Treasure and Pearl - forms of interiority (Mt 13:44-46) Jesus does not want to make us poor poor, but Allies. His Presence completes and realizes us by Name; not in…
The Lord of Life (or the pale sign) Jn 11:19-27 (1-45) The event of death is disconcerting, and that of a friend of God in community [Bethany] perhaps accentuates the…
(Mt 13:31-35) Jesus helps people to discover the things of God and man in everyday life. The Master teaches that the extraordinary of the eternal world is hidden in ordinary…
(Lk 11:1-13) Teach us to pray: no longer looking outward «When you pray, do not babble like the pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their wordiness»…
(Mt 13:24-30) The metaphor that follows the initial parable is intended to emphasize that the presence of “evil” in the world is not to be attributed to the lack of…
(Mt 20:17-28) The Roman Empire subjugated the Mediterranean basin with the strength of the Legions. Through a large base of slaves and tributes, it concentrated titles and wealth in the…
Getting lost, for the transformation (Mt 13:10-17) St Paul expresses the sense of the "mystery of blindness" that contrasts him on the way with the famous expression «thorn in the…
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 and…
(Jn 20:1-2.11-18) Mk tells of a young man dressed in white, Mt of an angel, Lk of two men dressed in white, Jn of two angels. The stories on the…
Which road leads to the Father? (Mt 12:38-42) Human correspondence does not grow with the multiplication of dizzying signals. God doesn’t force the unconvinced, nor outclass with proofs; thus He…
Two realities of faithful: Listeners or distracted around (Lk 10:38-42) Bethany is an ideal community, coordinated by a woman [Martha: ‘lady’]. The loveable Face of the Lord shines through in…
For a lightness without masks (Mt 12:14-21) The authorities condemn Jesus to death. The insignificant people await him, as their only hope. They feel that there is still much to…
Incarnation, or emptiness of humanity (Mt 12:1-8) On the conversion’s journey, conflicts of conscience are not parentheses or accidents of the path, but crucial knots. The genuineness of believing then…
Yoke on the Little Ones: religion turned into obsession - for "held back" people (Mt 11:28-30) The rabbis chose the disciples from among those who had greater intellectual and ascetic…
Scientists and Lowlies: abstract world and Incarnation (Mt 11:25-27) The leaders looked at religiosity with purposes of interest. Theology professors were used to evaluating every comma starting from their own…
What about established praises? (Mt 11:20-24) Whoever enters himself on a path of following Christ, experiences «Prodigies» (vv.20-21.23). Wonders of the Spirit who works, and doesn’t stray from the present;…
Reputation and obedience: crossroads of the Truth of Faith (Mt 10:34-42) We ask ourselves: what prevents growth? What conversely makes us intimate with the Father? To bear the Cross is…
Not from the precept, but from the overthrow (Lk 10:25-37) «You are a fool and a samaritan!» - so the Jewish leaders (Jn 8:48). «No, I am not crazy...»: this…
Important Uniqueness does not let us “resume”: but it makes us Rebirth (Mt 10:24-33) Christ’s proposal subverts quietism and the sense of personal and social life, so his friends find…
Re-enter to regenerate: opposite banners (Mt 19:27-29) According to St. Ignatius [Meditation of the two flags], the greed for things gives rise in us the vain honor of the world,…
«Departed, preach, saying [that] the kingdom of heaven has come near» (v.7) (Mt 10:7-15) Jesus recommends to the friends who announce Him not to carry a saddlebag and money to…
Emergency large, through small Name (Mt 10:1-7) None of the apostles was worthy of the Call; yet he is called upon, and can receive his Mandate - as if he…
(Mt 9:32-38) In the Gospels the recoveries from diseases describe and manifest an experience of Faith. The first forms of community [here in Mt, of Galilee and Syria] have grown…
Jun 29, 2025

Faith Magnet

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Healing in personal Faith (Mt 9:18-26) In the communities of Mt, converted Jews were accused (by the ancient religion’s proponents) of being perjured of fathers’ customs, and of the great…
And move the neighbors (Lk 10:1-12.17-20) Jesus notes that the Apostles are not free people (cf. Lk 9). Their way of being is so grounded on standard attitudes and obligatory…
Jun 27, 2025

Fasting: Opening

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New Wineskins and vocational Freedom (Mt 9:14-17) Fasting is a regenerative principle that has a unique healing power, both detoxifying and essential. It activates the energies of humanity and at…
But can he participate in the ritual? Sitting and with his eye on the ledgers, only then rich - nay, 'sir' (Mt 9:9-13) Friction arose in some assemblies of believers,…
Victory of the Risen Lord, without hysteria (Jn 20:24-29) The Gospel passage has a liturgical flavour, but the question we glimpse in the watermark is crude. We too want «to…
(Mt 8:28-34) In all religions, man is invited to bind himself to divine consent to receive light and strength, submitting to his authority. The dilemma of the Judaizing assemblies of…
(Mt 8:23-27) Our adventure proceeds like on a boat tossed by seisms. We go hopeful, but sometimes adversities threaten drowning us, and with us seem to drag down all life.…
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)
She is finally called by her name: “Mary!” (v. 16). How nice it is to think that the first apparition of the Risen One — according to the Gospels — took place in such a personal way! [Pope Francis]
Viene chiamata per nome: «Maria!» (v. 16). Com’è bello pensare che la prima apparizione del Risorto – secondo i Vangeli – sia avvenuta in un modo così personale! [Papa Francesco]

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