Jul 30, 2025

Francis Stone

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Jesus asks his disciples: «But who do you say that I am?» (Mt 16:15). Who Jesus was for Francis is evident e.g. in his writings, especially in the Praises of…
The Gospel passage proposed by Matthew presents Jesus who, after praying alone, approaches his disciples in the boat at the end of the night, walking on the water. After crossing…
This Sunday's Gospel, taken from Luke, highlights the greed of a rich man who thinks about enlarging his warehouses because of abundant harvests, neglecting his soul and his relationship with…
Chapter thirteen of Matthew's Gospel highlights the rejection of Jesus by the inhabitants of Nazareth. The Lord is amazed at the unbelief found in his homeland and the contempt reserved…
Jesus speaks in parables of the Kingdom of Heaven, likened to a treasure hidden in a field for which he who finds it sells everything. The subject of the parable…
In today's Gospel, Jesus tells parables about the Kingdom of God, drawing inspiration from elements of nature: mustard seeds and yeast. With natural and real connections, he explains the nature…
Francis, the Little One of God, often instructed his brothers not to be servants of the weeds sown in the world by the evil one, not to follow his perverse…
Today's liturgy highlights a passage from Matthew in which Jesus emphasises listening to the Word and opening one's heart. The parables He illustrates are not understood because these two existential…
On the feast of St. Mary Magdalene, the Liturgy proposes to us the passage from John that concerns her most closely, as it challenges every soul in its search for…
Francis of Assisi, the Wise and the Little One of God, always had a clear conscience about the importance and necessity of the contemplative life, tempered by work that keeps…
The Pharisees ask Jesus why his disciples do what is not permitted by the Law on the Sabbath [eating, out of hunger, the ears of corn in the fields]. Jesus,…
The Gospel 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 the disappointment…
Jul 6, 2025

Welcomings

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Jesus makes it clear that it is necessary to take up one's cross in order to follow Him and be worthy of Him. He also emphasises that whoever welcomes His…
Jesus emphasised not to be afraid of martyrdom, of those who kill the body but do not have the power to kill the soul (Mt 10:28), because the disciple is…
Jul 2, 2025

Freely, simply

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Chapter 10 of Matthew continues to present us with a Jesus who asks his disciples, sent to preach the nearness of the Kingdom of Heaven, to give freely as they…
In today's Gospel we see Jesus going through towns and villages proclaiming the Kingdom of God and healing the sick. Assiduous contemplation and purity of life had made Francis powerful,…
The passage proposed for this Sunday is taken from the Gospel of Luke and emphasises Jesus' mandate to his disciples, highlighting how they were to be itinerant preachers of the…
Jesus makes us contemplate Matthew's strong and particular call, displacing everyone, precisely because it begins with sinners and not with the perfect according to the mentality of the time. «For…
The passage from Matthew presents Jesus grappling with demons who fear being cast out. The unclean spirits unite against the true servants of God. Francis knew something about this. The…
In today's Gospel passage Jesus proposes to those who want to follow him a real poverty of living and ready detachment from the demands of kinship. Francis of Assisi fell…
Jun 20, 2025

