(Lk 14:15-24) Jesus does not compare the Father's Kingdom to a solemn assembly, but to a great Supper! However, the proposal of festive novelty is rejected. The self-sufficient ones and…
(Lk 14:12-14) Inviting the excluded, without a spirit of interest: the Christian community is open to everyone, especially those who have nothing to offer in return. The Church cannot be…
Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed On the occasion of the recent passing of my parents, to the torment of the illness and the loss of both (soon) was added…
All Saints, between religious sense and Faith (Mt 5:1-12) Embodying the spirit of the Beatitudes, we wonder what is the difference between common ‘religious feeling’ and ‘living by Faith’. In…
No more frills: humanity cluttered with - or free (Lk 14:1-6) The Bible often presents Salvation under the image of a banquet in which God himself participates alongside man. Here…
End of a "sacred" order (Lk 13:31-35) The context in which Jesus lives is threatening: the power [even of the periphery courts of the Empire] was absolute and he did…
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…
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…
Theatrical actors and neutrality (Lk 13:10-17) Old and new opinions or common ideas stand in the way of life that calls, that reveals something else, that ignites passions, that wants…
(Lk 18:9-14) Mechanism of retribution denies the essential experience of the life of Faith: ‘allowing oneself to be a saved person, living from Mystery’ - instead of the closed circle…
Conversion and Times (Lk 13:1-9) Conversion refers to a process that shakes the soul, due to an Encounter. A ‘meeting’ that opens to the knowledge of ourselves. A dialogue that…
The room of Happiness, in the decisive horizon (Lk 12:54-59) «Now, why don’t you judge also for yourselves what is right?» (v.57). From nature and events we must know how…
Flame and Peace, Diving and Division. Not tactical quietism (Lk 12:49-53) Difference “religiosity vs Faith” becomes evident in the comparison between mentality that identifies biblical Fire with punishment, and that…
Without intimate contentions (Lk 12:39-48) Jesus reproaches his intimates [those of the House]: it’s neither love nor freedom not to be able to understand in which direction to go, not…
Lamps lit, start now (Lk 12:35-38) In order to make it clear what it means to be prepared to leave immediately, Jesus urges our readiness to notice, our ability to…
Opening armoured gates (Lk 12:13-21) «Some parts of our human family, it appears, can be readily sacrificed for the sake of others considered worthy of a carefree existence» [Fratelli Tutti…
The scandal of waiting (Lk 18:1-8) In the 80s the communities of Asia Minor suffered persecution because the emperor of Rome [the star Domitian] wanted to be venerated as god.…
And move the neighbors (Lk 10:1-9) Jesus notes that the Apostles are not free people (cf. Lk 9). Their way of being is so grounded on standard attitudes and obligatory…
The Afterlife is not inaccurate (Lk 12:1-7) Mk’s Gospel identifies the «leaven of the Pharisees» with the ideology of power. Instead, Lk speaks of it to denounce the emphasis and…
The true upper dimension (Lk 11:47-54) «I will send them prophets and apostles, and they will kill and persecute» (v.49). Living word in every age, Jesus regrets the confusing professionals…
Serving oneself and "the audience" (Lk 11:42-46) The conflict between Jesus and the religious authorities takes on violent features. Ideological or devout choice can be lost in the formalism of…
Faith and religious sense (Lk 11:37-41) Ablutions before the meal (v.38) were an imposed religious obligation. But the Eucharistic banquet [read in filigree] doesn’t celebrate detachments, nor is it affected…
Which road leads to the Father? (Lk 11:29-32) Human correspondence does not grow with the multiplication of dizzying signals. God doesn’t force the unconvinced, nor outclass with proofs; thus He…
Foreign glory, or religiosity giving birth to models and slaves (LK 17:11-19) According to the encyclical Brothers All, the custody of differences is the criterion of true fraternity, which does…
Brethren all and ourselves (Lk 11:27-28) In ancient mentality, the joy of the mother was the full-blown greatness of the son. Jesus contests that the authenticity of Bliss may be…
Oct 2, 2025

