Bad reputation is common among Prophets (Mk 8:34-9,1) The Cross is normal among Prophets, who certainly do not have a great response from crowds, in building their own limpid ‘city’.…
The true God, nature, and authentic man (Mk 8:27-33) Jesus guides his intimates away from the territory of the ideology of power and the sacred centre of the official religious…
(Mk 8:22-26) In this section of Mk the initiation of Faith is described; in filigree, the routing to the relationship with Christ that takes away the difficulties of ‘sight’ -…
And the much yeast, which impoverishes (Mk 8:14-21) Jesus says one thing, the apostles understand another. The «leaven of the Pharisees and that of Herod» is a theme that alludes…
Manifestations of God’s power on earth: nothing external (Mk 8:11-13) Jesus clashes with disbelief, stemming from various blinding, or that arises from inattention. Incarnation: there are no other valid Signs…
Faith and religion. Turnover in the Church (Lk 6:20-26) Jesus judges the configuration of the world in which his Church, in the Spirit, finds herself living: rich and destitute [in…
Simple Mystery, New Mysticism. Vocation to offer to the world (Mk 8:1-10) The Son reflects God’s plan in compassion for the crowds in need of everything and - despite the…
And move the neighbors (Lk 10:1-9) Jesus notes that the Apostles are not free people (cf. Lk 9). Their way of being is so grounded on standard attitudes and obligatory…
Eucharistic crumbs (Mk 7:24-30) Religious law prevented dealing with foreign people and other ethnicities, borders, or culture. At the beginning, Jesus [that is: He in the first communities, His Mystical…
Purity, impudity and misrepresented holiness (Mk 7,14-23) The Lord is for a comprehensive humanization. But in ancient cultures the mythical vision of the world led people to appreciate any reality…
Traditions and ideal order (Mk 7:1-13) Religiosity can deceive the ideal order; the life of Faith promotes it, relying on a perfection and purity derived simply from the human dimension…
Bread and prodigies of the Christ-ghost (Mk 6:53-56) A saved existence requires a transformation from within; another beginning. A different foothold of good. In fact, the «fringe of the mantle»…
‘Fishing’ to life. Weekday Attraction and attention (Lk 5:1-11) The episode of the Call of the disciples in Lk indicates the attraction of the Jesus Word - which acts in…
(Mk 6:30-34) «Come yourselves aside, to a deserted place»: the explicit reference to the «desert» is that of Exodus - which recalls the time of first Love. Experience of great…
(Mk 6:14-29) The question «Jesus, Who is he?» grows throughout the Mk’s Gospel, up to the answer of the centurion under the Cross (Mk 15:39). The assessment of the opinions…
Sober, but in sandals (Mk 6:7-13) The passage of Nazareth - painful for Jesus himself - and the description of the disciples sending, was intended to be a support and…
Domestic side, not domestications (Mk 6:1-6) Where Faith is lacking, only small changes take place, not the staggering wonders of the alternative presence of God’s Kingdom (v.5). We do not…
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…
(Mk 5:1-20) In all religions, man is invited to bind himself to divine consent to receive light and strength, submitting to his authority. The dilemma of Mk’s Roman assemblies -…
(Mal 3:1-4 Heb 2:14-18 Lk 2:22-40) The Lk’s Gospel passage narrates the surprising response of the Father to the prophecy of the last of the minor prophets (Mal 3,1-4). An…
(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…
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.…
(Mk 4: 21-25) Mk's is a narrative and popular catechesis, which reflects the problems of a very primitive community of Faith - compared to those of the other Gospels. His…
In the difference between common religiosity and Faith (Mt 13:1-23) The parables compare the lived reality and the world of the Spirit: «And other [seeds] fell on the earth that…
The Lord wants new people, who listen (Mc 3,31-35) In the life of those who are challenged by the relationship of Faith, to become blood relatives of the Father (according…
«Blaspheming the Holy Spirit» (Mk 3: 22-30) Holy Spirit is a term that translates the Hebrew Ruah haQodesh: impetuous wind, not a stagnant air. «Spirit»: energy that blows up the…
