The very different solution. Multiplication by Division, in itinerancy (Jn 6:1-15) "Now a great crowd followed him, for they saw the signs he did on the sick" (v.2). "There is…
(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 link with Easter,…
The foundations, the disappointed in the Resurrection (Lk 24:13-35) The disciples question, they are in confusion; they are anxious and accusing, disillusioned and frustrated - but what they seem most…
Prayer-event, for awe The encounter with the Lord has its own essential radicality. It is precisely the Easter event that reveals and communicates the absolute newness of the story of…
Apr 9, 2025

IN COENA DOMINI

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Integral Trust: the emblematic Action, generating the undefiled Jn 13:1-15 (.16-20) Let us introduce the meaning of the Lord's washing of the feet, an emblematic gesture that the Synoptics evoke…
Allied Sign. Enchanting Path (Jn 12:1-11) As his hour draws near, Christ seems to lose his official features and becomes more and more intimate, within our reach. Dialogue with men…
(Jn 10:31-42) "We stone thee not for a splendid work, but for blasphemy, and because thou art man, thou makest thyself God" (v.33). The theological background of the passage is…
Mar 30, 2025

Light and Treasure

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Spark of beauty and humanism, or no future (Jn 8:12-20) In all religions the term Light is used as a metaphor for the forces of good. On the lips of…
The greatest Witness (Jn 5:31-47) "Christians are a priestly people for the world. Christians should make the living God visible to the world, bear witness to Him and lead it…
Pharisee-publican: the two souls, and the essential Mystery (Lk 18:9-14) Says the Tao Tê Ching (x): "Preserve the One by dwelling in the two souls: are you able to keep…
Lk 11:14-23 (14-26) Prejudice undermines the union, and no one can put Jesus under hijacking, holding him hostage. He is the fortress that no entrenched citadel can hold. He who…
Mar 15, 2025

Bush of Moses

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Exceptional Faith, Burning Conversion (Ex 3:2-4) Conversion in the biblical sense is not turning back, but entering within oneself so as not to alienate oneself, and rediscovering one's root in…
Contact with the earth: deviance and ascent Casual Incarnation, in tenuousness and density (Mt 1:1-17) In the ancient East, genealogies mentioned only men, and it is surprising that Mt mentions…
Failing without failing: unceasing struggle with ourselves and with God (Mt 7:7-12) Sometimes we put the Father in the dock, because he seems to let things go as our freedom…
Faith, Temptations: our success (Mt 4:1-11; Mk 1:12-15; Lk 4:1-13) Only the man of God is tempted. In the Bible, temptation is not a kind of danger or seduction to…
The faithless lower self, the thespian Mt 6:1-6.16-18 (.19-23) "Beware of practising your righteousness before men in order to be admired by them" (Mt 6:1). Jesus, in today's Gospel, reinterprets…
In recounting the "sign" of bread, the Evangelist emphasizes that Christ, before distributing the food, blessed it with a prayer of thanksgiving (cf. v. 11). The Greek term used is eucharistein and it refers directly to the Last Supper, though, in fact, John refers here not to the institution of the Eucharist but to the washing of the feet. The Eucharist is mentioned here in anticipation of the great symbol of the Bread of Life [Pope Benedict]
Narrando il “segno” dei pani, l’Evangelista sottolinea che Cristo, prima di distribuirli, li benedisse con una preghiera di ringraziamento (cfr v. 11). Il verbo è eucharistein, e rimanda direttamente al racconto dell’Ultima Cena, nel quale, in effetti, Giovanni non riferisce l’istituzione dell’Eucaristia, bensì la lavanda dei piedi. L’Eucaristia è qui come anticipata nel grande segno del pane della vita [Papa Benedetto]
Work is part of God’s loving plan, we are called to cultivate and care for all the goods of creation and in this way share in the work of creation! Work is fundamental to the dignity of a person. Work, to use a metaphor, “anoints” us with dignity, fills us with dignity, makes us similar to God, who has worked and still works, who always acts (cf. Jn 5:17); it gives one the ability to maintain oneself, one’s family, to contribute to the growth of one’s own nation [Pope Francis]
Il lavoro fa parte del piano di amore di Dio; noi siamo chiamati a coltivare e custodire tutti i beni della creazione e in questo modo partecipiamo all’opera della creazione! Il lavoro è un elemento fondamentale per la dignità di una persona. Il lavoro, per usare un’immagine, ci “unge” di dignità, ci riempie di dignità; ci rende simili a Dio, che ha lavorato e lavora, agisce sempre (cfr Gv 5,17); dà la capacità di mantenere se stessi, la propria famiglia, di contribuire alla crescita della propria Nazione [Papa Francesco]
God loves the world and will love it to the end. The Heart of the Son of God pierced on the Cross and opened is a profound and definitive witness to God’s love. Saint Bonaventure writes: “It was a divine decree that permitted one of the soldiers to open his sacred wide with a lance… The blood and water which poured out at that moment was the price of our salvation” (John Paul II)
Il mondo è amato da Dio e sarà amato fino alla fine. Il Cuore del Figlio di Dio trafitto sulla croce e aperto, testimonia in modo profondo e definitivo l’amore di Dio. Scriverà San Bonaventura: “Per divina disposizione è stato permesso che un soldato trafiggesse e aprisse quel sacro costato. Ne uscì sangue ed acqua, prezzo della nostra salvezza” (Giovanni Paolo II))
[Nicodemus] felt the fascination of this Rabbi, so different from the others, but could not manage to rid himself of the conditioning of his environment that was hostile to Jesus, and stood irresolute on the threshold of faith (Pope Benedict)
[Nicodemo] avverte il fascino di questo Rabbì così diverso dagli altri, ma non riesce a sottrarsi ai condizionamenti dell’ambiente contrario a Gesù e resta titubante sulla soglia della fede (Papa Benedetto)
Those wounds that, in the beginning were an obstacle for Thomas’s faith, being a sign of Jesus’ apparent failure, those same wounds have become in his encounter with the Risen One, signs of a victorious love. These wounds that Christ has received for love of us help us to understand who God is and to repeat: “My Lord and my God!” Only a God who loves us to the extent of taking upon himself our wounds and our pain, especially innocent suffering, is worthy of faith (Pope Benedict)

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