And the Feet of Jesus, kissed by the unexpected and censured guest (Lk 7:36-50) It is Love that path of perfection desired by God to make us grow, and to…
Sep 9, 2025

Stubbornness

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One 'character', or the Son of Man (Lk 7:31-35) The Gospels break through, advance and liberate, making us realise the enormous difference between any belief and Faith. They emancipate us…
The dark, allied aspect (Lk 7:11-17) Na'im means Delightful: a symbol of all pleasant and laughing places, where life flows peacefully until the day when carefreeness ends: smiles turn to…
Mary in the Church, who gives birth to sons (Jn 19:25-27) The brief passage of the Gospel in verses 25-27 is perhaps the artistic climax of the Passion narrative. In…
To go up and to go down, to go further or to go backwards (Jn 3:13-17) Nothing doing, despite two millennia of Christian symbols, formulas and rituals, especially in Italy…
The strength of the inner world, even in its depths (Lk 6:43-49) Pope Francis said: "God often chooses unimaginable ways to give himself to us, perhaps those of our limitations,…
Jesus and the mania for ruling Lk 6:39-42 (39-45) "How much our human family needs to learn to live together in harmony and peace without all being equal!" (Pope Francis…
The 'win-or-lose' alternative is false: you have to get out of it. Do you want to get ahead of me? Have a seat (Lk 6:27-38) Not opposing the wicked allows…
Faith and religion. Turnover in the Church (Lk 6:20-26) In Mt the Beatitudes outline a programme for fraternities of Jewish origin. In Lk the sermon seems more radical in character…
The double address of worship, but the Axis is to be with Him (Lk 6:12-19) "He went out to the mountain to pray and spent the night in prayer to…
And worrying about numbers (Lk 14:25-33) In his commentary on the Tao Tê Ching (vii) Master Ho-shang Kung writes: "The saint is devoid of self-interest and does not care to…
Incarnation, or the spiritual form empty of humanity (Lk 6:1-5) On the path to conversion, conflicts of conscience are not parentheses or accidents of the way, but crucial nodes. The…
(Lk 5:33-39) The old customs cannot always be combined with the Newness brought by the Lord; indeed, it is not infrequently necessary to know how to separate things. Lk confronts…
«Fishing», bringing to life. Attraction and attention (weekdays) (Lk 5:1-11) The episode of the Calling of the disciples in Lk indicates the attraction of the Word of Jesus - acting…
(Female Creativity) (Lk 4:38-44) "The essential thing is to listen to what is rising from within. Our actions are often nothing more than imitation, hypothetical duty or misrepresentation of what…
Freed from automatic mentality (Lk 4:31-37) In the third Gospel, the first signs of the Lord are the quiet escape from the threats of death [waved by his people!] and…
Lk 4:16-30 (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…
Lk 14:1,7-14 (1-14) Being oneself and being different. The path of closeness The end of a sacred order: crammed together - or free (Lk 14:1-6) The Bible often presents salvation…
Talents - Gifts of the new Kingdom (Mt 25:14-30) How can a community reveal the presence of God? By enhancing and accentuating the facets of life, defending them, promoting them…
(Mk 6:17-29) The question "Jesus, Who is He?" grows throughout the Gospel of Mark, up to the centurion's answer under the Cross (Mk 15:39). The balance of people's opinions (Mt…
Coming, Prayer and turning point, amid the roar of the waves. (Mt 24:37-51) What kind of Coming is it? And why do we want the Lord to be present in…
Parveniences: empty (Mt 23:27-32) John Chrysostom writes in his Commentary on the Gospel of Mt: "If one could open the conscience of each one, how many worms, how much rottenness…
(Mt 23:13-22) «Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees theatrists, for you close the kingdom of heaven before people» (Mt 23:13). Without much ado, Jesus unmasks the untouchable veterans and religious…
Luke 13:22-30 (18-30) Modest beginnings, a Prodigy that does not stun From within and in daily things (Luke 13:18-21) The two parables were told at a time of doubt about…
Rabbi, Father and teachers? Be present to yourselves, not at the mercy of approval (Mt 23:1-12) The New Relationship between God and man could not be contained within the meticulous…
Only Quality obliges. No forced surrender (Mt 22:34-40) Jesus turns what was the most banal of catechism questions into a crucial question: what is the 'great' commandment? Despite the different…
Aug 13, 2025

