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…
Complete vs Perfect (Jn 10:22-30) In the so-called ‘Book of Signs’ of the Fourth Gospel (Jn.1-12), a progressive revelation of the divine Mystery that envelops the Person of Jesus takes…
The defence of the little flock, and the whole People becoming Shepherds (Jn 10:11-18) At the beginning of chapter 10 Jn lays bare the difference between the true shepherd and…
«I Am the Gate of the sheep» (Jn 10:1-10) In the pastures, during the night the sheep were sheltered in stone enclosures on a slope and the shepherds (taking turns)…
(Mk 16:15-20) The premises of today's passage are not entirely edifying: Jesus rebukes the Eleven for not believing. They have resisted stubbornly because they cultivated contrary expectations. Adherence to the…
No triumphal march: fragments, to reconcile (Jn 6:52-59) The Eucharistic theme conveys a fundamental message, about the quality of Life of the Eternal that we can already experience here and…
(Jn 6:44-51) God does not attract with peremptory force or blackmail, but with invitation (v.44). And sincere belief is activated by an initial testimony in oneself (v.44). The Father does…
Bread of the Life. Mysticism of Vision and Faith (Jn 6:35-40) At the end of the first century, churches felt the risk of collapse. The obtuse gaze of the environment…
(Jn 6:30-35) What the term «Bread» used by Jesus in this pericope alludes to is derived from the Hebrew term «Lechem», whose root [consonants «l-h-m»] evokes his «being ground» and…
(Jn 6:22-29) Not a few seek Jesus not for the amazement of the Person and his Way, but because He guarantees more satiety than others (v.26). Then we must get…
(Lk 24:13-35) After first persecutions (64), the bloody civil war in Rome (68-69) and the destruction of Jerusalem’s Temple (70), the empire rebels tended to decrease - together with the…
Concordism and compromises, or chaos and different stability (Jn 6:16-21) Jn narrates the episode differently from the Synoptics: not so much as an outcome of the communion of the loaves,…
The simple Mystery, New Mysticism. Vocation to offer to the world (Jn 6:1-15) «Man is a limited being who is himself limitless» (Fratelli Tutti [Brethren All] n.150). In our hearts…
(Jn 3:31-36) In the Gospel passage, John uses descriptive categories [from above, from below, from heaven, from the earth - that is, our whole “domain”]. Natural terms, to introduce us…
Genesis Rebirth Judgment (Jn 3:16-21) Every man confronted with the Mystery does not fully comprehend what he feels until he accepts the bet and is introduced into a new existence.…
Get stuck on the instruction booklet, or evolve (Jn 3:7-15) Life in the Spirit proceeds by new births, not according to a progress marked by mechanisms, skills, or instruction booklets.…
(Jn 3:1-8) Jn introduces the Gospel passage with the highly representative Jewish leader, insisting on the imperfection of believing in prodigies that only grasp the outward side. On the contrary,…
Jn 20:19-31 (24-31) The Gospel passage has a liturgical flavour, but the question we glimpse in the watermark is crude. We too want «to see Him». How to believe without…
(Mk 16:9-15) Despite difficulties in believing, disciples are made heralds of the News of God. Glad Tidings favourable to humanity that intends to travel towards itself - without the baggage…
(Jn 21:1-14) The same sign of overfishing, in Lk 5:1-11, is even placed on the day when Jesus invites the first disciples to follow him to become "fishers" of men.…
(Lk 24:35-48) We do not recognize a person by hands and feet (v.39). The Risen One has a life that escapes the perception of the senses, however the Resurrection does…
(Lk 24:13-35) After first persecutions (64), the bloody civil war in Rome (68-69) and the destruction of Jerusalem’s Temple (70), the empire rebels tended to decrease - together with the…
Fossilized in reminiscences, or Announced by Brethren (Jn 20:11-18) Mk tells of a young man dressed in white, Mt of an angel, Lk of two men dressed in white, Jn…
(Mt 28:8-15) The Gospels do not offer entirely reconcilable chronicle data about the unfolding of events after the discovery of the «empty tomb», but the Message of those traces (of…
The Gospels do not describe the chronicle of Christ‘s Resurrection, but the experience of the Risen One in the early church. All the evangelists hint at the fact that the…
