They brought the Light through Embodying the spirit of the Beatitudes, we ask ourselves what is the difference between common 'religious feeling', and 'living by Faith'. In ancient devotions, the…
The end of a sacred order: stuffed - or free (Lk 14:1-6) The Bible often presents salvation as a banquet in which God himself participates alongside man. Here, specific reference…
End of a "sacred" order (Lk 13:31-35) The context in which Jesus lives is ominous: the power [even of the peripheral courts of the Empire] was absolute and accountable to…
Narrow door: not because it is oppressive (Lk 13:22-30) The meaning of the first question is: "Is Salvation exclusive?" (v.23). Of course not - and not oppressive either. But it…
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…
Theatre actors and neutrality(Luke 13:10-17) Our passion for a full existence would like to guide us who knows where, but sometimes there is an external force that holds us back.…
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…
Conversion and Times (Luke 13:1-9) Conversion refers to a process that shakes the soul, because of an Encounter. A rediscovery that opens to self-knowledge. A dialogue that projects mind and…
The room of Happiness, in the decisive horizon (Lk 12:54-59) "Now why do you not also judge for yourselves what is right?" (v.57). From nature and happenings we need to…
Flame and Peace, Immersion and Division. Not tactical quietism (Lk 12:49-53) "I have come to cast a fire on the earth, and how I wish it had already blazed!" (Lk…
(Lk 12:39-48) «You also be ready, for in the hour you do not believe the Son of Man is coming» (Lk 12:40). Jesus pulls the ears of those in the…
Oct 13, 2025

Lamps lit, start now

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Parishes: strive for Heaven, without burden or hindrance (Lk 12:35-38) In order to make us understand what it means to be prepared to set out immediately, Jesus urges our awareness,…
The scandal of waiting and the kidnapping of the prelates (Lk 18:1-8) In the 80s, communities in Asia Minor suffered persecution because the emperor of Rome [the divine Domitian] demanded…
Calling the far away, to stir up the near (Lk 10:1-12.17-20) And I and You "Truth is not at all what I have. It is not at all what you…
Snubbing for consent? No, there is a great destiny of Oneness (Lk 12:1-7)) "Meanwhile, as the crowd had gathered in myriads, to trample on one another"... the Lord's criticism of…
The true higher dimension (Lk 11:47-54) "I will send them prophets and apostles, and they will kill and persecute them" (v. 49). A living word for all times, Jesus laments…
Serving oneself and "the public” (Lk 11:42-46) The conflict between Jesus and the religious authorities takes on violent overtones, as the poltronists get hung up on the details and neglect…
The interior and the society of the exterior (Lk 11:37-41) "Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and tray, but your inside is full of robbery and wickedness"…
Nothing external (Lk 11:29-32) Jesus comes up against unbelief. It comes from various blinders and parties taken, or (especially in the disciples) arises from carelessness. The Lord turns away from…
Foreign glory (or religious culture that produces models and slaves) (Lk 17:11-19) The impure had to stay out of the way: anything that differed from the dominant thinking was undermined.…
Brothers all and ourselves (Lk 11:27-28) "At first attachment may look like love, but as it develops it becomes more and more clearly the opposite, characterised by clinging, holding back,…
Oct 2, 2025

The Second Fall

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Pros and cons, and the Finger of God (Lk 11:15-26) Prejudice undermines unity, and no one can put Jesus under hijacking, holding him hostage. He is the fortress that no…
(Lk 11:5-13) Failing without failing. Struggle: unceasing, effective, with ourselves and with God Sometimes we put the Father in the dock, because he seems to let things go as our…
No longer looking outward (Lk 11:1-4) In the communities of Matthew and Luke, the "prayer" of the sons - the «Our Father» - does not arise as an oration, but…
Two realities of the faithful: Listeners or distracted wanderers (Lk 10:38-42) Bethany is only a few kilometres from the holy city of Jerusalem: an ideal community of only brothers and…
Not from the precept, but from the overthrow (Lk 10:25-37) "You are a fool and a Samaritan!" - accused the Jewish leaders (Jn 8:48). "No, I am not mad...": this…
Sep 27, 2025

