The passage from Jn shows how Jesus receives testimony not from men, but from works done. People do not believe in Him because the Son hears the voice of the…
Jesus lectures the Sabbath worshippers with facts. Respecting that day was more important than life, than the person himself, placed on the periphery, prone at the feet of the sacred…
Mar 22, 2025

Running to rise

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In his young life, Francis had encountered the paternal and maternal compassion of the Lord. After a life spent in cheerful and somewhat dissolute brigades, he was thunderstruck by the…
To the scribes who ask what is the greatest commandment Jesus answers in a disconcerting way: Listen! To love God and neighbour with all one's self is worth more than…
In the Gospel passage proposed today, Jesus proclaims that he came to give full fulfilment to the Law. So not to demolish or transgress the Word, but to observe it…
In the Lk passage, the unbelief and mistrust of the people of Nazareth towards Jesus emerges, the provocations put forward and the Lord's replies emphasising the deaf acceptance of his…
Chapter fifteen of Luke is known for its parables of Mercy. Before the Pharisees and scribes who murmur because he is close to publicans and sinners, Jesus responds with effective…
Mar 12, 2025

Crumbs

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The Gospel proposed by today's liturgy sets before us three important existential dimensions, which Francis held in high regard. The parable of poor Lazarus and the immoderate rich man evokes…
Jesus urges the crowd to listen and observe what the scribes and Pharisees say, without doing according to their works, because of the obvious contradiction between their saying and doing.…
On this Sunday of Lent, the Gospel presents the Transfiguration of Jesus on Mount Tabor before Peter, James and John. The disciples, astonished, fall with their faces to the ground…
Jesus calls for a non-formal Justice that follows the Father's criterion: seasoned with mercy, respectful. Francis was a great spiritual teacher, almost without realising it. He was convinced, by Grace,…
Mar 4, 2025

The only Sign

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In Lenten season, liturgy emphasises the importance of changing one's life, without going for signs. One 'sign': that of the Crucified One, of Jesus who died and rose again for…
When the nations are gathered before the Lord, the works of blessing performed will speak for them. They will be in the divine condition those who recognised Christ himself in…
Levi's call and sharing the table with him produced scandal among the Pharisees, but Jesus taught them that it is the sick who need the doctor! Francis and Clare saw…
Jesus emphasises how 'to lose' one's life for the cause of the Kingdom is, in truth, to gain it. Francis, at the beginning of the Regola non bollata (1221), writes…
The Minim of Assisi, in order to follow Jesus and live his Gospel, renounced everything (literally) after his conversion to be free to follow in his Lord's footsteps. He understood…
Francis of Assisi was a bitter enemy of judgement. The phrase from the Gospel that underlines this evil was indelibly written in his memory. «Why do you look at the…
In today's Gospel passage, to the Pharisees who tried to catch him at fault, regarding the repudiation of his own woman, Jesus responds by pointing out the hardness of their…
Jesus advises his disciples not to consider anyone an enemy, even more so when acting in his Name. Francis always thought and acted in the name of the Lord. Everything…
Feb 16, 2025

