(Jn 3:1-8) Jn introduces the Gospel passage with the very representative Jewish leader, insisting on the imperfection of believing in prodigies. They only grasp the outward side. Indeed, he seems…
(Jn 20:19-31) The Manifestation, the Spirit, the remission (Jn 20:19-23) The Johannine Pentecost does not suffer any temporal delay (v.22) yet the Lucan account also emphasises the link with Easter,…
(Mk 16:9-15) "How universal is the great Way! Can be on the left as well as the right" [Tao Tê Ching (xxxiv)]. Despite their difficulty in believing, the disciples are…
Jn 21:1-14 (1-19) The same sign of the superabundant fishing in Lk 5:1-11 does not concern the story of the Church after Easter, but is even placed in the day…
He does not create a hierarchy (Lk 24:35-48) We do not recognise a person by hands and feet (v.39). The Risen One has a life that escapes the perception of…
The New Creation, from Hearing (Jn 20:11-18) "In those days, in Israel, the testimony of women could not have official, juridical value, but women experienced a special bond with the…
Easter Sunday: the foundations, and the disappointed resurrection dudes Lk 24:13-35 (13-48) The disciples question, they are in confusion; they are anxious and accusing, disillusioned and frustrated - but what…
Mar 28, 2026

Independent Easter: for us

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The Gospels do not describe the chronicle of Christ's Resurrection, but the experience of the Risen One in the early church. All the evangelists hint at the fact that the…
Prayer-event, for awe The encounter with the Lord has its own essential radicality. It is precisely the Easter event that reveals and communicates the absolute newness of the story of…
(Jn 18:1-19:42) The core of the Gospels do not dwell on the horror and sadism of the torments, because they were not written with the aim of impressing, but to…
Mar 25, 2026

IN COENA DOMINI

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Integral Trust: the emblematic Action, generating the undefiled Jn 13:1-15 (.16-20) Let us introduce the meaning of the Lord's washing of the feet, an emblematic gesture that the Synoptics evoke…
Mar 25, 2026

CHRISM

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Year of Grace and fraternity: the seal to salvation history Lk 4:16-21 (14-37) Jesus' transgressions and ours (reinforcing the plot) (Lk 4:14-21) "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,…
Mar 24, 2026

Relief of weakness

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Betrayals (Mt 26:14-25) Mt Mk Lk situate the institution of the Eucharist within the Jewish Passover supper. A theological reworking to affirm (in Faith) the meaning of the authentic Passover…
(Jn 13:21-33.36-38) "I will lay down my life for you" - to lead. The apostles would give everything to win, not to lose; to triumph, not to be mocked or…
Allied Sign. Enchanting Path (Jn 12:1-11) As his hour draws near, Christ seems to lose his official features and becomes more and more intimate, within our reach. Dialogue with men…
Introduction: Emphasis on Weakness (Mt 26:14–25) Matthew, Mark and Luke place the institution of the Eucharist within the context of the Jewish Passover meal. A theological reworking to affirm (in…
(Jn 10:31-42) "We stone thee not for a splendid work, but for blasphemy, and because thou art man, thou makest thyself God" (v.33). The theological background of the passage is…
Mar 18, 2026

I Am, and our dignity

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Controversy over descent (and the abstract world) (Jn 8:51-59) The Gospel passage addresses the disciples of the Johannine communities who were still hesitant to declare themselves fully Christ's. Hunted down…
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…
Mar 16, 2026

Faith, Cross, common mind

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Raised up and lifted up from themselves, from above and from below (Jn 8:21-30) At the end of the first century, the Jews raised quite a few questions concerning the…
Adulterous "Church", accused Jesus (Jn 8:1-11) What about an ancient codex of the Gospels with a torn 'page'? Husbands did not want women to have a license of immunity from…
The Lord of Life (or the pale sign) (John 11:1–45) Last Sunday, the Gospel led us to reflect on the sign of the opening of the eyes. Even in those…
(Jn 7:40-53) In the Gospel passage the religious authorities judge everyone with contempt. Those who have always imagined themselves masters will not be willing to become disciples of a subversive…
And it is the present that counts, not the genealogy (Jn 7:1-2.10.25-30) Unexpected origins, to be killed not to be replaced "[Certainly] you know me and you know where I…
Mar 11, 2026