Standard Life and Faith

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Luke 17:5-10 (1-10) Forgiveness and Faith: a living Encounter Free, eccentric, forward-looking: the sacrament of humanity as such (Lk 17:1-6) Knowledge of God is not a confiscated good or an…
(Mt 11:25-30) Abstract world and Incarnation (Mt 11:25-27) "The world gives credit to the "wise" and the "learned", while God prefers the "little ones". The general teaching that follows from…
Face to face, 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 -…
Lk 9:57-62 [cf. Mk 5:18-20] For Semites, parental figures indicate a connection with ethnicity, tradition, the past and the cultural environment. Jesus seems to exclude any correlation with such figures,…
The saints: they are our precursors, they are our brothers, they are our friends, they are our examples, they are our lawyers. Let us honour them, let us invoke them and try to imitate them a little (Pope Paul VI)
I santi: sono i precursori nostri, sono i fratelli, sono gli amici, sono gli esempi, sono gli avvocati nostri. Onoriamoli, invochiamoli e cerchiamo di imitarli un po’ (Papa Paolo VI)
Man rightly fears falling victim to an oppression that will deprive him of his interior freedom, of the possibility of expressing the truth of which he is convinced, of the faith that he professes, of the ability to obey the voice of conscience that tells him the right path to follow [Dives in Misericordia, n.11]
L'uomo ha giustamente paura di restar vittima di una oppressione che lo privi della libertà interiore, della possibilità di esternare la verità di cui è convinto, della fede che professa, della facoltà di obbedire alla voce della coscienza che gli indica la retta via da seguire [Dives in Misericordia, n.11]
We find ourselves, so to speak, roped to Jesus Christ together with him on the ascent towards God's heights (Pope Benedict)
Ci troviamo, per così dire, in una cordata con Gesù Cristo – insieme con Lui nella salita verso le altezze di Dio (Papa Benedetto)
Church is a «sign». That is, those who looks at it with a clear eye, those who observes it, those who studies it realise that it represents a fact, a singular phenomenon; they see that it has a «meaning» (Pope Paul VI)
La Chiesa è un «segno». Cioè chi la guarda con occhio limpido, chi la osserva, chi la studia si accorge ch’essa rappresenta un fatto, un fenomeno singolare; vede ch’essa ha un «significato» (Papa Paolo VI)
Let us look at them together, not only because they are always placed next to each other in the lists of the Twelve (cf. Mt 10: 3, 4; Mk 3: 18; Lk 6: 15; Acts 1: 13), but also because there is very little information about them, apart from the fact that the New Testament Canon preserves one Letter attributed to Jude Thaddaeus [Pope Benedict]
Li consideriamo insieme, non solo perché nelle liste dei Dodici sono sempre riportati l'uno accanto all'altro (cfr Mt 10,4; Mc 3,18; Lc 6,15; At 1,13), ma anche perché le notizie che li riguardano non sono molte, a parte il fatto che il Canone neotestamentario conserva una lettera attribuita a Giuda Taddeo [Papa Benedetto]
Bernard of Clairvaux coined the marvellous expression: Impassibilis est Deus, sed non incompassibilis - God cannot suffer, but he can suffer with (Spe Salvi, n.39)
Bernardo di Chiaravalle ha coniato la meravigliosa espressione: Impassibilis est Deus, sed non incompassibilis – Dio non può patire, ma può compatire (Spe Salvi, n.39)
Pride compromises every good deed, empties prayer, creates distance from God and from others. If God prefers humility it is not to dishearten us: rather, humility is the necessary condition to be raised (Pope Francis)
La superbia compromette ogni azione buona, svuota la preghiera, allontana da Dio e dagli altri. Se Dio predilige l’umiltà non è per avvilirci: l’umiltà è piuttosto condizione necessaria per essere rialzati (Papa Francesco)
A “year” of grace: the period of Christ’s ministry, the time of the Church before his glorious return, an interval of our life (Pope Francis)
Un “anno” di grazia: il tempo del ministero di Cristo, il tempo della Chiesa prima del suo ritorno glorioso, il tempo della nostra vita (Papa Francesco)
The Church, having before her eyes the picture of the generation to which we belong, shares the uneasiness of so many of the people of our time (Dives in Misericordia n.12)

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