The ham. The Treccani dictionary defines ‘ham’ as: ‘one who acts in theatrical performances’. In common parlance and in a figurative sense: ‘someone who adopts exaggeratedly theatrical behaviour in life;…
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…
Jun 15, 2026

12th Sunday in O.T.

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12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (year A) (Mt 10:26–33) Matthew 10:26 Do not, therefore, be afraid of them; for there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, nor anything…
“Let us be concerned for each other”: responsibility towards our brothers and sisters. This first aspect is an invitation to be “concerned”: the Greek verb used here is katanoein, which…
In the liturgy of the word, Luke's Gospel presents us once again with Jesus' question: "Can a blind man guide a blind man?" (Lk 6:39). The Lord means that a…
Jun 14, 2026

Amend, do not lose

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Francis, the Poor Man of Assisi, believed deeply in the Merciful Love and Patience of Christ. He could not bear to judge people without appeal. He was always righteous and…
Jesus has given us clear guidelines to avoid falling into hypocrisy: do not judge others, lest we ourselves be judged by the same standard; and when we are tempted to…
All of us today are well aware that by the term "Heaven" we are not referring to somewhere in the universe, to a star or such like; no. We mean…
1. God is the judge of the living and the dead. The final judge. The judge of all.Even in the catechesis preceding the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the…
In chapter ten of the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus warns against the hypocrisy of the one whom St Teresa of Ávila described as ‘a liar, a hypocrite, a man of…
In this Sunday’s Gospel (cf. Mt 10:26-33) the invitation that Jesus addresses to His disciples resonates: to have no fear, to be strong and confident in the face of life’s…
This invitation to trust in God’s steadfast love is juxtaposed with the equally evocative passage from the Gospel of Matthew in which Jesus urges his disciples to trust in the…
7. These notions of divine providence offered to us by the biblical tradition of the Old Testament are confirmed and enriched by the New. Of all the words of Jesus…
Jun 12, 2026

Father anticipates and heals

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Jesus focuses on relying on Providence: «Look at the birds of the air: for they neither sow nor reap in barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them» (Mt 6:26). Francis…
At the centre of this Sunday’s Liturgy we find one of the most reassuring truths: Divine Providence. The Prophet Isaiah presents it as the image of maternal love full of…
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…
4. We have raised the question: can our encounter with the God who in Christ has shown us his face and opened his heart be for us too not just…
Psalm 48:14-21 - Human wealth does not save 1. As it gradually develops, the Liturgy of Vespers presents to us the sapiential Psalm 49[48], whose second part has just been…
Jesus exhorts not to accumulate treasures on earth, soon to be consumed, but in God because they are eternal. In the Sources, the theme of not accumulating is at home,…
2. The poor, always and everywhere, evangelize us, because they enable us to discover in new ways the true face of the Father. “They have much to teach us. Besides…
In the preceding series of Catecheses I have spoken of Jesus’ prayer and I would not like to conclude this reflection without briefly considering the topic of Jesus’ silence, so…
Our Father, who art in heaven . . .". We stand at the altar around which the whole Church is gathered in Sarajevo. We utter the words that Christ, Son…
Jun 10, 2026

Treasure of prayer as sons

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Jesus invites his disciples to a prayer that is not long-winded, but lean, essential; as sons. Although in different paradigms, Clare and Francis of Assisi were aware that in the…
Let us continue the catechesis on the “Lord’s Prayer”, now arriving at the penultimate invocation: “lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil” (Mt 6:13). Another version says:…
1. Each year, Lent offers us a providential opportunity to deepen the meaning and value of our Christian lives, and it stimulates us to rediscover the mercy of God so…
Through the Jubilee, finally, the Lord asks us to rekindle our charity. The Kingdom which Christ will reveal in its full splendour at the end of time is already present…
Jesus suggests avoiding hypocrisy in prayer, the theatricality of appearance, loving and praying in the secret known to the Father. Francis and Clare loved prayer, hidden contemplation, in a special…
God’s mercy transforms human hearts; it enables us, through the experience of a faithful love, to become merciful in turn. In an ever new miracle, divine mercy shines forth in…
Paolo VI stated that the world today is suffering above all from a lack of brotherhood: “Human society is sorely ill. The cause is not so much the depletion of natural resources, nor their monopolistic control by a privileged few; it is rather the weakening of brotherly ties between individuals and nations” (Pope Benedict)
Paolo VI affermava che il mondo soffre oggi soprattutto di una mancanza di fraternità: «Il mondo è malato. Il suo male risiede meno nella dilapidazione delle risorse o nel loro accaparramento da parte di alcuni, che nella mancanza di fraternità tra gli uomini e tra i popoli» (Papa Benedetto)
Our commitment does not consist exclusively of activities or programmes of promotion and assistance; what the Holy Spirit mobilizes is not an unruly activism, but above all an attentiveness that considers the other in a certain sense as one with ourselves (Pope Francis)
Il nostro impegno non consiste esclusivamente in azioni o in programmi di promozione e assistenza; quello che lo Spirito mette in moto non è un eccesso di attivismo, ma prima di tutto un’attenzione rivolta all’altro considerandolo come un’unica cosa con se stesso (Papa Francesco)
The drama of prayer is fully revealed to us in the Word who became flesh and dwells among us. To seek to understand his prayer through what his witnesses proclaim to us in the Gospel is to approach the holy Lord Jesus as Moses approached the burning bush: first to contemplate him in prayer, then to hear how he teaches us to pray, in order to know how he hears our prayer (Catechism of the Catholic Church n.2598)
L’evento della preghiera ci viene pienamente rivelato nel Verbo che si è fatto carne e dimora in mezzo a noi. Cercare di comprendere la sua preghiera, attraverso ciò che i suoi testimoni ci dicono di essa nel Vangelo, è avvicinarci al santo Signore Gesù come al roveto ardente: dapprima contemplarlo mentre prega, poi ascoltare come ci insegna a pregare, infine conoscere come egli esaudisce la nostra preghiera (Catechismo della Chiesa Cattolica n.2598)
“Love is an excellent thing”, we read in the book the Imitation of Christ. “It makes every difficulty easy, and bears all wrongs with equanimity…. Love tends upward; it will not be held down by anything low… love is born of God and cannot rest except in God” (III, V, 3) [Pope Benedict]
«Grande cosa è l’amore – leggiamo nel libro dell’Imitazione di Cristo –, un bene che rende leggera ogni cosa pesante e sopporta tranquillamente ogni cosa difficile. L’amore aspira a salire in alto, senza essere trattenuto da alcunché di terreno. Nasce da Dio e soltanto in Dio può trovare riposo» (III, V, 3) [Papa Benedetto]
For Christians, non-violence is not merely tactical behaviour but a person's way of being (Pope Benedict)
La nonviolenza per i cristiani non è un mero comportamento tattico, bensì un modo di essere (Papa Benedetto)
The Angel does not enter our room visibly, but the Lord has a plan for each of us, he calls each one of us by name (Pope Benedict)
Nella nostra camera l’Angelo non entra in modo visibile, ma con ciascuno di noi il Signore ha un suo progetto, ciascuno viene da Lui chiamato per nome (Papa Benedetto)
A mysterious love, which in the texts of the New Testament is revealed to us as God’s boundless and passionate love for mankind. God does not lose heart in the face of ingratitude (Pope Benedict)
Un amore misterioso, che nei testi del Nuovo Testamento ci viene rivelato come incommensurabile passione di Dio per l'uomo. Egli non si arrende dinanzi all'ingratitudine (Papa Benedetto)

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