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…
Francis, a disciple of Jesus, kept away from his life the hypocrisy of the Pharisees, the preoccupation with appearances on the outside without caring about the greed rooted in his…
Enunciating the various woes addressed to the Pharisees and teachers of the Law, Jesus emphasises how they left aside justice and the love of God. Francis was particularly sensitive to…
2. The present-day mentality, more perhaps than that of people in the past, seems opposed to a God of mercy, and in fact tends to exclude from life and to…
“Beware of practising your piety before men in order to be seen by them” (Mt 6:1). In today’s Gospel Jesus reinterprets the three fundamental pious practices prescribed by Mosaic law.…
When it is said of someone that they are a person with a double life, it is not to pay them a compliment. On the contrary. It is those people…
A teenager travelled attached to a train for several kilometres. It is neither the only nor the first madness among 'bored and satiated' teenagers [not all] to whom we parents…
XXVIII Sunday Ordinary Time (B) October 13, 2024 1. "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life? So addresses such a one surely animated by good will and…
(Mk 10:35-45) Mark 10:35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him, saying, "Master, we want you to do to us whatever we ask of you. Mark…
The interior and the society of the exterior (Lk 11:37-41) "Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and tray, but your inside is full of robbery and wickedness"…
Serving oneself and "the public” (Lk 11:42-46) The conflict between Jesus and the religious authorities takes on violent overtones, as the poltronists get hung up on the details and neglect…
Inheriting the Life of the Eternal (Mk 10:17-27) What are we missing, despite our conviction and involvement? Why do we make certain behavioural choices? Even if we were to devote…
Nothing external (Lk 11:29-32) Jesus comes up against unbelief. It comes from various blinders and parties taken, or (especially in the disciples) arises from carelessness. The Lord turns away from…
The present-day mentality, more perhaps than that of people in the past, seems opposed to a God of mercy, and in fact tends to exclude from life and to remove from the human heart the very idea of mercy (Pope John Paul II)
La mentalità contemporanea, forse più di quella dell'uomo del passato, sembra opporsi al Dio di misericordia e tende altresì ad emarginare dalla vita e a distogliere dal cuore umano l'idea stessa della misericordia (Papa Giovanni Paolo II)
«Religion of appearance» or «road of humility»? (Pope Francis)
«Religione dell’apparire» o «strada dell’umiltà»? (Papa Francesco)
In the crucified Jesus a kind of transformation and concentration of the signs occurs: he himself is the “sign of God”, especially in the mystery of his Death and Resurrection (Pope John Paul II)
In Gesù crocifisso avviene come una trasformazione e concentrazione dei segni: è Lui stesso il "segno di Dio", soprattutto nel mistero della sua morte e resurrezione (Papa Giovanni Paolo II)
Today’s Gospel, taken from Mark, Chapter 10, is divided into three scenes, punctuated by three gazes of Jesus […] (Pope Francis]
Il Vangelo di oggi, tratto dal cap. 10 di Marco, è articolato in tre scene, scandite da tre sguardi di Gesù […] (Papa Francesco)
Faith in God opens before us the horizon of a sure hope, one which does not disappoint; it indicates a solid foundation on which to base one’s life without fear; it demands a faith-filled surrender into the hands of the Love which sustains the world (Pope Benedict)
La fede in Dio apre all’uomo l’orizzonte di una speranza certa che non delude; indica un solido fondamento sul quale poggiare, senza paura, la propria vita; richiede l’abbandono, pieno di fiducia, nelle mani dell’Amore che sostiene il mondo (Papa Benedetto)
The "new evangelization" faces this challenge. It must work to ensure that people recover the awareness that in Christ evil can be conquered with good (Pope John Paul II)
La “nuova evangelizzazione” affronta questa sfida. Essa deve impegnarsi perché tutti gli uomini recuperino la consapevolezza che in Cristo è possibile vincere il male con il bene (Papa Giovanni Paolo II)
Many saints experienced the night of faith and God’s silence — when we knock and God does not respond — and these saints were persevering (Pope Francis)
Tanti santi e sante hanno sperimentato la notte della fede e il silenzio di Dio – quando noi bussiamo e Dio non risponde – e questi santi sono stati perseveranti (Papa Francesco)
In some passages of Scripture it seems to be first and foremost Jesus’ prayer, his intimacy with the Father, that governs everything (Pope Francis)
In qualche pagina della Scrittura sembra essere anzitutto la preghiera di Gesù, la sua intimità con il Padre, a governare tutto (Papa Francesco)
It is necessary to know how to be silent, to create spaces of solitude or, better still, of meeting reserved for intimacy with the Lord. It is necessary to know how to contemplate. Today's man feels a great need not to limit himself to pure material concerns, and instead to supplement his technical culture with superior and detoxifying inputs from the world of the spirit [John Paul II]
Occorre saper fare silenzio, creare spazi di solitudine o, meglio, di incontro riservato ad un’intimità col Signore. Occorre saper contemplare. L’uomo d’oggi sente molto il bisogno di non limitarsi alle pure preoccupazioni materiali [Giovanni Paolo II]

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