21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (year A) [23 August 2026] First Reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah (22:19–23) We are in Jerusalem around 700 BC, during the reign…
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (year A) [16 August 2026] First Reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah (56:1, 6–7) This passage, attributed to the so-called ‘Third Isaiah’, dates…
[15 August 2026] First Reading from the Book of Revelation (11:19a; 12:1–6a, 10a) For the early persecuted community, the entire Book of Revelation is a message of victory, rich in…
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,…
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,…
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…
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (year A) [26 July 2026] First Reading from the First Book of Kings (3:5, 7–12) This passage from the First Book of Kings recounts the…
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…
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (year A) [12 July 2026] First Reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah (55:10–11) The central theme of this passage is the image of…
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (year A) [5 July 2026] First Reading from the Book of the Prophet Zechariah (9:9–10) This text could be summarised as follows: for the prophet…
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (year A) [28 June 2026] First Reading from the Second Book of Kings (4:8–11, 14–16a) Here is a brief overview of this Sunday’s biblical readings,…
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (year A) [21 June 2026] First reading from the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah (20:10–13) This passage is one of what are known as the…
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (year A) [14 June 2026] First Reading from the Book of Exodus (19:2–6a) This passage from Exodus describes the moment when God is about to…
Solemnity of Corpus Christi [7 June 2026] First reading from the Book of Deuteronomy (8:2–3, 14b–16) The text calls on the people of Israel to remember their long journey through…
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity (year A) [31 May 2026] First Reading from the Book of Exodus (34:4–6, 8–9) The text presents one of the most precious moments of…
Pentecost Sunday (year A) [24 May 2026] First Reading from the Acts of the Apostles (2:1–11) Jerusalem is not only the city where Jesus instituted the Eucharist, but the city…
Ascension of the Lord (year A) and VII Easter Sunday [Thursday 14 May 2026] First Reading from the Acts of the Apostles (1:1–11) The opening verses serve as a bridge…
6th Easter Sunday (year A) [10 May 2026] First Reading from the Acts of the Apostles (8:5–8, 14–17) Let me return to the first sentence: ‘Philip, one of the Seven’,…
5th Easter Sunday (year A) [3 May 2026] First Reading from the Acts of the Apostles (6:1-7) Paradoxically, the problem facing the early Christian community arose from its very success.…
Faith is more than just empirical or historical facts; it is an ability to grasp the mystery of Christ’s person in all its depth [Pope Benedict]
La fede va al di là dei semplici dati empirici o storici, ed è capace di cogliere il mistero della persona di Cristo nella sua profondità [Papa Benedetto]
More than 600 precepts are mentioned in the Law of Moses. How should the great commandment be distinguished among these? (Pope Francis)
Nella Legge di Mosè sono menzionati oltre seicento precetti. Come distinguere, tra tutti questi, il grande comandamento? (Papa Francesco)
The invitation has three characteristics: freely offered, breadth and universality. Many people were invited, but something surprising happened: none of the intended guests came to take part in the feast, saying they had other things to do; indeed, some were even indifferent, impertinent, even annoyed (Pope Francis)
L’invito ha tre caratteristiche: la gratuità, la larghezza, l’universalità. Gli invitati sono tanti, ma avviene qualcosa di sorprendente: nessuno dei prescelti accetta di prendere parte alla festa, dicono che hanno altro da fare; anzi alcuni mostrano indifferenza, estraneità, perfino fastidio (Papa Francesco)
Those who are considered the "last", if they accept, become the "first", whereas the "first" can risk becoming the "last" (Pope Benedict)
Proprio quelli che sono considerati "ultimi", se lo accettano, diventano "primi", mentre i "primi" possono rischiare di finire "ultimi" (Papa Benedetto)
The dialogue of Jesus with the rich young man, related in the nineteenth chapter of Saint Matthew's Gospel, can serve as a useful guide for listening once more in a lively and direct way to his moral teaching [Veritatis Splendor n.6]
Il dialogo di Gesù con il giovane ricco, riferito nel capitolo 19 del Vangelo di san Matteo, può costituire un'utile traccia per riascoltare in modo vivo e incisivo il suo insegnamento morale [Veritatis Splendor n.6]
St Augustine rightly commented: “Christ showed himself indifferent to her, not in order to refuse her his mercy but rather to inflame her desire for it” (Sermo 77, 1: PL 38, 483) [Pope Benedict]
Sant’Agostino commenta giustamente: “Cristo si mostrava indifferente verso di lei, non per rifiutarle la misericordia, ma per infiammarne il desiderio” (Sermo 77, 1: PL 38, 483) [Papa Benedetto]
In the divine attitude justice is pervaded with mercy, whereas the human attitude is limited to justice. Jesus exhorts us to open ourselves with courage to the strength of forgiveness, because in life not everything can be resolved with justice. We know this (Pope Francis)
Nell’atteggiamento divino la giustizia è pervasa dalla misericordia, mentre l’atteggiamento umano si limita alla giustizia. Gesù ci esorta ad aprirci con coraggio alla forza del perdono, perché nella vita non tutto si risolve con la giustizia; lo sappiamo (Papa Francesco)
The Second Vatican Council's Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy refers precisely to this Gospel passage to indicate one of the ways that Christ is present:  "He is present when the Church prays and sings, for he has promised "where two or three are gathered together in my name there am I in the midst of them' (Mt 18: 20)" [Sacrosanctum Concilium, n. 7]
The Lord Jesus presented himself to the world as a servant, completely stripping himself and lowering himself to give on the Cross the most eloquent lesson of humility and love (Pope Benedict)

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