Two attitudes of lukewarm Christians - 'cornering God and washing their hands of Him' - are dangerous: because 'it is like challenging God'. If the Lord cornered us "we would…
On this third Sunday of Advent, known as the Sunday “of joy”, the Word of God invites us on the one hand to joy, and on the other hand to…
Before entrusting us with a mission, the Lord prepares us, testing us with a process of purification and discernment. It is the story of the prophet Elijah that prompted the…
There are Christians who have "a certain allergy to preachers of the word": they accept "the truth of revelation" but not "the preacher", preferring "a caged life". This happened in…
The "apostolic courage to always tell the truth", the "pastoral love" in welcoming people "with the little they can give", the ability to "doubt" and question one's own vocation: in…
Learn from me (cf Mt 11:28-30) During this Jubilee we have reflected many times on the fact that Jesus expresses himself with unique tenderness, a sign of God’s presence and…
We are all familiar with the image of the Good Shepherd with the little lost lamb on his shoulders. This icon has always been an expression of Jesus’ care for…
Today we celebrate the solemnity of Mary Immaculate, which takes place within the context of Advent, a time of expectation: God will accomplish what he promised. But on today’s feast…
Nov 29, 2025

Jesus Seed

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In the Gospel given this second Sunday of Advent, John the Baptist’s invitation resounds: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” (Mt 3:2). With these very words, Jesus…
"Service" and "gratuitousness": these are the two key words around which Pope Francis built the meditation of the Mass celebrated at Santa Marta on the morning of Tuesday 11 June.…
Do not fall prey to the temptation to follow Jesus out of self-interest. In the customary morning Mass in the Chapel of the Domus Sanctae Martahe, Pope Francis highlights the…
To base one's life "on the rock of God" and on the "concreteness" of acting and giving oneself, rather than "on appearances or vanity" or on the corrupt culture of…
Nov 25, 2025

Bread of Life

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And thus, with simplicity, Jesus gives us the greatest sacrament. His is a humble gesture of giving, a gesture of sharing. At the culmination of his life, he does not…
The greatness of the mystery of Jesus can only be known by humbling oneself and lowering oneself as he did, who went so far as to be "marginalised" and certainly…
Nov 23, 2025

On low guard

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Let us allow ourselves to be met by Jesus "with our guard down, open", so that he can renew us from the depths of our souls. This is Pope Francis'…
Today, the First Sunday of the Time of Advent, a new liturgical year begins. In these four weeks of Advent, the liturgy leads us to celebrate the Nativity of Jesus,…
Today Advent begins, the liturgical time which prepares us for Christmas, inviting us to lift our gaze and open our hearts to welcome Jesus. During Advent we do not just…
Nov 20, 2025

