House on the Rock or practitioners of vain things (Lk 6:43-49) Pope Francis said: «In order to give Himself to us, God often chooses unthinkable paths, perhaps those of our…
(Lk 6:39-42) «How much our human family needs to learn to live together in harmony and peace, without all of us having to be the same!» (Pope Francis FT n.100).…
Get ahead and Forgive forward (Lk 6:27-38) The adventure of extreme Faith is for a wounding Beauty and an abnormal, prominent Happiness. But only those who know to wait will…
Faith and religion. Turnover in the Church (Lk 6:20-26) Jesus judges the configuration of the world in which his Church, in the Spirit, finds herself living: rich and destitute [in…
He Called to Himself: emergency by Name, before than around (Lk 6:12-19) Lk reflects the double direction of worship in primitive communities: Prayer as a significant openness to the Father…
(Mt 1:1-16.18-23) Since the 7th century, the event of the first Dawn preceding the Coming of the Sun of Justice has been identified by Pope Sergius in the birth of…
And worry about the number (Lk 14:25-33) Jesus is concerned to see around him «many crowds» (v.25). Unusual that a proposal for total gift and risk of the whole life…
Incarnation, or emptiness of humanity (Lk 6:1-5) On the conversion’s journey, conflicts of conscience are not parentheses or accidents of the path, but crucial knots. The genuineness of believing then…
Aug 27, 2025

Fasting: Opening

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New Wineskins and vocational Freedom (Lk 5:33-39) Fasting is a regenerative principle that has a unique healing power, both detoxifying and essential. It activates the energies of humanity and at…
‘Fishing’ to life. Weekday Attraction and attention (Lk 5:1-11) The episode of the Call of the disciples in Lk indicates the attraction of the Jesus Word - which acts in…
Power of the Word (Lk 4:38-44) «To the other cities, too, I must proclaim the good news of the Kingdom of God, for I was sent for this» (Lk 4:43).…
Jesus in the synagogue: Deliverance from quietism (Lk 4:31-37) In third Gospel, first ‘signs’ of the Lord are the quiet escape from death threats [agitated by his people!] and the…
In the Synagogue and from the precipice (Lc 4:16-30) In ancient Israel, the patriarchal family, clan and community were the basis of social coexistence. They ensured the transmission of the…
Being himself and be different. Neighborhood road (Lk 14:1.7-14) The Bible often presents Salvation under the image of a banquet in which God himself participates alongside man. At the table…
Talents - Gifts of the new Kingdom (Mt 25:14-30) Matthew narrates this parable because some converted Jews of his communities have difficulty unlocking and evolving. A competition arises between them…
(Mk 6:17-29) The question «Jesus, Who is he?» grows throughout the Mk’s Gospel, up to the answer of the centurion under the Cross (Mk 15:39). The assessment of the opinions…
Aug 20, 2025

