Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Gospel parables are brief accounts that Jesus uses to proclaim the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven. Using imagery from situations of daily life, the…
5. One of the parables told by Jesus about the growth of the Kingdom of God on earth reveals to us, in a very realistic way, the nature of the…
In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus calls on his followers to be good seed, as children of the Kingdom. The weeds are the children of the Evil One, who will be…
Today’s Gospel reading offers three parables through which Jesus speaks to the crowds about the Kingdom of God. I will focus on the first: that of the good wheat and…
At this point, I would also like to thank most heartily all those people throughout the world who in these recent weeks have sent me moving expressions of concern, friendship…
He is Son, and he has made himself 'servant'! Today's liturgy speaks explicitly of this in the words of the book of Isaiah: "Behold my servant whom I uphold, /…
Mt sets before us the malice of the leaders who want to eliminate Jesus, set against the holiness of the Servant of God, who heals every sickness. The Spirit of…
When we allow the convenience of habit and the dictatorship of prejudice to have the upper hand, it is difficult to open ourselves to what is new and allow ourselves…
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (year A) [19 July 2026] First Reading from the Book of Wisdom (12:3, 16–19) The Book of Wisdom, written in Greek by a Jew from…
At the centre of the liturgy of the Word for this Sunday there is a saying of the Prophet Hosea to which Jesus refers in the Gospel: "I desire steadfast…
I want mercy and not sacrifice...". (Mt 9:13). The one who speaks these words is Jesus Christ: He who offered the most perfect sacrifice of Himself to God. This sacrifice…
Pharisees ask Jesus why his disciples do what is not permitted by the Law on the Sabbath [eating, out of hunger, the ears of corn in the fields]. Jesus, who…
We have heard the Gospel account of the call of Matthew. Matthew was a “publican”, namely, a tax collector on behalf of the Roman Empire, and for this reason was…
Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Evangelists Matthew and Luke (cf. Mt 11:25-30 and Lk 10:21-22) have handed down to us a “jewel” of Jesus’ prayer that is often called the…
Bless you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for you have kept these things hidden from the wise and the learned and revealed them to the little ones...". (Mt…
Jul 14, 2026

Attracting meekness and tapinery

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Jesus, in chapter eleven of Matthew, calls His own to meekness and humility of heart as a place of refreshment from all toil, learning from Him. Regarding the meekness of…
During this Jubilee we have reflected many times on the fact that Jesus expresses himself with unique tenderness, a sign of God’s presence and goodness. Today we shall pause on…
Jul 13, 2026

16th Sunday in O.T.

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16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (year A) (Rom 8:26–27) Romans 8:26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray…
Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Lord's words that we have just heard in the Gospel passage challenge us as theologians or, perhaps better, invite us to make an examination of…
Jul 13, 2026

“My" Father

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So for Jesus, God is not only "the Father of Israel, the Father of men", but "my Father"! "My": that is precisely why the Jews wanted to kill Jesus, because…
The Gospel is a hymn of praise to God the Father by Jesus in the dimension of the weakness and vulnerability of the little ones. He had experienced the disappointment…
Let us continue our catechesis on prayer, and today we will give space to the dimension of praise. We will take our cue from a critical passage in the life…
Dear friends, the Kingdom of God is not a matter of honours and appearances but, as St Paul writes, it is "righteousness and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit"…
6. But that 'meekness and humility of heart' in no way means weakness. On the contrary, Jesus is demanding. His Gospel is demanding. Is it not he who admonishes: 'Whoever…
In today's Gospel, Jesus rebukes the cities that had received wonderful benefits but had not converted. He echoes: «Woe to you, Corazin! Woe to you Bethsaida!» (Mt 11:21). Judgment is…
Pope Francis, in his homily at the Mass in the Casa Santa Marta, invites us to reflect on the hypocrisy of the righteous, who live Christianity "as a social habit",…
There is an expression of Jesus that always attracts our attention and needs to be properly understood. While he is on his way to Jerusalem, where death on a cross…
5. As the cross can be reduced to being an ornament, “to carry the cross” can become just a manner of speaking. In the teaching of Jesus, however, it does…
In reality, an abstract, distant god is more comfortable, one that doesn’t get himself involved in situations and who accepts a faith that is far from life, from problems, from society. Or we would even like to believe in a ‘special effects’ god (Pope Francis)
In realtà, è più comodo un dio astratto, distante, che non si immischia nelle situazioni e che accetta una fede lontana dalla vita, dai problemi, dalla società. Oppure ci piace credere a un dio “dagli effetti speciali” (Papa Francesco)
It is as though you were given a parcel with a gift inside and, rather than going to open the gift, you look only at the paper it is wrapped in: only appearances, the form, and not the core of the grace, of the gift that is given! (Pope Francis)
È come se a te regalassero un pacchetto con dentro un dono e tu, invece di andare a cercare il dono, guardi soltanto la carta nel quale è incartato: soltanto le apparenze, la forma, e non il nocciolo della grazia, del dono che viene dato! (Papa Francesco)
The Lord has our good at heart, that is, that every person should have life, and that especially the "least" of his children may have access to the banquet he has prepared for all (Pope Benedict)
Al Signore sta a cuore il nostro bene, cioè che ogni uomo abbia la vita, e che specialmente i suoi figli più "piccoli" possano accedere al banchetto che lui ha preparato per tutti (Papa Benedetto)
This Parable of the Sower is somewhat the ‘mother’ of all parables […] Such is the heart of God! Each one of us is ground on which the seed of the Word falls; no one is excluded! [Pope Francis]
Questa del seminatore è un po’ la “madre” di tutte le parabole […] Così è il cuore di Dio! Ognuno di noi è un terreno su cui cade il seme della Parola, nessuno è escluso [Papa Francesco]
Are we not perhaps all afraid in some way? If we let Christ enter fully into our lives, if we open ourselves totally to him, are we not afraid that He might take something away from us? Are we not perhaps afraid to give up something significant, something unique, something that makes life so beautiful? Do we not then risk ending up diminished and deprived of our freedom? (Pope Benedict)
Non abbiamo forse tutti in qualche modo paura - se lasciamo entrare Cristo totalmente dentro di noi, se ci apriamo totalmente a lui – paura che Egli possa portar via qualcosa della nostra vita? Non abbiamo forse paura di rinunciare a qualcosa di grande, di unico, che rende la vita così bella? Non rischiamo di trovarci poi nell’angustia e privati della libertà? (Papa Benedetto)
«Is there an attitude for those who want to follow Jesus» so that «they do not end badly, that they do not end up eaten alive - as my mother used to say: "Eat raw" - by others»? (Pope Francis)
«Esiste un atteggiamento per quelli che vogliono seguire Gesù» in modo che «non finiscano male, che non finiscano mangiati vivi — come diceva mia mamma: “Mangiati crudi” — dagli altri»? (Papa Francesco)
St Augustine commenting on the parable noted “many are at first tares but then become good grain”, and he added: “if these, when they are wicked, are not endured with patience they would not attain their praiseworthy transformation” (Quaest. septend. in Ev. sec. Matth., 12, 4: PL 35, 1371) [Pope Benedict]
Sant’Agostino, commentando questa parabola, osserva che “molti prima sono zizzania e poi diventano buon grano” e aggiunge: “se costoro, quando sono cattivi, non venissero tollerati con pazienza, non giungerebbero al lodevole cambiamento” (Quaest. septend. in Ev. sec. Matth., 12, 4: PL 35, 1371) [Papa Benedetto]

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