Faith and Prayer

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Jesus heals an epileptic boy by corroborating the synergy of Faith and Prayer. The Poor Man of Assisi knew from direct experience that demons fear prayer done with faith and…
The Lord used Francis to renew his Church, placing him as the foundation stone of the Order in the ecclesial community, just as he used Peter as the point around…
Jesus asks his disciples a precise question: «Who do men say that I am?» (Mk 8:27b). He then explains that the Son of Man will have no worldly triumphs. He…
Even Francis, when he was still in the world and faced with the unravelling of his specific call from the Lord [and subsequent conversion] had to struggle against Herod's leaven:…
For Francis and Clare of Assisi, humility of heart, interior and exterior poverty was the keystone of all the other beatitudes, the identikit of Jesus and of every disciple who…
«And he sent two by two before him into every city and place where he was about to go» (Lk 10:1). This passage from the Gospel of Luke was well…
Jesus teaches the crowd and explains: what makes one impure is what comes from the heart. Francis, pure in heart, transparent in his intentions and intentions, had also introduced in…
The evangelist Mk shows how, as Jesus passed by, people everywhere flocked to carry on stretchers the sick to be healed. Following in the footsteps of the Master, Francis performed…
In today's Gospel Jesus invites his own to a deserted place, in the background. The throng of the crowd did not even allow them to eat. But the Lord first…
In the Regola bollata (1223) Francis of Assisi writes to his brothers: «In whatever house they enter they are to say, first of all: Peace to this house; and, according…
The Liturgy gives us the story of the healing of the haemorrhoissa, a poor sick woman - and the resuscitation of the daughter of Jairus, leader of the synagogue. The…
Christians are a priestly people for the world. Christians should make the living God visible to the world, they should bear witness to him and lead people towards him. When we speak of this task in which we share by virtue of our baptism, it is no reason to boast (Pope Benedict)
I cristiani sono popolo sacerdotale per il mondo. I cristiani dovrebbero rendere visibile al mondo il Dio vivente, testimoniarLo e condurre a Lui. Quando parliamo di questo nostro comune incarico, in quanto siamo battezzati, ciò non è una ragione per farne un vanto (Papa Benedetto)
Because of this unique understanding, Jesus can present himself as the One who reveals the Father with a knowledge that is the fruit of an intimate and mysterious reciprocity (John Paul II)
In forza di questa singolare intesa, Gesù può presentarsi come il rivelatore del Padre, con una conoscenza che è frutto di un'intima e misteriosa reciprocità (Giovanni Paolo II)
Yes, all the "miracles, wonders and signs" of Christ are in function of the revelation of him as Messiah, of him as the Son of God: of him who alone has the power to free man from sin and death. Of him who is truly the Savior of the world (John Paul II)
Sì, tutti i “miracoli, prodigi e segni” di Cristo sono in funzione della rivelazione di lui come Messia, di lui come Figlio di Dio: di lui che, solo, ha il potere di liberare l’uomo dal peccato e dalla morte. Di lui che veramente è il Salvatore del mondo (Giovanni Paolo II)
It is known that faith is man's response to the word of divine revelation. The miracle takes place in organic connection with this revealing word of God. It is a "sign" of his presence and of his work, a particularly intense sign (John Paul II)
È noto che la fede è una risposta dell’uomo alla parola della rivelazione divina. Il miracolo avviene in legame organico con questa parola di Dio rivelante. È un “segno” della sua presenza e del suo operare, un segno, si può dire, particolarmente intenso (Giovanni Paolo II)
That was not the only time the father ran. His joy would not be complete without the presence of his other son. He then sets out to find him and invites him to join in the festivities (cf. v. 28). But the older son appeared upset by the homecoming celebration. He found his father’s joy hard to take; he did not acknowledge the return of his brother: “that son of yours”, he calls him (v. 30). For him, his brother was still lost, because he had already lost him in his heart (Pope Francis)
Ma quello non è stato l’unico momento in cui il Padre si è messo a correre. La sua gioia sarebbe incompleta senza la presenza dell’altro figlio. Per questo esce anche incontro a lui per invitarlo a partecipare alla festa (cfr v. 28). Però, sembra proprio che al figlio maggiore non piacessero le feste di benvenuto; non riesce a sopportare la gioia del padre e non riconosce il ritorno di suo fratello: «quel tuo figlio», dice (v. 30). Per lui suo fratello continua ad essere perduto, perché lo aveva ormai perduto nel suo cuore (Papa Francesco)
Doing a good deed almost instinctively gives rise to the desire to be esteemed and admired for the good action, in other words to gain a reward. And on the one hand this closes us in on ourselves and on the other, it brings us out of ourselves because we live oriented to what others think of us or admire in us (Pope Benedict)
Quando si compie qualcosa di buono, quasi istintivamente nasce il desiderio di essere stimati e ammirati per la buona azione, di avere cioè una soddisfazione. E questo, da una parte rinchiude in se stessi, dall’altra porta fuori da se stessi, perché si vive proiettati verso quello che gli altri pensano di noi e ammirano in noi (Papa Benedetto)

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