Reputation and obedience: crossroads of the Truth of Faith (Mt 10:34-42) We ask ourselves: what prevents growth? What conversely makes us intimate with the Father? To bear the Cross is…
In the difference between common religiosity and Faith (Mt 13:1-23) The parables compare the lived reality and the world of the Spirit: «Others [grains] then fell on the earth the…
Re-enter to regenerate: opposite banners (Mt 19:27-29) According to St. Ignatius [Meditation of the two flags], the greed for things gives rise in us the vain honor of the world,…
Placing in the events of persecution (Mt 10:16-23) The course of history is a time when God composes the confluence of our freedom and circumstances. In such folds there is…
«Departed, preach, saying [that] the kingdom of heaven has come near» (v.7) (Mt 10:7-15) Jesus recommends to the friends who announce Him not to carry a saddlebag and money to…
Emergency large, through small Name (Mt 10:1-7) None of the apostles was worthy of the Call; yet he is called upon, and can receive his Mandate - as if he…
(Mt 9:32-38) In the Gospels the recoveries from diseases describe and manifest an experience of Faith. The first forms of community [here in Mt, of Galilee and Syria] have grown…
Jul 3, 2026

Faith Magnet

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Healing in personal Faith (Mt 9:18-26) In the communities of Mt, converted Jews were accused (by the ancient religion’s proponents) of being perjured of fathers’ customs, and of the great…
Scientists and Lowlies: abstract world and incarnation (Mt 11:25-30) The leaders looked at religiosity with a view to interest. Professors of theology were accustomed to evaluate every comma on the…
Jun 26, 2026

