Today's Gospel passage highlights the spiritual intelligence of one who, like Francis, places at the service of the Kingdom all that The Most High has deposited in his bare existence.…
Jesus heals on the Jericho road a blind man who believes in Him and who, because of the salvation received, begins to follow Him glorifying God. Blindness is a theme…
In the Diocletian chapter of Luke, Jesus emphasises the importance of continuous, persistent prayer done in faith. To be more practical, he tells the parable of the judge and the…
Nov 3, 2024

Watch out for happenings

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The Lord calls to pay attention to happenings. Not to waste opportunities for life. Francis of Assisi was a singular prophet capable of reading the signs encountered on the journey…
Nov 1, 2024

Duty to serve in humility

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In today's Gospel, Jesus teaches his disciples about humility and the greatness of serving: simply doing what we are commanded. Thanks to the light received from the Spirit, Francis and…
Oct 30, 2024

In the Common Treasure

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Francis, the Minor of Assisi, detested appearances and was convinced that to give all one has to live is to give back to the Lord what is his. In the…
Oct 28, 2024

Friends in eternal dwellings

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In today's Gospel Jesus speaks to His own with the parable of the dishonest steward who shrewdly secures friends with the wealth of others in order to be welcomed by…
Oct 25, 2024

Renunciation of possessions

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Jesus speaks in the Gospel of renouncing all possessions in order to become a true disciple of Him. Francis, in order to follow in Christ's footsteps, renounced his wealthy position,…
Jesus exhorts the onlookers not to invite relatives and friends to lunch or dinner, but those who cannot reciprocate: the poor! This is true beatitude! The Poverello of Assisi insistently…
Oct 21, 2024

Last day: «May I lose nothing»

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Francis always had at heart the salvation of souls and what Jesus had done to give eternal life to all. In the Sources we find what he says to his…
Oct 19, 2024

Gathering of sons and abandonment

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In this Gospel passage from Luke, in which the end of Jesus and the fulfilment of His work is foretold, we witness Him weeping over Jerusalem, the proverbial city that…
The two parables illustrated in the passage from Luke highlight the characteristics of the Kingdom of God: hiddenness and littleness, capable of making the Good News leaven. Francis understood that…
Oct 15, 2024

Enlightened, redeemed

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Francis of Assisi was always very sensitive to the theme of faith giving light to inner blindness. He himself suffered greatly from his eye disease, and it is not for…
Jesus focuses attention on recognizing the signs of the times, calling for discernment. Francis, a man of God, was able to understand the signs he encountered on his journey of…
Oct 10, 2024

Still awake! In the first person

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Jesus in the Gospel offers the identikit of the faithful servant, who in the absence and while awaiting the return of the master, serves his subordinates, in the sign of…
Today's Gospel from Luke emphasises the greed of a rich man who thinks of enlarging his storehouses because of abundant harvests, neglecting his soul and his relationship with God, who…
In this Lucan Gospel passage, Jesus emphasises the Holy Spirit, who guides and enlightens in the most diverse and difficult situations. S. Teresa of Avila, in one of her prayers,…
Oct 3, 2024

Elimination of the prophets

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Jesus' rebuke of the doctors of the Law recalls the persecution and killing reserved for the prophets sent by God. The palm of martyrdom will speak for them, as will…
Oct 1, 2024

Heart of a Brother

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Francis, a disciple of Jesus, kept away from his life the hypocrisy of the Pharisees, the preoccupation with appearances on the outside without caring about the greed rooted in his…
After the Crucifix of San Damiano had spoken to him, inviting him to repair his house, which was falling into ruin (referring mainly to the Church made of living stones,…
Sep 25, 2024

Finger of God

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Jesus testifies to the onlookers that He casts out demons not by Beelzebul but by the Finger of God, by the work of Him. As Jesus did, so Francis had…
Sep 24, 2024

Grace of the Praying Relationship

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After praying, Jesus receives a request from the disciples to teach them how to pray. Thus he gives them the 'Our Father'. If we look in the Franciscan Sources we…
Sep 22, 2024

Pupils of Compassion

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Jesus, to the one who asks: "And who is my neighbour?" (Lk 10:29) answers by telling a story. When faced with someone lying on the ground, one should not pass…
The Gospel considered today is a hymn of praise to God the Father by Jesus, in the dimension of the weakness and vulnerability of the little ones. He had experienced…
Luke emphasises Jesus' mandate to his own, highlighting how they were to be itinerants of the Gospel. "Go! Behold, I send you as lambs among wolves. Do not carry a…
Sep 16, 2024

