Aug 12, 2026

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…
Crumbs and intuition, integral parts Mt 15:21–28 (21–37) Jesus discovered the Father’s will in the events of life. The same was true of the growing awareness of the early communities,…
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…
Aug 1, 2026

Risk of drowning

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Disciple’s difficult plight in the Church and in the world Mt 14:22–33 (22–36) Some other providential care, of which you are unaware ‘It is better not to fall, or to…
Mt 15:21-28 (21-37) Jesus discovered the will of the Father in the events of life. The same was true for the growth of awareness of the first communities, which carried…
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 13:44–52) Treasure and Pearl – forms of inner life (or the anonymous burden, toil, and deprivation, of collective rituals) (Mt 13:44–46) Jesus does not wish to make us merely…
The Lord wants new people, who listen (Mt 12:46–50) In the life of anyone called to a relationship of faith, in order to become kin to the Father according to…
Jul 15, 2026

Law or Hunger

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Incarnation for one’s own sake and for the sake of the world, or the spiritual form devoid of humanity (Mt 12:1–8) On the path to conversion, conflicts of conscience are…
(Mt 13:1-23) In a world that has lost its references but is perhaps attempting to create more authentic and profound ones, the mission of motherhood and fatherhood of those with…
In favour of the oppressed (Mt 9:32-38) In the Gospels, recoveries from illness describe and manifest an experience of Faith. The first community forms [here in Mt, of Galilee and…
Jun 26, 2026

Day of the Lord

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Thomas: without hysteria (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…
Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, 29 June On the very same date, the Church celebrates two very different disciples. Both are entirely removed from models of conformity and uneccentric…
House on the Rock or practitioners of vain things (Mt 7:21-29) Pope Francis said: "In order to give himself to us, God often chooses unthinkable paths, perhaps those of our…
Faith is more than just empirical or historical facts; it is an ability to grasp the mystery of Christ’s person in all its depth [Pope Benedict]
La fede va al di là dei semplici dati empirici o storici, ed è capace di cogliere il mistero della persona di Cristo nella sua profondità [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)
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]
St Augustine rightly commented: “Christ showed himself indifferent to her, not in order to refuse her his mercy but rather to inflame her desire for it” (Sermo 77, 1: PL 38, 483) [Pope Benedict]
Sant’Agostino commenta giustamente: “Cristo si mostrava indifferente verso di lei, non per rifiutarle la misericordia, ma per infiammarne il desiderio” (Sermo 77, 1: PL 38, 483) [Papa Benedetto]
In the divine attitude justice is pervaded with mercy, whereas the human attitude is limited to justice. Jesus exhorts us to open ourselves with courage to the strength of forgiveness, because in life not everything can be resolved with justice. We know this (Pope Francis)
Nell’atteggiamento divino la giustizia è pervasa dalla misericordia, mentre l’atteggiamento umano si limita alla giustizia. Gesù ci esorta ad aprirci con coraggio alla forza del perdono, perché nella vita non tutto si risolve con la giustizia; lo sappiamo (Papa Francesco)
The Second Vatican Council's Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy refers precisely to this Gospel passage to indicate one of the ways that Christ is present:  "He is present when the Church prays and sings, for he has promised "where two or three are gathered together in my name there am I in the midst of them' (Mt 18: 20)" [Sacrosanctum Concilium, n. 7]
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)

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