Placing in the events of persecution (Lk 21:12-19) The course of history is a time when God composes the confluence of our freedom and circumstances. In such folds there is…
Instances of the world, idea of ‘perfection’, sense of the Christ (Lk 21:5-11) In his Apocalyptic Discourse Lk wants us to meditate on the meaning of history and ‘what is…
Small coins and festival of the voracious God, in solemn appearances (Lk 21:1-4) Jesus faces the treasure of the Temple, the true "god" of the whole sanctuary. The comparison is…
(Lk 23:35-43) The Son is crucified among criminals. For political and religious power, he was a much worse danger. According to Lk, only one outraged him; the other called Jesus…
(Lk 20:27-40) The defeat of death is the cruel fate that has clouded the mind of all civilizations. But if God creates us and calls incessantly to enter into dialogue,…
Little House of God? No more haggling with loan sharks (Lk 19:45-48) The teaching of Jesus in the sacred place is presented by Lk as enduring: «He was teaching every…
Weeping over the eternal city, with tears of a father, mother and son (Lk 19:41-44) We like to be in the wake of fashion or opportunism, but rejecting the Lord’s…
Talents - Gifts of the new Kingdom (Lk 19:11-28) We all have unique strengths, qualities and inclinations. Each one receives prophetic gifts [even if only one] and can fit into…
Zacchaeus: Surprising about yourself, and set your accounts straight (Lk 19:1-10) Zacchaeus wants «to see Jesus, who He is» (v.3): that is, the tax collector ardently desires to understand if…
Our blindness, between religious sense and Faith (Lk 18:35-43) The blind man without a name and crouched at the edges represents us: he is not biologically blind, but one who…
(Lk 21:5-19) Values and emotional independence Placing in the events of persecution (Lk 21:12-19) The course of history is a time when God composes the confluence of our freedom and…
The scandal of waiting (Lk 18:1-8) In the 80s the communities of Asia Minor suffered persecution because the emperor of Rome [the star Domitian] wanted to be venerated as god.…
Among corpses and vultures: different in Depth (Lk 17:26-37) There is a very simple essential discernment: where life is extinguished, is not favored, not rejoiced or promoted, the earth becomes…
The Coming of the Kingdom neither above nor in front (Lk 17:20-25) The theme of the Son of Man coming is pre-Christian, and all the data of the text already…
Foreign glory, or religiosity giving birth to models and slaves (LK 17:11-19) According to the encyclical Brothers All, the custody of differences is the criterion of true fraternity, which does…
(Lk 17:7-10) Increase Faith? The Gift is not a material alms, but an Appeal. Therefore Jesus doesn’t even answer - nevertheless he makes us reflect on the results of the…
Free eccentric, forward: Sacrament of humanity as such (Lk 17:1-6) The knowledge of God is not an acquired science: it moves from one action and another, unceasingly; it’s realized in…
Mammon in the small and in the big (Lk 16:9-15) The opportunist who was taking advantage of the goods of the community (vv.1-8) knew how to make great speeches -…
Christian shrewdness: sense of duty and of the fair 'Master' (Lk 16:1-8) In «The death of Peregrinus» [De morte Peregrini, 13] the irreverent Lucian of Samosata, polemist of second century…
A God in search of the lost and unequal, to expand our life (Lk 15:1-10) Jesus shatters all predictability. In the Son, God is revealed no longer as exclusive property,…
And worry about the number (Lk 14:25-33) Jesus is concerned to see around him «many crowds» (v.25). Unusual that a proposal for total gift and risk of the whole life…
(Lk 14:15-24) Jesus does not compare the Father's Kingdom to a solemn assembly, but to a great Supper! However, the proposal of festive novelty is rejected. The self-sufficient ones and…
(Lk 14:12-14) Inviting the excluded, without a spirit of interest: the Christian community is open to everyone, especially those who have nothing to offer in return. The Church cannot be…
Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed On the occasion of the recent passing of my parents, to the torment of the illness and the loss of both (soon) was added…
All Saints, between religious sense and Faith (Mt 5:1-12) Embodying the spirit of the Beatitudes, we wonder what is the difference between common ‘religious feeling’ and ‘living by Faith’. In…