The Feast, the Robe

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All called, but with what outfit? Without artifice Mt 22:1-14 (1-21) The "wedding garment" (vv.11-12) is a figure of the essential - the indispensable even the precarious, without frills of…
It's never too late (unique Coin and smart working: Love) (Mt 20:1-16) In the atrium of the temple in Jerusalem, the portal creeper was a symbol of the gifts that…
The friendship of those who count and their facilitation, or the world turned upside down (Mt 19:23-30) It is not easy to enter into the logic of the Gift and…
From customs with limits to the Spirituality of possessions-Relation (Mt 19:16-22) At the time of Jesus, there was a time of social collapse and disintegration of the communitarian dimension of…
Simon, a Pharisee and rich 'notable' of the city, holds a banquet in his house in honour of Jesus. Unexpectedly from the back of the room enters a guest who was neither invited nor expected […] (Pope Benedict)
Simone, fariseo e ricco “notabile” della città, tiene in casa sua un banchetto in onore di Gesù. Inaspettatamente dal fondo della sala entra un’ospite non invitata né prevista […] (Papa Benedetto)
«The Russian mystics of the first centuries of the Church gave advice to their disciples, the young monks: in the moment of spiritual turmoil take refuge under the mantle of the holy Mother of God». Then «the West took this advice and made the first Marian antiphon “Sub tuum Praesidium”: under your cloak, in your custody, O Mother, we are sure there» (Pope Francis)
«I mistici russi dei primi secoli della Chiesa davano un consiglio ai loro discepoli, i giovani monaci: nel momento delle turbolenze spirituali rifugiatevi sotto il manto della santa Madre di Dio». Poi «l’occidente ha preso questo consiglio e ha fatto la prima antifona mariana “Sub tuum praesidium”: sotto il tuo mantello, sotto la tua custodia, o Madre, lì siamo sicuri» (Papa Francesco)
The Cross of Jesus is our one true hope! That is why the Church “exalts” the Holy Cross, and why we Christians bless ourselves with the sign of the cross. That is, we don’t exalt crosses, but the glorious Cross of Christ, the sign of God’s immense love, the sign of our salvation and path toward the Resurrection. This is our hope (Pope Francis)
La Croce di Gesù è la nostra unica vera speranza! Ecco perché la Chiesa “esalta” la santa Croce, ed ecco perché noi cristiani benediciamo con il segno della croce. Cioè, noi non esaltiamo le croci, ma la Croce gloriosa di Gesù, segno dell’amore immenso di Dio, segno della nostra salvezza e cammino verso la Risurrezione. E questa è la nostra speranza (Papa Francesco)
The basis of Christian construction is listening to and the fulfilment of the word of Christ (Pope John Paul II)
Alla base della costruzione cristiana c’è l’ascolto e il compimento della parola di Cristo (Papa Giovanni Paolo II)
«Rebuke the wise and he will love you for it. Be open with the wise, he grows wiser still; teach the upright, he will gain yet more» (Prov 9:8ff)
«Rimprovera il saggio ed egli ti sarà grato. Dà consigli al saggio e diventerà ancora più saggio; istruisci il giusto ed egli aumenterà il sapere» (Pr 9,8s)
These divisions are seen in the relationships between individuals and groups, and also at the level of larger groups: nations against nations and blocs of opposing countries in a headlong quest for domination [Reconciliatio et Paenitentia n.2]
Queste divisioni si manifestano nei rapporti fra le persone e fra i gruppi, ma anche a livello delle più vaste collettività: nazioni contro nazioni, e blocchi di paesi contrapposti, in un'affannosa ricerca di egemonia [Reconciliatio et Paenitentia n.2]
But the words of Jesus may seem strange. It is strange that Jesus exalts those whom the world generally regards as weak. He says to them, “Blessed are you who seem to be losers, because you are the true winners: the kingdom of heaven is yours!” Spoken by him who is “gentle and humble in heart”, these words present a challenge (Pope John Paul II)
È strano che Gesù esalti coloro che il mondo considera in generale dei deboli. Dice loro: “Beati voi che sembrate perdenti, perché siete i veri vincitori: vostro è il Regno dei Cieli!”. Dette da lui che è “mite e umile di cuore”, queste parole  lanciano una sfida (Papa Giovanni Paolo II)

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