New Family

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Francis, the jester of God, after Grace had made him a new creature, preferred to the natural family the one given him by the Father of mercies. Indeed, without hesitation,…
In the passage proposed by the Liturgy of the day, Jesus calls us to concretely do his will, to be like a dwelling founded on his Rock, resisting rain and…
The Liturgy relating to the Birth of the Baptist examines a Lucan passage where the people's question, faced with this event, is: «What then will become of this child?» (Lk…
On this solemn Sunday of Corpus Christi, the liturgy offers us a passage from Luke about the multiplication of loaves for a huge crowd. Jesus says to his disciples: «Give…
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,…
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…
In today's Gospel, Jesus sends a very clear message: give to those in need: «Give to those who ask you, and do not turn away from those who want to…
This Sunday's long passage from Matthew's Gospel deals with various themes. Among these is the urgency of overcoming the legalism of the scribes and Pharisees, doing God's will with care.…
Jesus warns against the ruthless justice of the Pharisees, urging respect for every brother and sister and reconciliation, which is the flavour of life as children of God. Francis was…
In today's Gospel, Jesus speaks of the witness we are called to give with our lives, to be salt and light for all. Francis, in his journey of faith, sought…
By willingly accepting death, Jesus carries the cross of all human beings and becomes a source of salvation for the whole of humanity. St Cyril of Jerusalem commented: “The glory of the Cross led those who were blind through ignorance into light, loosed all who were held fast by sin and brought redemption to the whole world of mankind” (Catechesis Illuminandorum XIII, 1: de Christo crucifixo et sepulto: PG 33, 772 B) [Pope Benedict]
Accettando volontariamente la morte, Gesù porta la croce di tutti gli uomini e diventa fonte di salvezza per tutta l’umanità. San Cirillo di Gerusalemme commenta: «La croce vittoriosa ha illuminato chi era accecato dall’ignoranza, ha liberato chi era prigioniero del peccato, ha portato la redenzione all’intera umanità» (Catechesis Illuminandorum XIII,1: de Christo crucifixo et sepulto: PG 33, 772 B) [Papa Benedetto]
The discovery of the Kingdom of God can happen suddenly like the farmer who, ploughing, finds an unexpected treasure; or after a long search, like the pearl merchant who eventually finds the most precious pearl, so long dreamt of (Pope Francis)
La scoperta del Regno di Dio può avvenire improvvisamente come per il contadino che arando, trova il tesoro insperato; oppure dopo lunga ricerca, come per il mercante di perle, che finalmente trova la perla preziosissima da tempo sognata (Papa Francesco)
In the New Testament, it is Christ who constitutes the full manifestation of God's light [Pope Benedict]
Nel Nuovo Testamento è Cristo a costituire la piena manifestazione della luce di Dio [Papa Benedetto]
Today’s Gospel reminds us that faith in the Lord and in his Word does not open a way for us where everything is easy and calm; it does not rescue us from life’s storms. Faith gives us the assurance of a Presence (Pope Francis)
Il Vangelo di oggi ci ricorda che la fede nel Signore e nella sua parola non ci apre un cammino dove tutto è facile e tranquillo; non ci sottrae alle tempeste della vita. La fede ci dà la sicurezza di una Presenza (Papa Francesco)
Dear friends, “in the Eucharist Jesus also makes us witnesses of God’s compassion towards all our brothers and sisters. The Eucharistic mystery thus gives rise to a service of charity towards neighbour” (Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Sacramentum Caritatis, 88) [Pope Benedict]
Cari amici, “nell’Eucaristia Gesù fa di noi testimoni della compassione di Dio per ogni fratello e sorella. Nasce così intorno al Mistero eucaristico il servizio della carità nei confronti del prossimo” (Esort. ap. postsin. Sacramentum caritatis, 88) [Papa Benedetto]
The fool in the Bible, the one who does not want to learn from the experience of visible things, that nothing lasts for ever but that all things pass away, youth and physical strength, amenities and important roles. Making one's life depend on such an ephemeral reality is therefore foolishness (Pope Benedict)
L’uomo stolto nella Bibbia è colui che non vuole rendersi conto, dall’esperienza delle cose visibili, che nulla dura per sempre, ma tutto passa: la giovinezza come la forza fisica, le comodità come i ruoli di potere. Far dipendere la propria vita da realtà così passeggere è, dunque, stoltezza (Papa Benedetto)
We see this great figure, this force in the Passion, in resistance to the powerful. We wonder: what gave birth to this life, to this interiority so strong, so upright, so consistent, spent so totally for God in preparing the way for Jesus? The answer is simple: it was born from the relationship with God (Pope Benedict)

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