The second fall

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Pros and cons, and the Finger of God (Lk 11:15-26) Prejudice affects the union, and no one can kidnap Jesus, holding him hostage. He’s the strong man that no perched…
Conscious emptiness: to fail without failing Lk 11:1-13 (5-13) Sometimes we put the Father in the dock, because he seems to let things go as our freedom directs them. But…
Gaze no longer positioned outside Lk 11:1-13 (v.4c) «When you pray, do not babble like the pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their wordiness» (Mt 6:7;…
Understanding action in the contemplation’ spirit (Lk 10:38-42) Bethany is an ideal community, coordinated by a woman [Martha: ‘lady’]. The loveable Face of the Lord shines through in the contexts…
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…
Christianity cannot be, cannot be exempt from the cross; the Christian life cannot even suppose itself without the strong and great weight of duty [Pope Paul VI]
Il Cristianesimo non può essere, non può essere esonerato dalla croce; la vita cristiana non può nemmeno supporsi senza il peso forte e grande del dovere [Papa Paolo VI]
The horizon of friendship to which Jesus introduces us is the whole of humanity [Pope Benedict]
L’orizzonte dell’amicizia in cui Gesù ci introduce è l’umanità intera [Papa Benedetto]
However, the equality brought by justice is limited to the realm of objective and extrinsic goods, while love and mercy bring it about that people meet one another in that value which is man himself, with the dignity that is proper to him (Dives in Misericordia n.14)
L'eguaglianza introdotta mediante la giustizia si limita però all’ambito dei beni oggettivi ed estrinseci, mentre l'amore e la misericordia fanno si che gli uomini s'incontrino tra loro in quel valore che è l'uomo stesso, con la dignità che gli è propria (Dives in Misericordia n.14)
The Church invites believers to regard the mystery of death not as the "last word" of human destiny but rather as a passage to eternal life (Pope John Paul II)
La Chiesa invita i credenti a guardare al mistero della morte non come all'ultima parola sulla sorte umana, ma come al passaggio verso la vita eterna (Papa Giovanni Paolo II)
The saints: they are our precursors, they are our brothers, they are our friends, they are our examples, they are our lawyers. Let us honour them, let us invoke them and try to imitate them a little (Pope Paul VI)
I santi: sono i precursori nostri, sono i fratelli, sono gli amici, sono gli esempi, sono gli avvocati nostri. Onoriamoli, invochiamoli e cerchiamo di imitarli un po’ (Papa Paolo VI)
Man rightly fears falling victim to an oppression that will deprive him of his interior freedom, of the possibility of expressing the truth of which he is convinced, of the faith that he professes, of the ability to obey the voice of conscience that tells him the right path to follow [Dives in Misericordia, n.11]
L'uomo ha giustamente paura di restar vittima di una oppressione che lo privi della libertà interiore, della possibilità di esternare la verità di cui è convinto, della fede che professa, della facoltà di obbedire alla voce della coscienza che gli indica la retta via da seguire [Dives in Misericordia, n.11]
We find ourselves, so to speak, roped to Jesus Christ together with him on the ascent towards God's heights (Pope Benedict)
Ci troviamo, per così dire, in una cordata con Gesù Cristo – insieme con Lui nella salita verso le altezze di Dio (Papa Benedetto)
Church is a «sign». That is, those who looks at it with a clear eye, those who observes it, those who studies it realise that it represents a fact, a singular phenomenon; they see that it has a «meaning» (Pope Paul VI)
La Chiesa è un «segno». Cioè chi la guarda con occhio limpido, chi la osserva, chi la studia si accorge ch’essa rappresenta un fatto, un fenomeno singolare; vede ch’essa ha un «significato» (Papa Paolo VI)
Let us look at them together, not only because they are always placed next to each other in the lists of the Twelve (cf. Mt 10: 3, 4; Mk 3: 18; Lk 6: 15; Acts 1: 13), but also because there is very little information about them, apart from the fact that the New Testament Canon preserves one Letter attributed to Jude Thaddaeus [Pope Benedict]

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