No more frills: humanity cluttered with - or free (Lk 14:1-6) The Bible often presents Salvation under the image of a banquet in which God himself participates alongside man. Here…
End of a "sacred" order (Lk 13:31-35) The context in which Jesus lives is threatening: the power [even of the periphery courts of the Empire] was absolute and he did…
Narrow door: not because oppressive (Lk 13:22-30) The meaning of the first question is: «Is Salvation exclusive?» (v.23). Of course not - and not even despotic. But it’s not enough…
He Called to Himself: emergency by Name, before than around (Lk 6:12-19) Lk reflects the double direction of worship in primitive communities: Prayer as a significant openness to the Father…
Theatrical actors and neutrality (Lk 13:10-17) Old and new opinions or common ideas stand in the way of life that calls, that reveals something else, that ignites passions, that wants…
It has made us come here the veneration of martyrdom, on which, from the beginning, the kingdom of God is built, proclaimed and begun in human history by Jesus Christ (Pope John Paul II)
Ci ha fatto venire qui la venerazione verso il martirio, sul quale, sin dall’inizio, si costruisce il regno di Dio, proclamato ed iniziato nella storia umana da Gesù Cristo (Papa Giovanni Paolo II)
The evangelization of the world involves the profound transformation of the human person (Pope John Paul II)
L'opera evangelizzatrice del mondo comporta la profonda trasformazione delle persone (Papa Giovanni Paolo II)
The Church, which is ceaselessly born from the Eucharist, from Jesus' gift of self, is the continuation of this gift, this superabundance which is expressed in poverty, in the all that is offered in the fragment (Pope Benedict)
La Chiesa, che incessantemente nasce dall’Eucaristia, dall’autodonazione di Gesù, è la continuazione di questo dono, di questa sovrabbondanza che si esprime nella povertà, del tutto che si offre nel frammento (Papa Benedetto)
He is alive and wants us to be alive; he is our hope (Pope Francis)
È vivo e ci vuole vivi. Cristo è la nostra speranza (Papa Francesco
The Sadducees, addressing Jesus for a purely theoretical "case", at the same time attack the Pharisees' primitive conception of life after the resurrection of the bodies; they in fact insinuate that faith in the resurrection of the bodies leads to admitting polyandry, contrary to the law of God (Pope John Paul II)
I Sadducei, rivolgendosi a Gesù per un "caso" puramente teorico, attaccano al tempo stesso la primitiva concezione dei Farisei sulla vita dopo la risurrezione dei corpi; insinuano infatti che la fede nella risurrezione dei corpi conduce ad ammettere la poliandria, contrastante con la legge di Dio (Papa Giovanni Paolo II)
Are we disposed to let ourselves be ceaselessly purified by the Lord, letting Him expel from us and the Church all that is contrary to Him? (Pope Benedict)
Siamo disposti a lasciarci sempre di nuovo purificare dal Signore, permettendoGli di cacciare da noi e dalla Chiesa tutto ciò che Gli è contrario? (Papa Benedetto)
Jesus makes memory and remembers the whole history of the people, of his people. And he recalls the rejection of his people to the love of the Father (Pope Francis)
Gesù fa memoria e ricorda tutta la storia del popolo, del suo popolo. E ricorda il rifiuto del suo popolo all’amore del Padre (Papa Francesco)
Ecclesial life is made up of exclusive inclinations, and of tasks that may seem exceptional - or less relevant. What matters is not to be embittered by the titles of others, therefore not to play to the downside, nor to fear the more of the Love that risks (for afraid of making mistakes)
La vita ecclesiale è fatta di inclinazioni esclusive, e di incarichi che possono sembrare eccezionali - o meno rilevanti. Ciò che conta è non amareggiarsi dei titoli altrui, quindi non giocare al ribasso, né temere il di più dell’Amore che rischia (per paura di sbagliare).
Zacchaeus wishes to see Jesus, that is, understand if God is sensitive to his anxieties - but because of shame he hides (in the dense foliage). He wants to see, without being seen by those who judge him. Instead the Lord looks at him from below upwards; Not vice versa
Zaccheo desidera vedere Gesù, ossia capire se Dio è sensibile alle sue ansie - ma per vergogna si nasconde nel fitto fogliame. Vuole vedere, senza essere visto da chi lo giudica. Invece il Signore lo guarda dal basso in alto; non viceversa

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