A new God: perhaps a deluded one? (Mk 4:1-20) In a world that has lost its references but is perhaps trying to create more authentic and profound ones, the mission…
The Lord wants new people, who listen (Mk 3:31-35) In the life of one who is challenged by the relationship of Faith, in order to become consanguineous with the Father…
"Blaspheming against the Holy Spirit" (Mk 3:22-30) "But he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not have forgiveness for ever, but is guilty of eternal sin" (v.29). Holy Spirit…
(Mt 4:12-23) Conversion and Kingdom Near Accepting and not transferring assessments (Mt 4:12-17) The Kingdom is near if, thanks to our involvement, God comes to earth and happiness knocks at…
Jan 16, 2026

Crisis and social aspect

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Overwork Mission Family, unbalanced (Mk 3:20-21) "And he came into the house; and again the crowd gathered together, so that they could not even eat bread. And when they had…
He calls to Himself and makes the Twelve: great emergency, by little Name (Mk 3:13-19) In Christ, the doctor of suffering humanity, things of the soul seem different, and so…
(Mk 3:7-12) The Kingdom of the Father announced by Jesus was by no means bound to just any creed: God did not just have a Face different from the empire…
Different solicitations: the humanising action, and the dry action of the misanthropes (Mk 3:1-6) Commenting on the Tao Tê Ching (XLVII), Master Ho-shang Kung writes: "The saint knows the great…
Jan 12, 2026

Law or hunger

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Incarnation for the sake of self and the world, or the spiritual form empty of humanity (Mk 2:23-28) On the path to conversion, conflicts of conscience are not parentheses or…
(Mk 2:18-22) Fasting has travelled through all religious and mystical traditions, because it is intended to bring women and men closer to their own profound essence - to listening to…
Behold the Lamb, in the lambs (Jn 1:29-34) In the fourth Gospel, the Baptist is not 'the precursor', but a 'witness' to the Light Lamb who raises fundamental questions. Alarmed,…
But can he participate in the rite? (Mk 2:13-17) Jesus does not exclude anyone from his friendship. The good proclamation of the Gospel consists precisely in this: in the offer…
Uncovering and opening "synagogues": unusual crossroads of Tenderness (Mk 2:1-12) Paralysis and punishment: different Tenderness [introduction]. The episode bears witness to the harsh clash between the synagogue and the first…
The leper and the Touch (Mk 1:40-45) "He who proclaims makes God's own desire, who pines for the distant. He knows no enemies, only fellow travellers. He does not stand…
The liberated mother-in-law and her journey (female) (Mk 1:29-39) "The essential thing is to listen to what rises from within. Our actions are often nothing more than imitation, hypothetical duty…
The unclean and quiet spirit in the synagogue (Mk 1:21b-28) In the confusion of the bloody civil war in progress (68-69) the Roman communities ask for guidance. Describing the beginning…
Conversion Forward (Mk 1:14-20) It is not the call of the leader, but the invitation of the Friend, who lives in the first person what he announces, exposing himself. It…
The muddy condition of the Jordan and the human dimension of Jesus (Mt 3:13-17; Mk 1:7-11; Lk 3:21-22; Jn 1:30-34) The river Jordan was never navigable; it simply marked a…
Lk 4:24-30 (16-37) Jesus' transgressions and ours (reinforcing the plot) (Lk 4:14-22) "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, therefore he has anointed me to proclaim the Good News…
(Mk 6:45-52) «Excita, Domine, potentiam tuam, et veni "Excita, Domine, potentiam tuam, et veni" - with these and similar words the liturgy of the Church repeatedly prays [...]. These invocations…
Dec 31, 2025

Multiplication by Sharing

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The very different solution (Mk 6:34-44) «Man is a limited being who is himself limitless» (Fratelli Tutti [Brethren All] n.150). In our hearts we have a great longing for fulfilment…
Accepting and not transferring evaluations (Mt 4:12-17.23-25) The Kingdom is near if, thanks to our involvement, God comes to earth and happiness knocks at the door, converting us to something…
Birth and Manifestation Mt 2:1-12 (1-18) The Epiphany narrative takes its cue from what was happening before the eyes of believers at the end of the first century. Mt writes…
Scepticism, Faith, Character (Jn 1:43-51) Today's liturgy proposes the first encounter with the Lord of Nathanael, whom some traditions identify as the apostle Bartholomew. The purpose of the call is…
Power of raw life (Jn 1:1-18) Gialal al-Din Rumi, a 13th century Persian mystic and lyricist (founder of the Sufi confraternity of dervishes) writes in his poem 'The Inn The…
No one way (Jn 1:19-28) "Behind me" [v.27 Greek text] is the position of the disciple in relation to that taken by the master. Jesus as a seeker chose the…
Mary, the Art of Perception that breaks the mould (Lk 2:19) (Lk 1:26-38) For a life from the authentic I to the unknown Culmination "Now Mary kept and treasured all…
Dec 24, 2025

