Jun 19, 2025

Shepherd: authentic Heart

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In the liturgy of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we are presented with a passage from Luke in which the true Shepherd goes in search of the lost sheep, leaving…
Jun 17, 2025

Branching out, encouraging gifts

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Today's Gospel passage highlights the spiritual intelligence of those who, like Francis, place at the service of the Kingdom everything that the Most High has entrusted to them in their…
Jun 15, 2025

Amend, don't 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…
Jun 13, 2025

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…
Jun 11, 2025

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…
In today's passage, Matthew presents Jesus intent on emphasising true perfection according to the Gospel. Our neighbour is not only our fellow countrymen - as the Jews tended, then, to…
Jun 7, 2025

Abiding

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On the solemnity of the Holy Trinity, our thoughts turn to how Francis and Clare lived this Mystery of Unity and Sharing. Looking through the Sources, we realise that the…
The Poor Man of Assisi valued marriage in Christian life as a place of witness to God's fundamental love for man and woman, knowing how to accept and wait for…
In the Gospel passage proposed today, Jesus speaks of having come to give full fulfilment to the Law. So do not tear down or transgress the Word, but observe it…
Jun 1, 2025

Motherhood and sacrifice

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The passage in today's liturgy highlights the figure of Mary at the foot of the cross, as Mother of all believers - and the blood and water that flowed from…
May 30, 2025

Following

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Addressing Peter, Jesus asks him to follow him [«Me, Follow» Jn 21:22] instead of worrying about the future of the beloved disciple. Following is a theme strongly felt by Francis…
In the concluding part of chapter seventeen of John, Jesus repeatedly returns to the theme of unity, asking the Father for his own that «all the people may be One»…
May 26, 2025

In unity the glorification

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Jesus addresses the Father, telling Him to glorify Him so that the Son may glorify Him, as He prays for those entrusted to Him in His immense and impervious mission.…
May 24, 2025

Heaven within, for the Mission

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Luke's Gospel passage highlights Jesus' mandate to his own, sent to preach the Word to all peoples. Jesus emphasises that «in his name conversion for the remission of sins would…
May 23, 2025

Endless Joy

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Jesus speaks to His own saying: «Your Joy no one can take away from you» (Jn 16:22). The happiness that comes from Him is lasting, it is authentic because it…
May 22, 2025

In the Spirit

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Jesus tells his own that the Spirit of Truth sent will lead them into all truth, announcing what he will have heard. Francis, poor and simple, was a man constantly…
May 21, 2025

Franciscan Life in the Spirit

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Francis and Clare of Assisi had a special devotion to the Spirit of the Lord and his holy operation. There are countless passages in the Sources that attest to this.…
May 20, 2025

Hatred and persecution

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Jesus reminds us that the world's hatred for His disciples reveals hatred for Him. He adds that if they persecuted the Son of God, his own will be treated no…
May 14, 2025

Joy of the resurrected

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In chapter fifteen of John, Jesus announces that his full Joy in us comes from abiding in his love. Looking more closely at the life of the two Poor of…
May 12, 2025

In his will, Peace

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Jesus distinguishes between the peace that the world gives and the peace that comes from Him. He is the Prince of Peace, all good things that come from Heaven. Francis…
Francis held dear that expression from the Gospel: «By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another» (Jn 13:35). He cherished the…
In today's passage Jesus addresses His disciples and exhorts them to have faith, not to be troubled, for He goes to prepare "a place" for them. To Thomas, who asks…
May 6, 2025

Righteous life in love

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The passage proposed by the Liturgy today highlights Jesus' wonderful discourse to his own on Love. He begins by saying to abide in his love; and the concluding verse reiterates…
May 4, 2025

Shepherd and Gate

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Jesus in chapter ten of the Johannine Gospel calls Himself the 'Shepherd and Gate of the sheep' by entering through which one encounters salvation. He alone is the true Shepherd…
May 2, 2025

The Holy Operation

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In the sixth chapter of John's Gospel, Jesus speaking to his disciples tells them that only the Spirit of God can revive man and open him to new horizons. Francis…
Apr 30, 2025

The Father draws and sends

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In this part of chapter 6 of the Johannine Gospel it is emphasised by Jesus that no one can go to Him unless the Father draws him. Whoever listens and…
Today's Johannine Gospel passage shows how the crowd had not yet understood the eternal value of the Bread that Jesus wanted to give them. The people think of the manna…
Apr 26, 2025

«Shepherd my lambs» (Jn 21:15)

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In today's passage Jesus asks Peter if he really loves him and, to the disciple's affirmative answer, he adds to begin to shepherd his lambs, to begin with the little…
The passage from John takes us back to Jesus' distribution of the loaves and fishes. The Lord before the large crowd that follows him, puts his disciples to the test.…
Apr 20, 2025

Light or darkness

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Today's Gospel proclaims that God sent his Son to save men, not to humble them. The distinction is: he who believes has the same life as the Eternal, but he…
Family is the heart of the Church. May an act of particular entrustment to the heart of the Mother of God be lifted up from this heart today (John Paul II)
La famiglia è il cuore della Chiesa. Si innalzi oggi da questo cuore un atto di particolare affidamento al cuore della Genitrice di Dio (Giovanni Paolo II)
The liturgy interprets for us the language of Jesus’ heart, which tells us above all that God is the shepherd (Pope Benedict)
La liturgia interpreta per noi il linguaggio del cuore di Gesù, che parla soprattutto di Dio quale pastore (Papa Benedetto)
In the heart of every man there is the desire for a house [...] My friends, this brings about a question: “How do we build this house?” (Pope Benedict)
Nel cuore di ogni uomo c'è il desiderio di una casa [...] Amici miei, una domanda si impone: "Come costruire questa casa?" (Papa Benedetto)
Try to understand the guise such false prophets can assume. They can appear as “snake charmers”, who manipulate human emotions in order to enslave others and lead them where they would have them go (Pope Francis)
Chiediamoci: quali forme assumono i falsi profeti? Essi sono come “incantatori di serpenti”, ossia approfittano delle emozioni umane per rendere schiave le persone e portarle dove vogliono loro (Papa Francesco)
Every time we open ourselves to God's call, we prepare, like John, the way of the Lord among men (John Paul II)
Tutte le volte che ci apriamo alla chiamata di Dio, prepariamo, come Giovanni, la via del Signore tra gli uomini (Giovanni Paolo II)
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)
Dear friends, this is the perpetual and living heritage that Jesus has bequeathed to us in the Sacrament of his Body and his Blood. It is an inheritance that demands to be constantly rethought and relived so that, as venerable Pope Paul VI said, its "inexhaustible effectiveness may be impressed upon all the days of our mortal life" (Pope Benedict)
Questa, cari amici, è la perpetua e vivente eredità che Gesù ci ha lasciato nel Sacramento del suo Corpo e del suo Sangue. Eredità che domanda di essere costantemente ripensata, rivissuta, affinché, come ebbe a dire il venerato Papa Paolo VI, possa “imprimere la sua inesauribile efficacia su tutti i giorni della nostra vita mortale” (Papa Benedetto)
The road that Jesus points out can seem a little unrealistic with respect to the common mindset and to problems due to the economic crisis; but, if we think about it, this road leads us back to the right scale of values (Pope Francis)
La strada che Gesù indica può sembrare poco realistica rispetto alla mentalità comune e ai problemi della crisi economica; ma, se ci si pensa bene, ci riporta alla giusta scala di valori (Papa Francesco)

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