Today we have an impression of oblivion, of the Lord. The pit seems to be able to hide and silence Him, so much so that there is no need to…
(Jn 18:1-19,42) The core of the Gospels do not dwell on the horror and sadism of torments, because they were not written for the purpose of impressing, but to introduce…
Mar 25, 2026

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Integral Trust: emblematic Action, which generates uncontaminated persons (Jn 13:1-15) According to a felicitous expression of Origen, Eucharist is the wound in Christ's side that is always open; but Vatican…
(Mt 26:14-25) Mt Mk Lk situate the institution of the Eucharist within the Jewish Passover supper. A theological re-elaboration to affirm in Faith the meaning of the authentic Liberation Easter…
(Jn 13:21-33.36-38) «I will lay down my life for you» - just to command. The Lord wants each of us “at the table” to ask himself the question of whether…
Dear friends, the mission of the Church bears fruit because Christ is truly present among us in a quite special way in the Holy Eucharist. His is a dynamic presence which grasps us in order to make us his, to liken us to him. Christ draws us to himself, he brings us out of ourselves to make us all one with him. In this way he also inserts us into the community of brothers and sisters: communion with the Lord is always also communion with others (Pope Benedict)
Cari amici, la missione della Chiesa porta frutto perché Cristo è realmente presente tra noi, in modo del tutto particolare nella Santa Eucaristia. La sua è una presenza dinamica, che ci afferra per farci suoi, per assimilarci a Sé. Cristo ci attira a Sé, ci fa uscire da noi stessi per fare di noi tutti una cosa sola con Lui. In questo modo Egli ci inserisce anche nella comunità dei fratelli: la comunione con il Signore è sempre anche comunione con gli altri (Papa Benedetto)
«Doctrina eius (scilicet Catharinae) non acquisita fuit; prius magistra visa est quam discipula» [Pope Pius II, Canonization Edict]
«Doctrina eius (scilicet Catharinae) non acquisita fuit; prius magistra visa est quam discipula» [Papa Pio II, Bolla di Canonizzazione]
In this passage, the Lord tells us three things about the true shepherd:  he gives his own life for his sheep; he knows them and they know him; he is at the service of unity [Pope Benedict]
In questo brano il Signore ci dice tre cose sul vero pastore: egli dà la propria vita per le pecore; le conosce ed esse lo conoscono; sta a servizio dell'unità [Papa Benedetto]
Let us permit St Augustine to speak once more: "If only good shepherds be not lacking! Far be it from us that they should be lacking, and far be it from divine mercy not to call them forth and establish them. It is certain that if there are good sheep, there are also good shepherds: in fact it is from good sheep that good shepherds are derived." (Sermones ad populum, Sermo XLIV, XIII, 30) [John Paul II]
Lasciamo ancora una volta parlare Sant’Agostino: “Purché non vengano a mancare buoni pastori! Lungi da noi che manchino, e lungi dalla misericordia divina il non farli sorgere e stabilirli. Certo è che se ci sono buone pecore, ci sono anche buoni pastori: infatti è dalle buone pecore che derivano i buoni pastori” (S. Agostino, Sermones ad populum, I, Sermo XLIV, XIII, 30) [Giovanni Paolo II]
Jesus, Good Shepherd and door of the sheep, is a leader whose authority is expressed in service, a leader who, in order to command, gives his life and does not ask others to sacrifice theirs. One can trust in a leader like this (Pope Francis)
Gesù, pastore buono e porta delle pecore, è un capo la cui autorità si esprime nel servizio, un capo che per comandare dona la vita e non chiede ad altri di sacrificarla. Di un capo così ci si può fidare (Papa Francesco)
To be Christians means to be missionaries, to be apostles (cfr. Decree Apostolicam Actuositatem, n.2). It is not enough to discover Christ - you must bring Him to others! [John Paul II]
Essere cristiani significa essere missionari-apostoli (cfr. «Apostolicam Actuositatem», 2). Non basta scoprire Cristo - bisogna portarlo agli altri! [Giovanni Paolo II]
What is meant by “eat the flesh and drink the blood” of Jesus? Is it just an image, a figure of speech, a symbol, or does it indicate something real? (Pope Francis)
Che significa “mangiare la carne e bere il sangue” di Gesù?, è solo un’immagine, un modo di dire, un simbolo, o indica qualcosa di reale? (Papa Francesco)

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