Free thinking

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An invitation to "think in a Christian manner", because "a Christian does not think only with his head, he also thinks with his heart and with the spirit within", was…
Paganisation', 'worldliness', 'corruption' lead to the destruction of the person. But the Christian, called to confront the "trials of the world", in the difficulties of life has a horizon of…
Today we reflect on Christian hope as the strength of martyrs. When in the Gospel Jesus sends the disciples on mission, he does not mislead them with mirages of easy…
Today’s Gospel passage contains the first part of Jesus’ discourse on the end times, [according to] the writing of Saint Luke (21:5-19). Jesus made this proclamation while standing before the…
Gospel passage is composed of two parts: one that describes how not to be followers of Christ; the other offers an example of a Christian. Let’s start with the first:…
On this last Sunday of the liturgical year, we join our voices to that of the criminal crucified beside Jesus, who acknowledged and acclaimed him a king. Amid cries of…
Within just days of the Solemnity of All Saints and of the Commemoration of the faithful departed, this Sunday’s Liturgy invites us once again to reflect upon the mystery of…
"Churches of service, churches that are gratuitous, just as salvation was gratuitous, and not 'supermarket churches'": Pope Francis did not mince words in re-proposing the relevance of Jesus' gesture of…
The grace to recognise when Jesus passes by, when he "knocks on our door", the grace "to recognise the time when we have been visited, are visited and will be…
In this penultimate Sunday of the liturgical year, the Gospel presents to us the Parable of the Talents (cf. Mt 25:14-30). Before setting off on a journey, a man gives…
Today’s Gospel presents us with an event that happened in Jericho, when Jesus entered the city and was welcomed by the crowd (cf. Lk 19:1-10). In Jericho lived Zacchaeus, the…
An invitation not to "auction off our Christian identity card", not to conform to the spirit of the world, which when it prevails leads to apostasy and persecution. Pope Francis…
Today’s Gospel passage contains the first part of Jesus’ discourse on the end times, [according to] the writing of Saint Luke (21:5-19). Jesus made this proclamation while standing before the…
And thus we must see Christ again and ask Christ: “Is it you?” The Lord, in his own silent way, answers: “You see what I did, I did not start a bloody revolution, I did not change the world with force; but lit many I, which in the meantime form a pathway of light through the millenniums” (Pope Benedict)
E così dobbiamo di nuovo vedere Cristo e chiedere a Cristo: “Sei tu?”. Il Signore, nel modo silenzioso che gli è proprio, risponde: “Vedete cosa ho fatto io. Non ho fatto una rivoluzione cruenta, non ho cambiato con forza il mondo, ma ho acceso tante luci che formano, nel frattempo, una grande strada di luce nei millenni” (Papa Benedetto)
Experts in the Holy Scriptures believed that Elijah's return should anticipate and prepare for the advent of the Kingdom of God. Since the Lord was present, the first disciples wondered what the value of that teaching was. Among the people coming from Judaism the question arose about the value of ancient doctrines…
Gli esperti delle sacre Scritture ritenevano che il ritorno di Elia dovesse anticipare e preparare l’avvento del Regno di Dio. Poiché il Signore era presente, i primi discepoli si chiedevano quale fosse il valore di quell’insegnamento. Tra i provenienti dal giudaismo sorgeva il quesito circa il peso delle dottrine antiche...
Gospels make their way, advance and free, making us understand the enormous difference between any creed and the proposal of Jesus. Even within us, the life of Faith embraces all our sides and admits many things. Thus we become more complete and emancipate ourselves, reversing positions.
I Vangeli si fanno largo, avanzano e liberano, facendo comprendere l’enorme differenza tra credo qualsiasi e proposta di Gesù. Anche dentro di noi, la vita di Fede abbraccia tutti i nostri lati e ammette tante cose. Così diventiamo più completi e ci emancipiamo, ribaltando posizioni
We cannot draw energy from a severe setting, contrary to the flowering of our precious uniqueness. New eyes are transmitted only by the one who is Friend. And Christ does it not when we are well placed or when we equip ourselves strongly - remaining in a managerial attitude - but in total listening
Non possiamo trarre energia da un’impostazione severa, contraria alla fioritura della nostra preziosa unicità. Gli occhi nuovi sono trasmessi solo da colui che è Amico. E Cristo lo fa non quando ci collochiamo bene o attrezziamo forte - permanendo in atteggiamento dirigista - bensì nell’ascolto totale
The Evangelists Matthew and Luke (cf. Mt 11:25-30 and Lk 10:21-22) have handed down to us a “jewel” of Jesus’ prayer that is often called the Cry of Exultation or the Cry of Messianic Exultation. It is a prayer of thanksgiving and praise [Pope Benedict]
Gli evangelisti Matteo e Luca (cfr Mt 11,25-30 e Lc 10,21-22) ci hanno tramandato un «gioiello» della preghiera di Gesù, che spesso viene chiamato Inno di giubilo o Inno di giubilo messianico. Si tratta di una preghiera di riconoscenza e di lode [Papa Benedetto]
The human race – every one of us – is the sheep lost in the desert which no longer knows the way. The Son of God will not let this happen; he cannot abandon humanity in so wretched a condition [Papa Benedetto]
The seed brought by the wind of the Spirit makes its own plant, which does not necessarily resemble the surrounding ones: it is not bound in its particular expressiveness, and silently flies even ‘out of fences’
Il seme portato dal vento dello Spirito fa la sua pianta, che non necessariamente somiglia a quelle circostanti: non si vincola nella sua espressività particolare, e silenziosamente vola anche ‘fuori confine’

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