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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Full dedication, but for a crossing of our own (Mt 8:18-22) Jesus wants us to give new space to His Word; that by listening to Him, we allow Him to…
House on the Rock or practitioners of vain things (Mt 7:21-29) Pope Francis said: "In order to give himself to us, God often chooses unthinkable paths, perhaps those of our…
For transparent coexistence (Mt 7:1-5) The Sermon on the Mount (Mt 5-7) lists catechesis on salient issues in the life of the communities of Galilee and Syria, composed of Jews…
(Mt 6:19-23) «Where your treasure is, there your heart will be» (v.21). This is not an abused, insipid personal or institutional issue; it is one for easy irony. To ignore…
Between inward struggle and not opposing the evil one (Mt 5:43-48) In his first encyclical Pope Benedict wrote: "With the centrality of love, the Christian faith has taken up what…
Jn 3:16-18(7-21) Lifting up the Cross goes far beyond resilience. Going up and going down, going beyond or retreating (Gospel of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross: Jn 3:13-17) Nothing…
(Mt 5:20-26) «I tell you in fact that unless your righteousness will abound more [that] of the scribes and pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven» In the…
Mary in the Church, begetting sons (Jn 19:25-34) The short Gospel passage in vv.25-27 is perhaps the artistic apex of the Passion narrative. In the fourth Gospel the Mother appears…
Solemnity of Pentecost, living Tradition In the Sacred Hymns, Manzoni compares the spiritual fall of humanity to the plummeting of a great stone down a "splintered" slope; a boulder that…
Real life in Jesus - the condemned for living against the tide (Jn 17:11-19) «Holy Father keep them in your Name which you have given me, that they may be…
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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