In the Synagogue and from the precipice (Lc 4:16-30) In ancient Israel, the patriarchal family, clan and community were the basis of social coexistence. They ensured the transmission of the…
(Mk 16: 15-18) Paul - who is us - manages to detach himself from the tethers of enslavement to an antiquated and selective religion, to launch himself into the risk…
He calls to Himself and ‘makes’ the Twelve: big emergency, by small Name (Mk 3:13-19) In Christ, the physician of suffering humanity, the things of the soul seem different, and…
(Mk 3:7-12) The Kingdom of the Father announced by Jesus wasn’t at all tied to a creed any: God had not only a Face different from the ‘Empire system’ and…
At this moment, the Lord repeats his question to each of us: “who do you say that I am?” (Mt 16:15). A clear and direct question, which one cannot avoid or remain neutral to, nor can one remand it or delegate the response to someone else. In this question there is nothing inquisitional (Pope Francis)
In questo momento, ad ognuno di noi il Signore Gesù ripete la sua domanda: «Voi, chi dite che io sia?» (Mt 16,15). Una domanda chiara e diretta, di fronte alla quale non è possibile sfuggire o rimanere neutrali, né rimandare la risposta o delegarla a qualcun altro. Ma in essa non c’è nulla di inquisitorio (Papa Francesco)
Love is indeed “ecstasy”, not in the sense of a moment of intoxication, but rather as a journey, an ongoing exodus out of the closed inward-looking self towards its liberation through self-giving, and thus towards authentic self-discovery and indeed the discovery of God (Deus Caritas est n.6)
Sì, amore è « estasi », ma estasi non nel senso di un momento di ebbrezza, ma estasi come cammino, come esodo permanente dall'io chiuso in se stesso verso la sua liberazione nel dono di sé, e proprio così verso il ritrovamento di sé, anzi verso la scoperta di Dio (Deus Caritas est n.6)
Before asking them, the Twelve, directly, Jesus wants to hear from them what the people think about him, and he is well aware that the disciples are very sensitive to the Teacher’s renown! Therefore, he asks: “Who do men say that I am?” (v. 27). It comes to light that Jesus is considered by the people as a great prophet. But, in reality, he is not interested in the opinions and gossip of the people (Pope Francis)
Prima di interpellare direttamente loro, i Dodici, Gesù vuole sentire da loro che cosa pensa di Lui la gente – e sa bene che i discepoli sono molto sensibili alla popolarità del Maestro! Perciò domanda: «La gente, chi dice che io sia?» (v. 27). Ne emerge che Gesù è considerato dal popolo un grande profeta. Ma, in realtà, a Lui non interessano i sondaggi e le chiacchiere della gente (Papa Francesco)
In the rite of Baptism, the presentation of the candle lit from the large Paschal candle, a symbol of the Risen Christ, is a sign that helps us to understand what happens in the Sacrament. When our lives are enlightened by the mystery of Christ, we experience the joy of being liberated from all that threatens the full realization (Pope Benedict)
Nel rito del Battesimo, la consegna della candela, accesa al grande cero pasquale simbolo di Cristo Risorto, è un segno che aiuta a cogliere ciò che avviene nel Sacramento. Quando la nostra vita si lascia illuminare dal mistero di Cristo, sperimenta la gioia di essere liberata da tutto ciò che ne minaccia la piena realizzazione (Papa Benedetto)
And he continues: «Think of salvation, of what God has done for us, and choose well!». But the disciples "did not understand why the heart was hardened by this passion, by this wickedness of arguing among themselves and seeing who was guilty of that forgetfulness of the bread" (Pope Francis)
E continua: «Pensate alla salvezza, a quello che anche Dio ha fatto per noi, e scegliete bene!». Ma i discepoli «non capivano perché il cuore era indurito per questa passione, per questa malvagità di discutere fra loro e vedere chi era il colpevole di quella dimenticanza del pane» (Papa Francesco)
[Faith] is the lifelong companion that makes it possible to perceive, ever anew, the marvels that God works for us. Intent on gathering the signs of the times in the present of history […] (Pope Benedict, Porta Fidei n.15)

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