Legalistic conception and hardness of heart (Mk 10:1-12) The controversy with the fanatics of the law highlights the need for a new messianic community, which goes beyond the exclusively legalistic…
(Mk 9:41-50) In language typical of Oriental liveliness, Jesus' exhortations to coexistence overturn the hierarchy between the powerful and the weak. In religions we find droves of outcasts who cannot…
Absent Ecclesiology (Mk 9:38-40) It’s not strange that the holy Inquisition was born in the time of an absent ecclesiology. The ‘leaven’ of the Pharisees and Herod (Mk 8:14) leads…
Feb 17, 2025

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[Institution's transience? What about compactness? What about expansion?] (Mk 9:30-37) "A little boy was playing at being a priest with a boy his age on the steps of his house.…
(Mk 9:14-29) The messianicity of Christ and Salvation itself belong to the sphere of Faith and Prayer. They are the ambits of intimate listening, acute perception, trusting spousal acceptance, and…
Get ahead and Forgive forward (Lk 6:27-38) The adventure of extreme Faith is for a wounding Beauty and an abnormal, prominent Happiness. But only those who know to wait will…
(Mt 16:13-19) Jesus guides his intimates away from the territory of the ideology of power and from the sacred center of the official religious institution, so that they distance themselves…
Bad reputation is common among Prophets (Mk 8:34-9,1) The Cross is normal among Prophets, who certainly do not have a great response from crowds, in building their own limpid ‘city’.…
The true God, nature, and authentic man (Mk 8:27-33) Jesus guides his intimates away from the territory of the ideology of power and the sacred centre of the official religious…
(Mk 8:22-26) In this section of Mk the initiation of Faith is described; in filigree, the routing to the relationship with Christ that takes away the difficulties of ‘sight’ -…
And the much yeast, which impoverishes (Mk 8:14-21) Jesus says one thing, the apostles understand another. The «leaven of the Pharisees and that of Herod» is a theme that alludes…
Manifestations of God’s power on earth: nothing external (Mk 8:11-13) Jesus clashes with disbelief, stemming from various blinding, or that arises from inattention. Incarnation: there are no other valid Signs…
Faith and religion. Turnover in the Church (Lk 6:20-26) Jesus judges the configuration of the world in which his Church, in the Spirit, finds herself living: rich and destitute [in…
Simple Mystery, New Mysticism. Vocation to offer to the world (Mk 8:1-10) The Son reflects God’s plan in compassion for the crowds in need of everything and - despite the…
And move the neighbors (Lk 10:1-9) Jesus notes that the Apostles are not free people (cf. Lk 9). Their way of being is so grounded on standard attitudes and obligatory…
Eucharistic crumbs (Mk 7:24-30) Religious law prevented dealing with foreign people and other ethnicities, borders, or culture. At the beginning, Jesus [that is: He in the first communities, His Mystical…
Purity, impudity and misrepresented holiness (Mk 7,14-23) The Lord is for a comprehensive humanization. But in ancient cultures the mythical vision of the world led people to appreciate any reality…
Traditions and ideal order (Mk 7:1-13) Religiosity can deceive the ideal order; the life of Faith promotes it, relying on a perfection and purity derived simply from the human dimension…
Bread and prodigies of the Christ-ghost (Mk 6:53-56) A saved existence requires a transformation from within; another beginning. A different foothold of good. In fact, the «fringe of the mantle»…
‘Fishing’ to life. Weekday Attraction and attention (Lk 5:1-11) The episode of the Call of the disciples in Lk indicates the attraction of the Jesus Word - which acts in…
(Mk 6:30-34) «Come yourselves aside, to a deserted place»: the explicit reference to the «desert» is that of Exodus - which recalls the time of first Love. Experience of great…
(Mk 6:14-29) The question «Jesus, Who is he?» grows throughout the Mk’s Gospel, up to the answer of the centurion under the Cross (Mk 15:39). The assessment of the opinions…
Sober, but in sandals (Mk 6:7-13) The passage of Nazareth - painful for Jesus himself - and the description of the disciples sending, was intended to be a support and…
Domestic side, not domestications (Mk 6:1-6) Where Faith is lacking, only small changes take place, not the staggering wonders of the alternative presence of God’s Kingdom (v.5). We do not…
Faith and Healing, or exclusion (Mk 5:21-43) In Rome, at Mk’s time, the situation of confusion generated by the civil war seemed likely to become lethal for the survival of…
