The Risen One, before ascending to the Father, appeared to the Eleven and the other disciples, making his great commission: to be witnesses of new life, preaching the Gospel to…
Apr 13, 2025

From outside to inside

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«Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?» (Jn 20:15). Mary of Magdala wept for her Lord near the tomb. Lost and grieving, she grieved not knowing where he…
Apr 11, 2025

With the Risen One!

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«Now on the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb in the morning, when it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the…
Apr 10, 2025

Love to the end

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The Passion of the Lord narrated by the evangelist John, brings to our attention the arrest and betrayal of the Son of God, his being brought before the high priests…
Apr 8, 2025

Poisonous exchange

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«What you want to give me and I will give it to you» (Mt 26:15). So Judas. Money [thirty silver coins was the price for a slave] counted more than…
Apr 6, 2025

«Feet» to be reached

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The supper at Bethany is one of the most beautiful and moving passages in John's Gospel. Mary sprinkles Jesus' feet with a pound of highly perfumed spikenard oil, which Jesus…
Apr 4, 2025

One for all, in hiding

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Today's Johannine passage emphasises the sentence of the priest Caiaphas addressed to the Jews and pronounced concerning the imminent death of Jesus: "You understand nothing, nor do you consider that…
Apr 2, 2025

Word, Spirit, Life

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Jesus claims divine sonship, claiming to have God for Father, to honour Him and be glorified by Him. The leaders, on the other hand, who do not know the Father,…
Mar 31, 2025

Elevated with the Son

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John presents the cross as the exaltation of Jesus and thereby emphasises that the crucifixion - in appearance only death and defeat - is in reality the glorious revelation of…
Mar 29, 2025

Stoning or granting mercy

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The woman caught in adultery and brought by the scribes and Pharisees to Jesus is the specious 'fig leaf' they use to cover their sins. The Lord knows this to…
Mar 27, 2025

He has sent me

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Today's Gospel passage portrays Jesus going, almost covertly, to the Feast of Booths, in a persecutory atmosphere. He does not go at the time that seemed opportune to his relatives,…
In today's Gospel passage Jesus affirms his intimate relationship with the Father, highlighting the gift of such greatness that has been transmitted. Francis had a relationship of special intimacy with…
Mar 24, 2025

Signs, and Faith

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Jesus [who also attributes great value to signs and performs them to lead one to believe, revealing his glory] reproaches the king's official with immature faith, too attached to miracles.…
In the parable of the Pharisee and publican, Jesus evangelises those who presumed to be righteous, despising others. Francis always felt himself to be nothing before God, sinking into his…
Mar 18, 2025

Finger of God

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In this passage from the Gospel of Luke, Jesus casts out a demon from a mute man who, freed, begins to speak. Immediately some accuse him of doing this in…
Mar 17, 2025

Similar to Mary

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The Annunciation illustrates the art of listening in Mary, visited by the Angel Gabriel. She accepts the Mystery but asks questions of meaning, using her intelligence, in humility and dignity.…
In the first pericope, today's Gospel highlights the urgency of the profound conversion of every man, without pointing the finger at the guilt of others, but looking at one's own.…
Mar 13, 2025

Basic Stones

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Jesus narrates the metaphor of the murderous peasants. Only at the end do the priests and Pharisees realise that it was addressed to them, and try to capture him, fearing…
Mar 11, 2025

Welcomed Clare

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Today's Gospel tells of the announcement made by the angel to Joseph, inviting him to take Mary with him, since the child begotten in her was the fruit of the…
Mar 9, 2025

Measure without measure

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Jesus calls us to avoid all judgement, to be merciful, giving with breadth. After his conversion, Francis had experienced that the measure of Love is not having any. Helped by…
Mar 7, 2025

Proudness in loving

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Jesus proposes Perfection according to the Father: loving and forgiving even our enemies makes us sons. Francis of Assisi often repeated that Love was not loved. Going beyond the considerations…
Mar 5, 2025

Knock: it will be opened to you!

