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…
(Lk 12:49-59) A functional Church? Discernment of the Fire Flame and Peace, Immersion and division. Not tactical quietism (Lk 12:49-53) «I have come to cast fire upon the earth, and…
Approach without being submissive (Mt 19:13-15) Pope Francis has often reiterated: "I would rather have a Church that has crashed than a Church that is sick from closure. Not a…
The itinerary of the creature (and of the Church) who realises in herself the victory of Life over death Mary is Icon of how to find the right path, from…
(Mt 18:21-19:1) Throughout the ancient Middle East, disproportionate retaliation (one for one, not cruel) was sacred law. Forgiveness was a humiliating and absurd attitude, an incomprehensible principle for anyone who…
In the midst of the reconciled: the change of course and destiny in the Kingdom (Mt 18:15-20) "The verb the evangelist uses for 'they will be reconciled' is synphōnēsōsin: there…
Face to Person, Father in relationship (Mt 18:1-5.10.12-14) The Gospel passage dictates the line of the entire ecclesial discourse of Mt (18:1-35). The key term of vv.1-5 is paidìon -…
Where is the heart of the Church? (Lk 12:32-48) "Where your treasure is, there also will your heart be" (v. 34). This is not a personal or institutional problem that…
Distraction in the waiting room, or a crisis with an evolutionary sense (Mt 25:1-13) The theme is not one of moral vigilance, but timely: sooner or later all those baptised…
Reputation: crossroads of the Cross (Mt 16:24-28) To lose one's life or to lose it? To save it or to find it? Christ desires to lead us to the homeland…
Who I am for you, and the Keys to the open community More than halfway through his public life, Jesus has not yet given formulas, but he asks a challenging…
Faith and Metamorphosis (Mt 17:1-9; Mk 9:2-13; Lk 9:28-36) "The mountain - Tabor like Sinai - is the place of closeness with God. It is the elevated space, compared to…
The risk of drowning (Mt 14:22-36) Some other providence, which you do not know "It is good not to fall, or to fall and get up again. And if you…
Multiplying by dividing (Mt 14:13-21) «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 and…
Divine in Human: strong, dignified and fraternal gestures, not repertoire (Mt 13:54-58) "Christians are a priestly people for the world. Christians should make the living God visible to the world,…
(or anonymous weight, toil, and deprivation, of collective rituals) (Mt 13:44-46) Jesus does not want to make us poor paupers, but allies - not because he intends to enrich us…
The Lord of Life (or the pale sign) (Jn 11:1-45) Jn 9:1-41 [the famous passage of the Born Blind] makes us reflect on the sign of the opening of the…
(Mt 13:31-35) Jesus helps people discover the things of God and of man in everyday life. The Master teaches that the extraordinary nature of the eternal world is hidden in…
Jul 19, 2025

Teach us to Pray

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(Luke 11:1-13) Cross within Prayer: no longer looking outward Sons’ Prayer: performance or listening? In the communities of Matthew and Luke, the "prayer" of the children - the "Our Father"…
Rebirth - from failures (Mt 13:24-30) The metaphor that follows the initial parable is intended to emphasise that the presence of 'evil' in the world is not to be attributed…
The anti-ambition or the front row in the pattern of satraps (Mt 20:20-28) Unofficially, Pius VII tried to lift the triregnum (neoclassical style, unusual) given to him by Napoleon, but…
Jn 15:1-8 (.9-11) The allegory of the vine and the branches describes the Presence of the Lord in the midst of His own. He is the source of intimate life…
Fossilised in reminiscences, or Announced by Brethren (Jn 20:1-2.11-18) "In those days, in Israel, the testimony of women could not have official, juridical value, but women experienced a special bond…
What is the Sign of the Mystery? (Mt 12:38-42) Jesus encounters unbelief. It comes from various forms of blindness and prejudice, or (especially in the disciples) arises from inattention. The…
Jesus, however, reverses the question — which stresses quantity, that is: “are they few?...” — and instead places the question in the context of responsibility, inviting us to make good use of the present (Pope Francis)
Gesù però capovolge la domanda – che punta più sulla quantità, cioè “sono pochi?...” – e invece colloca la risposta sul piano della responsabilità, invitandoci a usare bene il tempo presente (Papa Francesco)
The Lord Jesus presented himself to the world as a servant, completely stripping himself and lowering himself to give on the Cross the most eloquent lesson of humility and love (Pope Benedict)
Il Signore Gesù si è presentato al mondo come servo, spogliando totalmente se stesso e abbassandosi fino a dare sulla croce la più eloquente lezione di umiltà e di amore (Papa Benedetto)
More than 600 precepts are mentioned in the Law of Moses. How should the great commandment be distinguished among these? (Pope Francis)
Nella Legge di Mosè sono menzionati oltre seicento precetti. Come distinguere, tra tutti questi, il grande comandamento? (Papa Francesco)
The invitation has three characteristics: freely offered, breadth and universality. Many people were invited, but something surprising happened: none of the intended guests came to take part in the feast, saying they had other things to do; indeed, some were even indifferent, impertinent, even annoyed (Pope Francis)
L’invito ha tre caratteristiche: la gratuità, la larghezza, l’universalità. Gli invitati sono tanti, ma avviene qualcosa di sorprendente: nessuno dei prescelti accetta di prendere parte alla festa, dicono che hanno altro da fare; anzi alcuni mostrano indifferenza, estraneità, perfino fastidio (Papa Francesco)
Those who are considered the "last", if they accept, become the "first", whereas the "first" can risk becoming the "last" (Pope Benedict)
Proprio quelli che sono considerati "ultimi", se lo accettano, diventano "primi", mentre i "primi" possono rischiare di finire "ultimi" (Papa Benedetto)
St Clement of Alexandria commented: “Let [the parable] teach the prosperous that they are not to neglect their own salvation, as if they had been already foredoomed, nor, on the other hand, to cast wealth into the sea, or condemn it as a traitor and an enemy to life, but learn in what way and how to use wealth and obtain life” (Who is the Rich Man That Shall Be Saved, 27, 1-2) [Pope Benedict]
Così commenta San Clemente di Alessandria: «La parabola insegni ai ricchi che non devono trascurare la loro salvezza come se fossero già condannati, né devono buttare a mare la ricchezza né condannarla come insidiosa e ostile alla vita, ma devono imparare in quale modo usare la ricchezza e procurarsi la vita» (Quale ricco si salverà?, 27, 1-2) [Papa Benedetto]
The dialogue of Jesus with the rich young man, related in the nineteenth chapter of Saint Matthew's Gospel, can serve as a useful guide for listening once more in a lively and direct way to his moral teaching [Veritatis Splendor n.6]
Il dialogo di Gesù con il giovane ricco, riferito nel capitolo 19 del Vangelo di san Matteo, può costituire un'utile traccia per riascoltare in modo vivo e incisivo il suo insegnamento morale [Veritatis Splendor n.6]
The Gospel for this Sunday (Lk 12:49-53) is part of Jesus’ teachings to the disciples during his journey to Jerusalem, where death on the cross awaits him. To explain the purpose of his mission, he takes three images: fire, baptism and division [Pope Francis]

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