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…
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…
(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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
(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…
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’s not a tasteless personal or institutional problem; on the contrary, it is indispensable for to find again…
Prayer of the sons: 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»…
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…
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.…
Clear and clean (Mt 5:33-37) «Yes when it is yes, No when it is no». There is no need to give strength to trust. Every oath - even sacred ones…
(Mt 5:27-32) In Semitic matrimonial law, woman was valued as property of her husband: she was not considered a juridical person, but a man’s possession, who could dominate her. Also…
(Mt 5:20-26) «I tell you in fact that unless your righteousness will abound more [that] of the scribes and pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven» In the…
(Mt 5:17-19) In the face of the Law’s precepts, distant attitudes appear. There are those who demonstrate attachment to the material sense of what has been established. Others, omission or…
«Departed, preach, saying [that] the kingdom of heaven has come near» (v.7) (Mt 10:7-13) Jesus recommends to the friends who announce Him not to carry a saddlebag and money to…
Turnover in the Church, antidote to unilaterality (Mt 5:1-12) We feel ephemeral and often disappointed, yet we want to be happy, not just here and there: we are uncertain, yet…
(Mk 3,20-35) Crisis, Good News and social aspect Overwork Mission Family, by unbalanced (Mk 3:20-21) Today’s short Gospel can be interpreted according to different reading plans: let’s start with a…
Loss and discovery: Salvation in a young and open ‘place’ (Lk 2:41-51) The Gospel passage is disconcerting because it seems to portray a distracted family and an authentic, surprising, already…
Blood and Water: Salvation of life given and life imparted (Jn 19:31-37) The cruel departure of the Lord is not an end: it inaugurates the new life, albeit amidst gruesome…
No forced surrender (Mk 12:28b-34) That of the ‘Great commandment’ was the most familiar catechism rule, even to infants. Jesus is questioned only to retort: and why do you not…
(Mk 12:18-27) 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,…
What Uniqueness characterizes it? (Mk 12:13-17) After the expulsion of the salesmen and the accusation of thievery hurled at the leaders, as well as the parable of the murderous vinedressers…
(Mk 12,1-12) Christ introduces everyone to an adventurous, uncomfortable journey, not without pitfalls that throw the situation upside down and destabilize - but it’s the Way for each of us…
(Mk 14:12-16.22-26) With the persecution of Nero (64) and the bloody civil war in the year of the four Caesars (68-69) defections multiplied in the Roman community of Mk. One…
His slumber causes us to wake up. Because to be disciples of Jesus, it is not enough to believe God is there, that he exists, but we must put ourselves out there with him; we must also raise our voice with him. Hear this: we must cry out to him. Prayer is often a cry: “Lord, save me!” (Pope Francis)
Il suo sonno provoca noi a svegliarci. Perché, per essere discepoli di Gesù, non basta credere che Dio c’è, che esiste, ma bisogna mettersi in gioco con Lui, bisogna anche alzare la voce con Lui. Sentite questo: bisogna gridare a Lui. La preghiera, tante volte, è un grido: “Signore, salvami!” (Papa Francesco)
Evangelical poverty - it’s appropriate to clarify - does not entail contempt for earthly goods, made available by God to man for his life and for his collaboration in the design of creation (Pope John Paul II)
La povertà evangelica – è opportuno chiarirlo – non comporta disprezzo per i beni terreni, messi da Dio a disposizione dell’uomo per la sua vita e per la sua collaborazione al disegno della creazione (Papa Giovanni Paolo II)
St Jerome commented on these words, underlining Jesus’ saving power: “Little girl, stand up for my sake, not for your own merit but for my grace. Therefore get up for me: being healed does not depend on your own virtues (Pope Benedict)
San Girolamo commenta queste parole, sottolineando la potenza salvifica di Gesù: «Fanciulla, alzati per me: non per merito tuo, ma per la mia grazia. Alzati dunque per me: il fatto di essere guarita non è dipeso dalle tue virtù» (Papa Benedetto)
May we obtain this gift [the full unity of all believers in Christ] through the Apostles Peter and Paul, who are remembered by the Church of Rome on this day that commemorates their martyrdom and therefore their birth to life in God. For the sake of the Gospel they accepted suffering and death, and became sharers in the Lord's Resurrection […] Today the Church again proclaims their faith. It is our faith (Pope John Paul II)
Ci ottengano questo dono [la piena unità di tutti i credenti in Cristo] gli Apostoli Pietro e Paolo, che la Chiesa di Roma ricorda in questo giorno, nel quale si fa memoria del loro martirio, e perciò della loro nascita alla vita in Dio. Per il Vangelo essi hanno accettato di soffrire e di morire e sono diventati partecipi della risurrezione del Signore […] Oggi la Chiesa proclama nuovamente la loro fede. E' la nostra fede (Papa Giovanni Paolo II)
Jesus did not shun contact with that man; on the contrary, impelled by deep participation in his condition, he stretched out his hand and touched the man — overcoming the legal prohibition [Pope Benedict]
Gesù non sfugge al contatto con quell’uomo, anzi, spinto da intima partecipazione alla sua condizione, stende la mano e lo tocca – superando il divieto legale [Papa Benedetto]
In the heart of every man there is the desire for a house [...] My friends, this brings about a question: “How do we build this house?” (Pope Benedict)
Nel cuore di ogni uomo c'è il desiderio di una casa [...] Amici miei, una domanda si impone: "Come costruire questa casa?" (Papa Benedetto)
Try to understand the guise such false prophets can assume. They can appear as “snake charmers”, who manipulate human emotions in order to enslave others and lead them where they would have them go (Pope Francis)
Chiediamoci: quali forme assumono i falsi profeti? Essi sono come “incantatori di serpenti”, ossia approfittano delle emozioni umane per rendere schiave le persone e portarle dove vogliono loro (Papa Francesco)

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