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The Matthew passage emphasises the goodness of the Father, who does not give a stone to the son who asks for bread. Then here is the golden rule: what one…
Mar 3, 2025

Treasury of Prayer

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Jesus invites his disciples to a prayer that is not long-winded, but bare, essential; as children. Although in different paradigms, Clare and Francis of Assisi were aware that in the…
Mar 1, 2025

Desert, solitude, adoration

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The enemy suggests to the Son of God a different way from the Father, but Jesus shrugs off that stench. Francis' life had undergone a radical change when the Physician…
Feb 27, 2025

The Minim forbade excesses

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Jesus replied to John's disciples, who were fasting a lot, surprising them: as long as the Bridegroom is with his wedding guests, they cannot fast. Francis knew well how to…
Feb 25, 2025

Let charity be an example

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On this Ash Wednesday, the liturgy brings to our reflection three cornerstones of the Lenten season that is beginning. The focus is on discreet charity, on prayer in hiddenness, on…
Feb 23, 2025

Lady Poverty and the false feud

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Francis of Assisi was in love with Our Lady Poverty; he married her and esteemed her because she was chosen by the Son of God, who had nowhere to lay…
Francis called himself 'simplex et idiot'. The transparency and simplicity of the little ones was for him the key to the Kingdom of heaven. As Jesus says in the Gospel,…
Feb 19, 2025

Scandals and lack of ‘salt’

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"And whoever scandalises one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for him if a millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown…
Feb 17, 2025

Service and littleness

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Today's Gospel recounts Jesus' second proclamation of his death and resurrection, combined with the ability to know how to welcome the advancing Kingdom through the little ones. He advises that…
We may ask ourselves: who is a witness? A witness is a person who has seen, who recalls and tells. See, recall and tell: these are three verbs which describe the identity and mission (Pope Francis, Regina Coeli April 19, 2015)
Possiamo domandarci: ma chi è il testimone? Il testimone è uno che ha visto, che ricorda e racconta. Vedere, ricordare e raccontare sono i tre verbi che ne descrivono l’identità e la missione (Papa Francesco, Regina Coeli 19 aprile 2015)
There is the path of those who, like those two on the outbound journey, allow themselves to be paralysed by life’s disappointments and proceed sadly; and there is the path of those who do not put themselves and their problems first, but rather Jesus who visits us, and the brothers who await his visit (Pope Francis)
C’è la via di chi, come quei due all’andata, si lascia paralizzare dalle delusioni della vita e va avanti triste; e c’è la via di chi non mette al primo posto se stesso e i suoi problemi, ma Gesù che ci visita, e i fratelli che attendono la sua visita (Papa Francesco)
So that Christians may properly carry out this mandate entrusted to them, it is indispensable that they have a personal encounter with Christ, crucified and risen, and let the power of his love transform them. When this happens, sadness changes to joy and fear gives way to missionary enthusiasm (John Paul II)
Perché i cristiani possano compiere appieno questo mandato loro affidato, è indispensabile che incontrino personalmente il Crocifisso risorto, e si lascino trasformare dalla potenza del suo amore. Quando questo avviene, la tristezza si muta in gioia, il timore cede il passo all’ardore missionario (Giovanni Paolo II)
This is the message that Christians are called to spread to the very ends of the earth. The Christian faith, as we know, is not born from the acceptance of a doctrine but from an encounter with a Person (Pope Benedict))
È questo il messaggio che i cristiani sono chiamati a diffondere sino agli estremi confini del mondo. La fede cristiana come sappiamo nasce non dall'accoglienza di una dottrina, ma dall'incontro con una Persona (Papa Benedetto)
From ancient times the liturgy of Easter day has begun with the words: Resurrexi et adhuc tecum sum – I arose, and am still with you; you have set your hand upon me. The liturgy sees these as the first words spoken by the Son to the Father after his resurrection, after his return from the night of death into the world of the living. The hand of the Father upheld him even on that night, and thus he could rise again (Pope Benedict)
Dai tempi più antichi la liturgia del giorno di Pasqua comincia con le parole: Resurrexi et adhuc tecum sum – sono risorto e sono sempre con te; tu hai posto su di me la tua mano. La liturgia vi vede la prima parola del Figlio rivolta al Padre dopo la risurrezione, dopo il ritorno dalla notte della morte nel mondo dei viventi. La mano del Padre lo ha sorretto anche in questa notte, e così Egli ha potuto rialzarsi, risorgere (Papa Benedetto)
The Church keeps watch. And the world keeps watch. The hour of Christ's victory over death is the greatest hour in history (John Paul II)
Veglia la Chiesa. E veglia il mondo. L’ora della vittoria di Cristo sulla morte è l’ora più grande della storia (Giovanni Paolo II)
Before the Cross of Jesus, we apprehend in a way that we can almost touch with our hands how much we are eternally loved; before the Cross we feel that we are “children” and not “things” or “objects” [Pope Francis, via Crucis at the Colosseum 2014]

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