The place for us

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(Lk 2:16-21) In the cages of our devotion, perhaps there is still no place for Jesus who offers himself. He continues to be born a child like the others, distant…
And Mary: the Question that is the Answer (Gal 4:4-7; Lk 2:16-21) We ask ourselves: in this time, what can make us intimate with the Lord? [A certain Christopher changed…
Power of raw life (Jn 1:1-18) Gialal al-Din Rumi, a 13th century Persian mystic and lyricist (founder of the Sufi confraternity of dervishes) writes in his poem 'The Inn The…
Christ compares himself to the sower and explains that the seed is the word (cf. Mk 4: 14); those who hear it, accept it and bear fruit (cf. Mk 4: 20) take part in the Kingdom of God, that is, they live under his lordship. They remain in the world, but are no longer of the world. They bear within them a seed of eternity a principle of transformation [Pope Benedict]
Cristo si paragona al seminatore e spiega che il seme è la Parola (cfr Mc 4,14): coloro che l’ascoltano, l’accolgono e portano frutto (cfr Mc 4,20) fanno parte del Regno di Dio, cioè vivono sotto la sua signoria; rimangono nel mondo, ma non sono più del mondo; portano in sé un germe di eternità, un principio di trasformazione [Papa Benedetto]
In one of his most celebrated sermons, Saint Bernard of Clairvaux “recreates”, as it were, the scene where God and humanity wait for Mary to say “yes”. Turning to her he begs: “[…] Arise, run, open up! Arise with faith, run with your devotion, open up with your consent!” [Pope Benedict]
San Bernardo di Chiaravalle, in uno dei suoi Sermoni più celebri, quasi «rappresenta» l’attesa da parte di Dio e dell’umanità del «sì» di Maria, rivolgendosi a lei con una supplica: «[…] Alzati, corri, apri! Alzati con la fede, affrettati con la tua offerta, apri con la tua adesione!» [Papa Benedetto]
«The "blasphemy" [in question] does not really consist in offending the Holy Spirit with words; it consists, instead, in the refusal to accept the salvation that God offers to man through the Holy Spirit, and which works by virtue of the sacrifice of the cross [It] does not allow man to get out of his self-imprisonment and to open himself to the divine sources of purification» (John Paul II, General Audience July 25, 1990)
«La “bestemmia” [di cui si tratta] non consiste propriamente nell’offendere con le parole lo Spirito Santo; consiste, invece, nel rifiuto di accettare la salvezza che Dio offre all’uomo mediante lo Spirito Santo, e che opera in virtù del sacrificio della croce [Esso] non permette all’uomo di uscire dalla sua autoprigionia e di aprirsi alle fonti divine della purificazione» (Giovanni Paolo II, Udienza Generale 25 luglio 1990)
Seen from the capital Jerusalem, that land is geographically peripheral and religiously impure because it was full of pagans, having mixed with those who did not belong to Israel. Great things were not expected from Galilee for the history of salvation. Instead, right from there — precisely from there — radiated that “light” on which we meditated in recent Sundays: the light of Christ. It radiated right from the periphery (Pope Francis)
Vista dalla capitale Gerusalemme, quella terra è geograficamente periferica e religiosamente impura perché era piena di pagani, per la mescolanza con quanti non appartenevano a Israele. Dalla Galilea non si attendevano certo grandi cose per la storia della salvezza. Invece proprio da lì - proprio da lì - si diffonde quella “luce” sulla quale abbiamo meditato nelle scorse domeniche: la luce di Cristo. Si diffonde proprio dalla periferia (Papa Francesco)
Christ and his intimates tried to strengthen the sense of sharing, returning to the profound spirit of what once the clan, the family, the community were - expressions of God's love that manifests itself...
Cristo e i suoi intimi tentavano di rafforzare il senso di condivisione, tornando allo spirito profondo di ciò che un tempo erano appunto il clan, la famiglia, la comunità - espressioni dell’amore di Dio che si manifesta…
The Church was built on the foundation of the Apostles as a community of faith, hope and charity. Through the Apostles, we come to Jesus himself (Pope Benedict)

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