(Lk 12:49-53) Luke 12:49 I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already burning! Luke 12:50 I have a baptism to undergo, and…
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary [15 August 2025] May God bless us and the Virgin protect us. For the Feast of the Assumption, I have prepared several texts because…
68. Christ Jesus always manifested his preferential love for the little ones (cf. Mk 10:13-16). The Gospel itself is deeply permeated by the truth about children. What, indeed, is meant…
The Old Testament already usually speaks of God as the Shepherd of Israel, the people of the covenant, chosen by him to carry out the plan of salvation. Psalm 22…
Aug 6, 2025

For one sheep

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Who knows how many times Francis, the Herald of the Great King, in reading the episode of the lost sheep will have dwelt on that "What do you think?" (Mt…
After reviewing the various members of the family — mother, father, children, siblings, grandparents —, I would like to conclude this first group of catecheses on the family by speaking…
The Lord Jesus entered the passion, he decisively embarked upon the road to the cross; he spoke openly to his disciples of what was to happen to him in Jerusalem,…
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…
Jesus announces his death and resurrection to his own. He teaches his own humility and minority by paying the temple tax. The first biographer of St Francis, Thomas of Celano,…
Aug 6, 2025

His divine way

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"Triumphalism in the Church," the Pope continued, "stops the Church. Triumphalism in us Christians stops Christians. A triumphalist Church is a Church half way there'. A Church that is content…
Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Liturgy on this 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time prepares us in a certain way for the Solemnity of Mary's Assumption into Heaven, which we will…
45. Receiving the Bread of Life, the disciples of Christ ready themselves to undertake with the strength of the Risen Lord and his Spirit the tasks which await them in…
Jesus urges his little flock not to fear anything, because the Father has given the Kingdom to the little ones. He encourages them to give alms, not to accumulate treasures…
Aug 5, 2025

Committed

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In today’s Gospel passage (cf. Lk 12:32-48), Jesus calls his disciples to be continually vigilant. Why? In order to understand God’s transition in one’s life because God continually passes through…
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (year C) [10 August 2025] *First reading from the Book of Wisdom (18:6-9) The first verse immediately introduces us to the atmosphere: the author indulges…
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, year C (Luke 12:32-48) Luke 12:32 Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you a kingdom. Luke…
Today’s Gospel is a famous parable that speaks of ten maidens invited to a wedding feast, a symbol of the Kingdom of Heaven and of eternal life (Mt 25:1-13). It…
1. “Far be it from me to glory except in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Gal 6:14). St Paul’s words to the Galatians, which we have just heard,…
Lamps: Clare, Francis, the Mother of God and Thérèse. Edhit Stein, of Jewish origin, in religion Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, went to meet Christ as a victim of…
Mt 25:1-13 indicates the condition that would allow us to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, and it does so with the parable of the 10 virgins: it is about those…
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 31, 2025

Renounce, take up, follow

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In today's passage from Matthew, the conditions for following Jesus are summarised in three verbs and therefore in three movements: renounce, take up the cross, follow Christ. Jesus emphasises that…
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…
(Qo 1:2; 2:21-23) Ecclesiastes 1:2 Vanity of vanities, says Qohelet, vanity of vanities, all is vanity. Ecclesiastes 2:21 For what does the wise man find after all his labour and…
In the passage from Saint Matthew’s Gospel that we have just heard, Peter makes his own confession of faith in Jesus, acknowledging him as Messiah and Son of God. He…
1. "Who do you say that I am?" (Mt 16: 15). Jesus asks the disciples this question about his identity while he is with them in upper Galilee. It often…
Jul 30, 2025

Francis Stone

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Jesus asks his disciples: «But who do you say that I am?» (Mt 16:15). Who Jesus was for Francis is evident e.g. in his writings, especially in the Praises of…
Peter, the fisherman from Galilee, was set free above all from his sense of inadequacy and his bitter experience of failure, thanks to the unconditional love of Jesus. Although a…
This was well known to the primitive Christian community, which considered itself "alien" here below and called its populated nucleuses in the cities "parishes", which means, precisely, colonies of foreigners [in Greek, pároikoi] (cf. I Pt 2: 11). In this way, the first Christians expressed the most important characteristic of the Church, which is precisely the tension of living in this life in light of Heaven (Pope Benedict)
Era ben consapevole di ciò la primitiva comunità cristiana che si considerava quaggiù "forestiera" e chiamava i suoi nuclei residenti nelle città "parrocchie", che significa appunto colonie di stranieri [in greco pàroikoi] (cfr 1Pt 2, 11). In questo modo i primi cristiani esprimevano la caratteristica più importante della Chiesa, che è appunto la tensione verso il cielo (Papa Benedetto)
A few days before her deportation, the woman religious had dismissed the question about a possible rescue: “Do not do it! Why should I be spared? Is it not right that I should gain no advantage from my Baptism? If I cannot share the lot of my brothers and sisters, my life, in a certain sense, is destroyed” (Pope John Paul II)
Pochi giorni prima della sua deportazione la religiosa, a chi le offriva di fare qualcosa per salvarle la vita, aveva risposto: "Non lo fate! Perché io dovrei essere esclusa? La giustizia non sta forse nel fatto che io non tragga vantaggio dal mio battesimo? Se non posso condividere la sorte dei miei fratelli e sorelle, la mia vita è in un certo senso distrutta" (Papa Giovanni Paolo II)
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]
The discovery of the Kingdom of God can happen suddenly like the farmer who, ploughing, finds an unexpected treasure; or after a long search, like the pearl merchant who eventually finds the most precious pearl, so long dreamt of (Pope Francis)
La scoperta del Regno di Dio può avvenire improvvisamente come per il contadino che arando, trova il tesoro insperato; oppure dopo lunga ricerca, come per il mercante di perle, che finalmente trova la perla preziosissima da tempo sognata (Papa Francesco)
In the New Testament, it is Christ who constitutes the full manifestation of God's light [Pope Benedict]
The triumphalism that belongs to Christians is what passes through human failure, the failure of the cross. Letting oneself be tempted by other triumphalisms, by worldly triumphalisms, means giving in to the temptation to conceive of a «Christianity without a cross», a «Christianity in the middle» (Pope Francis)
Il trionfalismo che appartiene ai cristiani è quello che passa attraverso il fallimento umano, il fallimento della croce. Lasciarsi tentare da altri trionfalismi, da trionfalismi mondani, significa cedere alla tentazione di concepire un «cristianesimo senza croce», un «cristianesimo a metà» (Papa Francesco)

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