(Mk 5:1-20) In all religions, man is invited to bind himself to divine consent to receive light and strength, submitting to his authority. The dilemma of Mk’s Roman assemblies -…
(Mal 3:1-4 Heb 2:14-18 Lk 2:22-40) The Lk’s Gospel passage narrates the surprising response of the Father to the prophecy of the last of the minor prophets (Mal 3,1-4). An…
(Mk 4:35-41) The whole Gospel of Mk is an articulated answer to the question: ‘who is Jesus?’ (v.41). His direction of travel seems to the wrong direction, and brazenly breaks…
From below, not from a summit (Mk 4: 26-34) Here we are introduced to a different mentality, to a new Family, to another Kingdom, not very "elevated"; indeed, completely reversed.…
(Mk 4: 21-25) Mk's is a narrative and popular catechesis, which reflects the problems of a very primitive community of Faith - compared to those of the other Gospels. His…
I trust in the witness of those families that draw their energy from the sacrament of marriage; with them it becomes possible to overcome the trial that befalls them, to be able to forgive an offence, to accept a suffering child, to illumine the life of the other, even if he or she is weak or disabled, through the beauty of love. It is on the basis of families such as these that the fabric of society must be restored (Pope Benedict)
Ho fiducia nella testimonianza di quelle famiglie che traggono la loro energia dal sacramento del matrimonio; con esse diviene possibile superare la prova che si presenta, saper perdonare un'offesa, accogliere un figlio che soffre, illuminare la vita dell'altro, anche se debole e disabile, mediante la bellezza dell'amore. È a partire da tali famiglie che si deve ristabilire il tessuto della società (Papa Benedetto)
St Louis IX, King of France put into practice what is written in the Book of Sirach: "The greater you are, the more you must humble yourself; so you will find favour in the sight of the Lord" (3: 18). This is what the King wrote in his "Spiritual Testament to his son": "If the Lord grant you some prosperity, not only must you humbly thank him but take care not to become worse by boasting or in any other way, make sure, that is, that you do not come into conflict with God or offend him with his own gifts" (cf. Acta Sanctorum Augusti 5 [1868], 546) [Pope Benedict]
San Luigi IX, re di Francia […] ha messo in pratica ciò che è scritto nel Libro del Siracide: "Quanto più sei grande, tanto più fatti umile, e troverai grazia davanti al Signore" (3,18). Così egli scriveva nel suo "Testamento spirituale al figlio": "Se il Signore ti darà qualche prosperità, non solo lo dovrai umilmente ringraziare, ma bada bene a non diventare peggiore per vanagloria o in qualunque altro modo, bada cioè a non entrare in contrasto con Dio o offenderlo con i suoi doni stessi" (Acta Sanctorum Augusti 5 [1868], 546) [Papa Benedetto]
The temptation is to be “closed off”. The disciples would like to hinder a good deed simply because it is performed by someone who does not belong to their group. They think they have the “exclusive right over Jesus”, and that they are the only ones authorised to work for the Kingdom of God. But this way, they end up feeling that they are privileged and consider others as outsiders, to the extent of becoming hostile towards them (Pope Francis)
La tentazione è quella della chiusura. I discepoli vorrebbero impedire un’opera di bene solo perché chi l’ha compiuta non apparteneva al loro gruppo. Pensano di avere “l’esclusiva su Gesù” e di essere gli unici autorizzati a lavorare per il Regno di Dio. Ma così finiscono per sentirsi prediletti e considerano gli altri come estranei, fino a diventare ostili nei loro confronti (Papa Francesco)
“If any one would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all” (Mk 9:35) […] To preside at the Lord’s Supper is, therefore, an urgent invitation to offer oneself in gift, so that the attitude of the Suffering Servant and Lord may continue and grow in the Church (Papa Giovanni Paolo II)
"Se uno vuol essere il primo, sia l'ultimo di tutti e il servo di tutti" (Mc 9, 35) […] Presiedere la Cena del Signore è, pertanto, invito pressante ad offrirsi in dono, perché permanga e cresca nella Chiesa l'atteggiamento del Servo sofferente e Signore (Papa Giovanni Paolo II)
Miracles still exist today. But to allow the Lord to carry them out there is a need for courageous prayer, capable of overcoming that "something of unbelief" that dwells in the heart of every man, even if he is a man of faith. Prayer must "put flesh on the fire", that is, involve our person and commit our whole life, to overcome unbelief (Pope Francis)

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