19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (year A) [9 August 2026] First Reading from the First Book of Kings (19:9a, 11–13a) In the 9th century BC, in the Kingdom of Israel,…
Aug 3, 2026

19th Sunday in O.T.

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19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (year A) (Mt 14:22–33) Matthew 14:22 Immediately afterwards, he made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other…
The Transfiguration of the Lord (year A) [6 August 2026] First Reading from the Book of the Prophet Daniel (7:9–10, 13–14) The text recounts a vision of the prophet Daniel,…
This Sunday's Gospel brings us back from this place of rest to daily life. It tells how, after the multiplication of the loaves, the Lord withdraws to the mountain to…
4. In turn, the calming of the storm on the Sea of Galilee can be reinterpreted as a ‘sign’ of Christ’s constant presence in the ‘boat’ of the Church, which…
The passage from the Gospel of Matthew, read this Sunday, describes Jesus who, after praying in seclusion, approaches his disciples in the boat at the end of the night, walking…
Today the Gospel passage (Mt 14:22-33) describes the episode about Jesus who, after praying all night on the shore of the Lake of Galilee, makes his way towards his disciples’…
Christians are people of hope, even and above all when they face the darkness that often exists in the world and has nothing to do with God’s plan but is…
This gathering in Rome, dear young people, is also a kind of “school of faith” for you, the disciples of today; it is the “school of faith” for all who…
Jesus heals a boy suffering from epilepsy. To the disciples, who asked why they had been unable to drive out the demon, he replies: «Because of your little faith» (Mt…
The whole Church is engaged in a pastoral and missionary conversion, as your bishop underlined. In this regard, the primary commitment is always to revive the roots of faith and…
Jesus explains to his disciples that he must “go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third…
8. Redemption as a new creation The Redeemer of the world! In him has been revealed in a new and more wonderful way the fundamental truth concerning creation to which…
Jul 30, 2026

Renounce, take up, follow

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In this Gospel passage, the conditions for following Jesus are summarised in three verbs and thus in three actions: to renounce, to take up the cross, to follow Christ. Jesus…
Jesus knows well that Peter and the others still have a long way to go to become his Apostles! At that point, the Teacher turns to all those who were…
Jul 29, 2026

Fiat Lux!

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Dear Brothers and Sisters, This Sunday, Mark the Evangelist recounts that Jesus took Peter, James and John with him up a high mountain and was transfigured before them, becoming so…
The mystery of the Transfiguration takes place at a very precise moment in Christ's preaching of his mission, when he begins to confide to his disciples that he must "go…
The Gospel of Matthew’s account of the Transfiguration emphasises how Jesus’ face «shone like the sun» whilst he was alone on the mountain, in the presence of Peter, James and…
Jesus takes Peter, James and John with him up the mountain and is revealed to them in all his beauty as Son of God (cf. Mt 17:1-9). Let us pause…
Jul 28, 2026

18th Sunday in O.T.

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18th Sunday in Ordinary Time (year A) (Mt 14:13–21) Matthew 14:13 On hearing this, Jesus left that place by boat and withdrew to a deserted spot on his own. But…
Dear Brothers and Sisters, This […] Gospel passage begins by indicating the district to which Jesus was going: Tyre and Sidon, to the north-west of Galilee, a pagan land. And…
1. The "miracles and signs" that Jesus performed to confirm his messianic mission and the coming of the kingdom of God are ordered and closely linked to the call to…
The Word of the Gospel today highlights the incipient and already granitic faith of a pagan woman who asks for mercy for her daughter, tormented by a demon. Francis of…
The Gospel [...] describes the meeting between Jesus and the Canaanite woman. Jesus is to the north of Galilee, in foreign territory. The woman was not Jewish, she was Canaanite.…
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) [2 August 2016] First Reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah (55:1–3) We have reached the end of the second book of…
Nella Liturgia della Parola di questa domenica emerge il tema della Legge di Dio, del suo comandamento: un elemento essenziale della religione ebraica e anche di quella cristiana, dove trova…
Therefore the first and principal meaning of penitence is interior, spiritual. The principal effort of penitence consists "in entering oneself", one's deepest being, entering this dimension of one's own humanity…
Jesus teaches the crowd and explains: what makes a person unclean is what comes out of the heart. Francis, pure of heart and transparent in his aims and intentions, had…
The power of faith can move mountains (cf. Mt 17:20): the Lord can illuminate even the deepest darkness [Pope Benedict]
La forza della fede può spostare le montagne (cfr Mt 17,20): il Signore può illuminare anche la tenebra più profonda [Papa Benedetto]
By willingly accepting death, Jesus carries the cross of all human beings and becomes a source of salvation for the whole of humanity. St Cyril of Jerusalem commented: “The glory of the Cross led those who were blind through ignorance into light, loosed all who were held fast by sin and brought redemption to the whole world of mankind” (Catechesis Illuminandorum XIII, 1: de Christo crucifixo et sepulto: PG 33, 772 B) [Pope Benedict]
Accettando volontariamente la morte, Gesù porta la croce di tutti gli uomini e diventa fonte di salvezza per tutta l’umanità. San Cirillo di Gerusalemme commenta: «La croce vittoriosa ha illuminato chi era accecato dall’ignoranza, ha liberato chi era prigioniero del peccato, ha portato la redenzione all’intera umanità» (Catechesis Illuminandorum XIII,1: de Christo crucifixo et sepulto: PG 33, 772 B) [Papa Benedetto]
In the New Testament, it is Christ who constitutes the full manifestation of God's light [Pope Benedict]
Nel Nuovo Testamento è Cristo a costituire la piena manifestazione della luce di Dio [Papa Benedetto]
Faith opens us to knowing and welcoming the real identity of Jesus, his newness and oneness, his word, as a source of life, in order to live a personal relationship with him. Knowledge of the faith grows, it grows with the desire to find the way and in the end it is a gift of God who does not reveal himself to us as an abstract thing without a face or a name, because faith responds to a Person who wants to enter into a relationship of deep love with us and to involve our whole life (Pope Benedict)
La fede ci apre a conoscere e ad accogliere la reale identità di Gesù, la sua novità e unicità, la sua Parola, come fonte di vita, per vivere una relazione personale con Lui. Il conoscere della fede cresce, cresce con il desiderio di trovare la strada, ed è finalmente un dono di Dio, che si rivela a noi non come una cosa astratta senza volto e senza nome, ma la fede risponde a una Persona, che vuole entrare in un rapporto di amore profondo con noi e coinvolgere tutta la nostra vita (Papa Benedetto)
Jesus Christ clearly indicates that even acts of devotion and penance (such as fasting, almsgiving, prayer), which by their religious purpose are primarily 'interior', can succumb to current 'externalism', and can therefore be falsified [John Paul II]
Gesù Cristo indica chiaramente che anche gli atti di devozione e di penitenza (come digiuno, elemosina, preghiera) che per la loro finalità religiosa sono principalmente “interiori”, possono cedere all’“esteriorismo” corrente, e quindi possono essere falsificati [Giovanni Paolo II]
Today’s Gospel reminds us that faith in the Lord and in his Word does not open a way for us where everything is easy and calm; it does not rescue us from life’s storms. Faith gives us the assurance of a Presence (Pope Francis)
He does so in many situations of daily life - He holds his hand out to us. And only if we take the Lord's hand, if we let ourselves be guided by him, will the path we take be right and good [Pope Benedict]
Lo fa in molteplici situazioni della vita quotidiana - Egli ci porge la mano. E soltanto se noi prendiamo la mano del Signore, se ci lasciamo guidare da Lui, la nostra sarà una strada giusta e buona [Papa Benedetto]

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