Annunciation to Joseph

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Contact with the earth: deviance and ascent Casual Incarnation, in tenuousness and density (Mt 1:1-17) In the ancient East, genealogies mentioned only men, and it is surprising that Mt mentions…
(Jn 5:17-30) The centre of the Jewish hope was the return to ancient times, which, however, was transferred to an indeterminate future ["last day"]. According to the Master, life as…
(Jn 5:1-3.5-16) "On the other hand, he performs several gestures on him: first of all he led him away from the crowd. On this occasion, as on others, Jesus always…
«If you do not see signs and wonders, you do not believe» (Jn 4:43-54) Starting from the fourth week, the path of the Lenten liturgy takes a decisive step towards…
Original Sin (Jn 9:1-41) The encyclical Fratelli Tutti invites us to take a perspective view that inspires decision and action: a new eye, filled with hope. It 'speaks to us…
Pharisee-publican: the two souls, and the essential Mystery (Lk 18:9-14) Says the Tao Tê Ching (x): "Preserve the One by dwelling in the two souls: are you able to keep…
[Nicodemus] felt the fascination of this Rabbi, so different from the others, but could not manage to rid himself of the conditioning of his environment that was hostile to Jesus, and stood irresolute on the threshold of faith (Pope Benedict)
[Nicodemo] avverte il fascino di questo Rabbì così diverso dagli altri, ma non riesce a sottrarsi ai condizionamenti dell’ambiente contrario a Gesù e resta titubante sulla soglia della fede (Papa Benedetto)
Those wounds that, in the beginning were an obstacle for Thomas’s faith, being a sign of Jesus’ apparent failure, those same wounds have become in his encounter with the Risen One, signs of a victorious love. These wounds that Christ has received for love of us help us to understand who God is and to repeat: “My Lord and my God!” Only a God who loves us to the extent of taking upon himself our wounds and our pain, especially innocent suffering, is worthy of faith (Pope Benedict)
Quelle piaghe, che per Tommaso erano dapprima un ostacolo alla fede, perché segni dell’apparente fallimento di Gesù; quelle stesse piaghe sono diventate, nell’incontro con il Risorto, prove di un amore vittorioso. Queste piaghe che Cristo ha contratto per amore nostro ci aiutano a capire chi è Dio e a ripetere anche noi: “Mio Signore e mio Dio”. Solo un Dio che ci ama fino a prendere su di sé le nostre ferite e il nostro dolore, soprattutto quello innocente, è degno di fede (Papa Benedetto)
We see that the disciples are still closed in their thinking […] How does Jesus answer? He answers by broadening their horizons […] and he confers upon them the task of bearing witness to him all over the world, transcending the cultural and religious confines within which they were accustomed to think and live (Pope Benedict)
Vediamo che i discepoli sono ancora chiusi nella loro visione […] E come risponde Gesù? Risponde aprendo i loro orizzonti […] e conferisce loro l’incarico di testimoniarlo in tutto il mondo oltrepassando i confini culturali e religiosi entro cui erano abituati a pensare e a vivere (Papa Benedetto)
The Fathers made a very significant commentary on this singular task. This is what they say: for a fish, created for water, it is fatal to be taken out of the sea, to be removed from its vital element to serve as human food. But in the mission of a fisher of men, the reverse is true. We are living in alienation, in the salt waters of suffering and death; in a sea of darkness without light. The net of the Gospel pulls us out of the waters of death and brings us into the splendour of God’s light, into true life (Pope Benedict)
I Padri […] dicono così: per il pesce, creato per l’acqua, è mortale essere tirato fuori dal mare. Esso viene sottratto al suo elemento vitale per servire di nutrimento all’uomo. Ma nella missione del pescatore di uomini avviene il contrario. Noi uomini viviamo alienati, nelle acque salate della sofferenza e della morte; in un mare di oscurità senza luce. La rete del Vangelo ci tira fuori dalle acque della morte e ci porta nello splendore della luce di Dio, nella vera vita (Papa Benedetto)
There is the path of those who, like those two on the outbound journey, allow themselves to be paralysed by life’s disappointments and proceed sadly; and there is the path of those who do not put themselves and their problems first, but rather Jesus who visits us, and the brothers who await his visit (Pope Francis)
C’è la via di chi, come quei due all’andata, si lascia paralizzare dalle delusioni della vita e va avanti triste; e c’è la via di chi non mette al primo posto se stesso e i suoi problemi, ma Gesù che ci visita, e i fratelli che attendono la sua visita (Papa Francesco)

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