(Jn 20:1-2.11-18) Mk tells of a young man dressed in white, Mt of an angel, Lk of two men dressed in white, Jn of two angels. The stories on the…
Which road leads to the Father? (Mt 12:38-42) Human correspondence does not grow with the multiplication of dizzying signals. God doesn’t force the unconvinced, nor outclass with proofs; thus He…
Two realities of faithful: Listeners or distracted around (Lk 10:38-42) Bethany is an ideal community, coordinated by a woman [Martha: ‘lady’]. The loveable Face of the Lord shines through in…
For a lightness without masks (Mt 12:14-21) The authorities condemn Jesus to death. The insignificant people await him, as their only hope. They feel that there is still much to…
Incarnation, or emptiness of humanity (Mt 12:1-8) On the conversion’s journey, conflicts of conscience are not parentheses or accidents of the path, but crucial knots. The genuineness of believing then…
Yoke on the Little Ones: religion turned into obsession - for "held back" people (Mt 11:28-30) The rabbis chose the disciples from among those who had greater intellectual and ascetic…
Scientists and Lowlies: abstract world and Incarnation (Mt 11:25-27) The leaders looked at religiosity with purposes of interest. Theology professors were used to evaluating every comma starting from their own…
What about established praises? (Mt 11:20-24) Whoever enters himself on a path of following Christ, experiences «Prodigies» (vv.20-21.23). Wonders of the Spirit who works, and doesn’t stray from the present;…
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…
Not from the precept, but from the overthrow (Lk 10:25-37) «You are a fool and a samaritan!» - so the Jewish leaders (Jn 8:48). «No, I am not crazy...»: this…
Important Uniqueness does not let us “resume”: but it makes us Rebirth (Mt 10:24-33) Christ’s proposal subverts quietism and the sense of personal and social life, so his friends find…
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,…
«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…
Jun 29, 2025

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…
And move the neighbors (Lk 10:1-12.17-20) Jesus notes that the Apostles are not free people (cf. Lk 9). Their way of being is so grounded on standard attitudes and obligatory…
Jun 27, 2025

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…
But can he participate in the ritual? Sitting and with his eye on the ledgers, only then rich - nay, 'sir' (Mt 9:9-13) Friction arose in some assemblies of believers,…
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 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.…
Full dedication, but for a our own’s crossing (Mt 8:18-22) Continuing to venerate certainties, points of reference and habits, one can only manage a world of the dead (v.22). Whoever…
(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…
Already rebellious: special Vocation (Lk 2:41-51) The Gospel passage is disconcerting because it seems to portray a distracted family and an authentic, surprising, already surly and rebellious Jesus. Lk is…
A God in search of the lost and unequal, to expand our life [Lk 15:3-7 (1-10)] Jesus shatters all predictability. In the Son, God is revealed no longer as exclusive…
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…
Forgers & Co: as if we did not exist (Mt 7:15-20) «By their fruits you will know them [...] so every good tree bears good fruit, but the dead tree…
Prophetic ardour, Salvation that doesn’t 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, without…
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…
She is finally called by her name: “Mary!” (v. 16). How nice it is to think that the first apparition of the Risen One — according to the Gospels — took place in such a personal way! [Pope Francis]
Viene chiamata per nome: «Maria!» (v. 16). Com’è bello pensare che la prima apparizione del Risorto – secondo i Vangeli – sia avvenuta in un modo così personale! [Papa Francesco]
Jesus invites us to discern the words and deeds which bear witness to the imminent coming of the Father’s kingdom. Indeed, he indicates and concentrates all the signs in the enigmatic “sign of Jonah”. By doing so, he overturns the worldly logic aimed at seeking signs that would confirm the human desire for self-affirmation and power (Pope John Paul II)
Gesù invita al discernimento in rapporto alle parole ed opere, che testimoniano l'imminente avvento del Regno del Padre. Anzi, Egli indirizza e concentra tutti i segni nell'enigmatico "segno di Giona". E con ciò rovescia la logica mondana tesa a cercare segni che confermino il desiderio di autoaffermazione e di potenza dell'uomo (Papa Giovanni Paolo II)
Without love, even the most important activities lose their value and give no joy. Without a profound meaning, all our activities are reduced to sterile and unorganised activism (Pope Benedict)
Senza amore, anche le attività più importanti perdono di valore, e non danno gioia. Senza un significato profondo, tutto il nostro fare si riduce ad attivismo sterile e disordinato (Papa Benedetto)
In reality, an abstract, distant god is more comfortable, one that doesn’t get himself involved in situations and who accepts a faith that is far from life, from problems, from society. Or we would even like to believe in a ‘special effects’ god (Pope Francis)
In realtà, è più comodo un dio astratto, distante, che non si immischia nelle situazioni e che accetta una fede lontana dalla vita, dai problemi, dalla società. Oppure ci piace credere a un dio “dagli effetti speciali” (Papa Francesco)
It is as though you were given a parcel with a gift inside and, rather than going to open the gift, you look only at the paper it is wrapped in: only appearances, the form, and not the core of the grace, of the gift that is given! (Pope Francis)
È come se a te regalassero un pacchetto con dentro un dono e tu, invece di andare a cercare il dono, guardi soltanto la carta nel quale è incartato: soltanto le apparenze, la forma, e non il nocciolo della grazia, del dono che viene dato! (Papa Francesco)
The Evangelists Matthew and Luke (cf. Mt 11:25-30 and Lk 10:21-22) have handed down to us a “jewel” of Jesus’ prayer that is often called the Cry of Exultation or the Cry of Messianic Exultation. It is a prayer of thanksgiving and praise [Pope Benedict]
Gli evangelisti Matteo e Luca (cfr Mt 11,25-30 e Lc 10, 21-22) ci hanno tramandato un «gioiello» della preghiera di Gesù, che spesso viene chiamato Inno di giubilo o Inno di giubilo messianico. Si tratta di una preghiera di riconoscenza e di lode [Papa Benedetto]
It may have been a moment of disillusionment, of that extreme disillusionment and the perception of his own failure. But at that instant of sadness, in that dark instant Francis prays. How does he pray? “Praised be You, my Lord…”. He prays by giving praise [Pope Francis]
Potrebbe essere il momento della delusione, di quella delusione estrema e della percezione del proprio fallimento. Ma Francesco in quell’istante di tristezza, in quell’istante buio prega. Come prega? “Laudato si’, mi Signore…”. Prega lodando [Papa Francesco]

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