and sister and reconciliation, which is the flavour of life as children of God. Francis was…
In today's Gospel, Jesus speaks of the witness we are called to give with our lives, to be salt and light for all. Francis, in his journey of faith, sought…
The Gospel of the Solemnity of Pentecost highlights, through Jesus, the sending of the Holy Spirit: «whom the Father will send in my name» (Jn 14:26), says the Lord. Francis…
Chapter twenty-one of John, in its concluding part, puts on the lips of Jesus the repeated verb «to shepherd» after the question asked to Peter: «Do you love me?» (Jn…
In today's passage from John's Gospel Jesus pronounces a phrase that is both wonderful and challenging: «Holy Father, keep them in your Name which you have given me, that they…
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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