Vigilance is now

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(Mt 24:42-51) Key to the reading of the Gospel could be the famous expression of St. Augustine: «Timeo Dominum transeuntem». Incarnation is a direct thread with reality and divine condition…
(Mt 23:27-32) John Chrysostom writes in his Commentary on the Gospel of Mt: «If the conscience of each one could be opened, how many worms, how much rottenness and what…
(Mt 23:23-26) When leaders of an equivocal religiosity want to be accredited, they insist on abstract ideas or details, and pretend not to see the abnormal. In ancient times, the…
(Mt 23:13-22) «Alas for you, scribes and pharisees, theatrical ones, for you shut up the kingdom of heaven before the people» (Mt 23:13). Unceremoniously, Jesus unmasks the untouchable veterans and…
Narrow door: not because oppressive (Lk 13:22-30) The meaning of the first question is: «Is Salvation exclusive?» (v.23). Of course not - and not even despotic. But it’s not enough…
Being present to oneself: do not replace love with flakes and bows (Mt 23:1-12) The New Relationship between God and man could not be contained within the detailed rules of…
The Great Commandment: only profound Quality obliges (Mt 22:34-40) That of the ‘Great commandment’ was the most familiar catechism rule, even to infants. Jesus is questioned to retort: and why…
Everyone is called, but with which trousseau? Without artifices (Mt 22:1-14) The «wedding dress» (vv.11-12) is not here a figure of the our outside image, but of the essential -…
(Unique Coin and smart working: Love) (Mt 20:1-16) In the atrium of the Temple in Jerusalem, the climbing vine of the portal was a symbol of the gifts that people…
The friendship of those who count and their facilitations, or the inverted world (Mt 19:23-30) It is not easy to enter the logic of the Gift and place oneself in…
From customs with limits to the Spirituality of possessions-Relation (Mt 19:16-22) At the time of Jesus, people lived a moment of social collapse and disintegration of the communitarian dimension of…
Flame and Peace, Diving and Division. Not tactical quietism (Lk 12:49-57) Difference “religiosity vs Faith” becomes evident in the comparison between mentality that identifies biblical Fire with punishment, and that…
Get closer without being submissive (Mt 19:13-15) «I prefer a Church which is bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather than a Church which…
The itinerary of the creature (and of the Church) that realizes in itself the victory of Life over death Mary is an icon of how to find the right path,…
The Cross of Jesus is our one true hope! That is why the Church “exalts” the Holy Cross, and why we Christians bless ourselves with the sign of the cross. That is, we don’t exalt crosses, but the glorious Cross of Christ, the sign of God’s immense love, the sign of our salvation and path toward the Resurrection. This is our hope (Pope Francis)
La Croce di Gesù è la nostra unica vera speranza! Ecco perché la Chiesa “esalta” la santa Croce, ed ecco perché noi cristiani benediciamo con il segno della croce. Cioè, noi non esaltiamo le croci, ma la Croce gloriosa di Gesù, segno dell’amore immenso di Dio, segno della nostra salvezza e cammino verso la Risurrezione. E questa è la nostra speranza (Papa Francesco)
The basis of Christian construction is listening to and the fulfilment of the word of Christ (Pope John Paul II)
Alla base della costruzione cristiana c’è l’ascolto e il compimento della parola di Cristo (Papa Giovanni Paolo II)
«Rebuke the wise and he will love you for it. Be open with the wise, he grows wiser still; teach the upright, he will gain yet more» (Prov 9:8ff)
«Rimprovera il saggio ed egli ti sarà grato. Dà consigli al saggio e diventerà ancora più saggio; istruisci il giusto ed egli aumenterà il sapere» (Pr 9,8s)
These divisions are seen in the relationships between individuals and groups, and also at the level of larger groups: nations against nations and blocs of opposing countries in a headlong quest for domination [Reconciliatio et Paenitentia n.2]
Queste divisioni si manifestano nei rapporti fra le persone e fra i gruppi, ma anche a livello delle più vaste collettività: nazioni contro nazioni, e blocchi di paesi contrapposti, in un'affannosa ricerca di egemonia [Reconciliatio et Paenitentia n.2]
But the words of Jesus may seem strange. It is strange that Jesus exalts those whom the world generally regards as weak. He says to them, “Blessed are you who seem to be losers, because you are the true winners: the kingdom of heaven is yours!” Spoken by him who is “gentle and humble in heart”, these words present a challenge (Pope John Paul II)
È strano che Gesù esalti coloro che il mondo considera in generale dei deboli. Dice loro: “Beati voi che sembrate perdenti, perché siete i veri vincitori: vostro è il Regno dei Cieli!”. Dette da lui che è “mite e umile di cuore”, queste parole  lanciano una sfida (Papa Giovanni Paolo II)
The first constitutive element of the group of Twelve is therefore an absolute attachment to Christ: they are people called to "be with him", that is, to follow him leaving everything. The second element is the missionary one, expressed on the model of the very mission of Jesus (Pope John Paul II)
Il primo elemento costitutivo del gruppo dei Dodici è dunque un attaccamento assoluto a Cristo: si tratta di persone chiamate a “essere con lui”, cioè a seguirlo lasciando tutto. Il secondo elemento è quello missionario, espresso sul modello della missione stessa di Gesù (Papa Giovanni Paolo II)
«The Russian mystics of the first centuries of the Church gave advice to their disciples, the young monks: in the moment of spiritual turmoil take refuge under the mantle of the holy Mother of God». Then «the West took this advice and made the first Marian antiphon “Sub tuum Praesidium”: under your cloak, in your custody, O Mother, we are sure there» (Pope Francis)
«I mistici russi dei primi secoli della Chiesa davano un consiglio ai loro discepoli, i giovani monaci: nel momento delle turbolenze spirituali rifugiatevi sotto il manto della santa Madre di Dio». Poi «l’occidente ha preso questo consiglio e ha fatto la prima antifona mariana “Sub tuum praesidium”: sotto il tuo mantello, sotto la tua custodia, o Madre, lì siamo sicuri» (Papa Francesco)

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