Divine in Human: strong, dignified and fraternal gestures, not repertoire (Mt 13:54-58) "Christians are a priestly people for the world. Christians should make the living God visible to the world,…
(or anonymous weight, toil, and deprivation, of collective rituals) (Mt 13:44-46) Jesus does not want to make us poor paupers, but allies - not because he intends to enrich us…
The Lord of Life (or the pale sign) (Jn 11:1-45) Jn 9:1-41 [the famous passage of the Born Blind] makes us reflect on the sign of the opening of the…
(Mt 13:31-35) Jesus helps people discover the things of God and of man in everyday life. The Master teaches that the extraordinary nature of the eternal world is hidden in…
Jul 19, 2025

Teach us to Pray

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(Luke 11:1-13) Cross within Prayer: no longer looking outward Sons’ Prayer: performance or listening? In the communities of Matthew and Luke, the "prayer" of the children - the "Our Father"…
Rebirth - from failures (Mt 13:24-30) The metaphor that follows the initial parable is intended to emphasise that the presence of 'evil' in the world is not to be attributed…
The anti-ambition or the front row in the pattern of satraps (Mt 20:20-28) Unofficially, Pius VII tried to lift the triregnum (neoclassical style, unusual) given to him by Napoleon, but…
Jn 15:1-8 (.9-11) The allegory of the vine and the branches describes the Presence of the Lord in the midst of His own. He is the source of intimate life…
Fossilised in reminiscences, or Announced by Brethren (Jn 20:1-2.11-18) "In those days, in Israel, the testimony of women could not have official, juridical value, but women experienced a special bond…
What is the Sign of the Mystery? (Mt 12:38-42) Jesus encounters unbelief. It comes from various forms of blindness and prejudice, or (especially in the disciples) arises from inattention. The…
Two realities of the faithful: Listeners or distracted wanderers (Lk 10:38-42) Bethany is only a few kilometres from the holy city of Jerusalem: an ideal community of only brothers and…
For lightness without masks (Mt 12:14-21) "He will not quarrel or scold, nor will anyone hear his voice in the squares. A cracked reed he will not break and a…
Jul 10, 2025

Law or hunger

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Incarnation for the sake of self and the world, or the spiritual form empty of humanity (Mt 12:1-8) On the path to conversion, conflicts of conscience are not parentheses or…
Religion turned into obsession - for "held back" (Mt 11:28-30) The rabbis chose disciples from among those who had greater intellectual and ascetic abilities. Jesus, on the other hand, went…
Scientists and Lowlies: abstract world and incarnation (Mt 11:25-27) "The world gives credit to the "wise" and the "learned", while God prefers the "little ones". The general teaching that follows…
What about established praise? (Mt 11:20-24) The new CEI [official Italian] translation makes it clear that Jesus' is not the Face of a capricious, manipulative God. Whoever embarks on a…
Reputation and obedience: crossroads of the Truth of Faith (Mt 10:34-11:1) We ask ourselves: what prevents growth? What conversely makes one intimate with the Father? Carrying the Cross... in the…
Not from the precept, but from the overthrow (Lk 10:25-37) "You are a fool and a Samaritan!" - accused the Jewish leaders (Jn 8:48). "No, I am not mad...": this…
The Mystery of Oneness: the all-important Uniqueness does not let us "resume": but it makes us be Reborn. (Mt 10:24-33) Christ's proposal subverts the quietism and meaning of personal and…
Camel: absurd position and transit (Mt 19:23-30) It is not easy to enter into the logic of the Gift and place oneself in authentic following of the Lord, in pursuit…
"Depart, preach, saying [that] the kingdom of heaven has come near" (v.7) (Mt 10:7-15) To the friends who proclaim it, Jesus recommends that they do not carry saddlebags and money…
Big emergency, through little Name (Mt 10:1-7) "These twelve Jesus sent after he had commanded them, saying, 'Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter…
In favour of the oppressed (Mt 9:32-38) In the Gospels, recoveries from illness describe and manifest an experience of Faith. The first community forms [here in Mt, of Galilee and…
Jun 29, 2025

Healing in Faith

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Calamitous Faith (Mt 9:18-26) In the communities of Mt the converted Jews were accused by the proponents of the old religion of being perjurers of the customs of the fathers…
Beyond the Twelve: 72 others unsure (but transparent) in the uncertainty of wolves (Lk 10:1-20) And I and You "Truth is not at all what I have. It is not…
Fasting: Opening (Mt 9:14-17) Fasting has travelled through all religious and mystical traditions, because it is intended to bring women and men closer to their own profound essence - to…
But can he participate in the ritual? Sitting and with his eye on the ledgers, only then rich - indeed, 'lord' (Mt 9:9-13) "Jesus does not exclude anyone from his…
Jun 25, 2025

Day of the Lord

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Thomas: without hysteria (Jn 20:19-31) The Manifestation, the Spirit, the remission (Jn 20:19-23) The Johannine Pentecost does not suffer any temporal delay (v.22), yet the Lucan account also emphasises the…
Jun 24, 2025

True Power

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(Mt 8:28-34) After the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, the only schools of Judaism that survived were those of the Pharisees and the Jewish Christians. Both had maintained that…
(Mt 8:23-27) Excita, Domine, potentiam tuam, et veni "Excita, Domine, potentiam tuam, et veni" - with these and similar words the Church's liturgy repeatedly prays [...]. These invocations were probably…
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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