Firm decision and rejection

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Luke presents Jesus proceeding firmly and courageously towards Jerusalem. For this reason a village of Samaritans did not want to receive him. The disciples intend to react to the inhospitality…
The Poor Man of Assisi knew from experience the magnanimity of God, solicitous towards his children even for a glass of water offered in his Name to those who belong…
Sep 14, 2024

Incarnation and Passion

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Before the people who mistake him for the Baptist or Elijah or one of the prophets, Jesus asks his own: "But who do you say that I am?" (Lk 9:20).…
The Liturgy proposes to us the sending of the Twelve to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick. After repairing the Church of St Mary of the…
Sep 7, 2024

Lamp on the candlestick

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The passage from Luke proposed today emphasises the clarity of the lamp, which is not to be dimmed but exalted in order to spread. Jesus also insists on the need…
Jesus makes memory and remembers the whole history of the people, of his people. And he recalls the rejection of his people to the love of the Father (Pope Francis)
Gesù fa memoria e ricorda tutta la storia del popolo, del suo popolo. E ricorda il rifiuto del suo popolo all’amore del Padre (Papa Francesco)
Today, as yesterday, the Church needs you and turns to you. The Church tells you with our voice: don’t let such a fruitful alliance break! Do not refuse to put your talents at the service of divine truth! Do not close your spirit to the breath of the Holy Spirit! (Pope Paul VI)
Oggi come ieri la Chiesa ha bisogno di voi e si rivolge a voi. Essa vi dice con la nostra voce: non lasciate che si rompa un’alleanza tanto feconda! Non rifiutate di mettere il vostro talento al servizio della verità divina! Non chiudete il vostro spirito al soffio dello Spirito Santo! (Papa Paolo VI)
Sometimes we try to correct or convert a sinner by scolding him, by pointing out his mistakes and wrongful behaviour. Jesus’ attitude toward Zacchaeus shows us another way: that of showing those who err their value, the value that God continues to see in spite of everything (Pope Francis)
A volte noi cerchiamo di correggere o convertire un peccatore rimproverandolo, rinfacciandogli i suoi sbagli e il suo comportamento ingiusto. L’atteggiamento di Gesù con Zaccheo ci indica un’altra strada: quella di mostrare a chi sbaglia il suo valore, quel valore che continua a vedere malgrado tutto (Papa Francesco)
Deus dilexit mundum! God observes the depths of the human heart, which, even under the surface of sin and disorder, still possesses a wonderful richness of love; Jesus with his gaze draws it out, makes it overflow from the oppressed soul. To Jesus, therefore, nothing escapes of what is in men, of their total reality, in which good and evil are (Pope Paul VI)
Deus dilexit mundum! Iddio osserva le profondità del cuore umano, che, anche sotto la superficie del peccato e del disordine, possiede ancora una ricchezza meravigliosa di amore; Gesù col suo sguardo la trae fuori, la fa straripare dall’anima oppressa. A Gesù, dunque, nulla sfugge di quanto è negli uomini, della loro totale realtà, in cui sono il bene e il male (Papa Paolo VI)
People dragged by chaotic thrusts can also be wrong, but the man of Faith perceives external turmoil as opportunities
Un popolo trascinato da spinte caotiche può anche sbagliare, ma l’uomo di Fede percepisce gli scompigli esterni quali opportunità
O Lord, let my faith be full, without reservations, and let penetrate into my thought, in my way of judging divine things and human things (Pope Paul VI)
O Signore, fa’ che la mia fede sia piena, senza riserve, e che essa penetri nel mio pensiero, nel mio modo di giudicare le cose divine e le cose umane (Papa Paolo VI)
«Whoever tries to preserve his life will lose it; but he who loses will keep it alive» (Lk 17:33)
«Chi cercherà di conservare la sua vita, la perderà; ma chi perderà, la manterrà vivente» (Lc 17,33)
«And therefore, it is rightly stated that he [st Francis of Assisi] is symbolized in the figure of the angel who rises from the east and bears within him the seal of the living God» (FS 1022)
«E perciò, si afferma, a buon diritto, che egli [s. Francesco d’Assisi] viene simboleggiato nella figura dell’angelo che sale dall’oriente e porta in sé il sigillo del Dio vivo» (FF 1022)

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