Fasting: Opening

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New Wineskins and vocational Freedom (Mt 9:14-17) Fasting is a regenerative principle that has a unique healing power, both detoxifying and essential. It activates the energies of humanity and at…
Victory of the Risen Lord, without hysteria (Jn 20:24-29) The Gospel passage has a liturgical flavour, but the question we glimpse in the watermark is crude. We too want «to…
(Mt 9:1-8) The episode testifies to the hard clash between synagogue and the first fraternities of Faith, where without prior conditions of ritual or legal purity everyone was invited to…
(Mt 8:28-34) In all religions, man is invited to bind himself to divine consent to receive light and strength, submitting to his authority. The dilemma of the Judaizing assemblies of…
(Mt 8:23-27) Our adventure proceeds like on a boat tossed by seisms. We go hopeful, but sometimes adversities threaten drowning us, and with us seem to drag down all life.…
(Mt 16:13-19) Over half of his public life, Jesus has not yet given formulas, but He raises a demanding question - which claims to ask us much more than the…
Reputation and obedience: crossroads of the Truth of Faith Mt 10:37-42 (34-42) We ask ourselves: what prevents growth? What conversely makes us intimate with the Father? To bear the Cross…
Word and Faith: God is not bound to an external expression (Mt 8:5-17) Mt writes his Gospel to encourage community members and stimulate the mission to the Gentiles, which the…
The leper and the creative Touch, which reintegrates him (Mt 8:1-4) We ask: how did Jesus practise the Law? His transgressive Touch sums up his life and outcome, teaching and…
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…
Prophetic ardour, Salvation that does not repeat (Lk 1:57-66.80) Salvation - the cue for a full existence - runs through increasingly vast spaces and breaks into in a peremptory way,…
Unconventional firmness (Mt 7:6.12-14) The Good News is Pearl (v.6). Gem that should not be dispensed to those who would use it only as a tool. There are in fact…
For a transparent coexistence (Mt 7:1-5) The Sermon on the Mount (Mt 5-7) lists catechesis on salient questions of living in the communities of Galilee and Syria - composed of…
The important Uniqueness does not let us 'resume': it does, however, lead to Rebirth. (Mt 10:26-33) Christ’s proposal subverts quietism and the sense of personal and social life, so his…
Two masters: what outlet for what we carry inside (Mt 6:24-34) How to avoid selling oneself for an idol, and not commit suicide by subjecting the breath of the soul…
(Mt 6:19-23) «Where your Treasure is, your heart will be there» (v.21). It is not a tasteless personal or institutional problem; on the contrary, it is indispensable for to find…
Sons’ Prayer: performance or Listening? Mt 6:7-15 (v.13) «When you pray, do not babble like the pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their wordiness» (Mt 6:7;…
Trumpets, bass drums and reciters, or perfect instruments (Mt 6:1-6.16-18) External wiles have no wisdom: they become a boomerang. Whoever tries to shine obscures his own light. Anyone who cares…
Between intimate struggle and not opposing the evil one (Mt 5:43-48) Jesus proclaims that our heart is not made for closed horizons, where incompatibilities are accentuated. He forbids exclusions, and…
The alternative "victory-or-defeat" is false: we must get out of it (Mt 5:38-42) «Other cheek»: climate of inventiveness. Not opposing the wicked allows one to experience the Beatitudes, antidote to…
Free of charge: the Near Kingdom and Incarnate Prayer (Mt 9:36-10:8) Jesus distinguishes himself from the Rabbis of his time, because he does not wait for the exhausted and prostrate…
This Parable of the Sower is somewhat the ‘mother’ of all parables […] Such is the heart of God! Each one of us is ground on which the seed of the Word falls; no one is excluded! [Pope Francis]
Questa del seminatore è un po’ la “madre” di tutte le parabole […] Così è il cuore di Dio! Ognuno di noi è un terreno su cui cade il seme della Parola, nessuno è escluso [Papa Francesco]
Are we not perhaps all afraid in some way? If we let Christ enter fully into our lives, if we open ourselves totally to him, are we not afraid that He might take something away from us? Are we not perhaps afraid to give up something significant, something unique, something that makes life so beautiful? Do we not then risk ending up diminished and deprived of our freedom? (Pope Benedict)
Non abbiamo forse tutti in qualche modo paura - se lasciamo entrare Cristo totalmente dentro di noi, se ci apriamo totalmente a lui – paura che Egli possa portar via qualcosa della nostra vita? Non abbiamo forse paura di rinunciare a qualcosa di grande, di unico, che rende la vita così bella? Non rischiamo di trovarci poi nell’angustia e privati della libertà? (Papa Benedetto)
«Is there an attitude for those who want to follow Jesus» so that «they do not end badly, that they do not end up eaten alive - as my mother used to say: "Eat raw" - by others»? (Pope Francis)
«Esiste un atteggiamento per quelli che vogliono seguire Gesù» in modo che «non finiscano male, che non finiscano mangiati vivi — come diceva mia mamma: “Mangiati crudi” — dagli altri»? (Papa Francesco)
For Christians, volunteer work is not merely an expression of good will. It is based on a personal experience of Christ (Pope Benedict)
Per i cristiani, il volontariato non è soltanto espressione di buona volontà. È basato sull’esperienza personale di Cristo (Papa Benedetto)
Christ reveals his identity of Messiah, Israel's bridegroom, who came for the betrothal with his people. Those who recognize and welcome him are celebrating. However, he will have to be rejected and killed precisely by his own; at that moment, during his Passion and death, the hour of mourning and fasting will come (Pope Benedict)
Cristo rivela la sua identità di Messia, Sposo d'Israele, venuto per le nozze con il suo popolo. Quelli che lo riconoscono e lo accolgono con fede sono in festa. Egli però dovrà essere rifiutato e ucciso proprio dai suoi: in quel momento, durante la sua passione e la sua morte, verrà l'ora del lutto e del digiuno (Papa Benedetto)
For the prodigious and instantaneous healing of the paralytic, the apostle St. Matthew is more sober than the other synoptics, St. Mark and St. Luke. These add broader details, including that of the opening of the roof in the environment where Jesus was, to lower the sick man with his lettuce, given the huge crowd that crowded at the entrance. Evident is the hope of the pitiful companions: they almost want to force Jesus to take care of the unexpected guest and to begin a dialogue with him (Pope Paul VI)
As the cross can be reduced to being an ornament, “to carry the cross” can become just a manner of speaking (John Paul II)
Come la croce può ridursi ad oggetto ornamentale, così "portare la croce" può diventare un modo di dire (Giovanni Paolo II)

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