(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…
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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…
Allied Sign. Enchanting Path (Jn 12:1-11) As he approaches his 'hour', Christ seems to lose his official features and becomes more and more intimate, within our reach. His dialogue with…
(Mt 21:1-11; Mk 11:1-10; Lk 19:28-40; Jn 12:12-16) In the Gospels the Lord does not allow himself to be identified with the ‘eagle’ of Jn, although it is He who…
(Jn 11:45-56) Christ is all that the Jewish feasts had promised and proclaimed. They deciphered authoritatively, but unconsciously [vv.47-52 take pleasure in double entendre words]. In fact, the high priest…
(Jn 10:31-42) The intent of the fourth Gospel is not the particular one to convert Jews, rather to strengthen the Faith in the Person of the Consecrated of the Lord…
I Am, and our dignity (Jn 8:51-59) The Gospel passage is addressed to the disciples of the Johannine communities who still hesitated to declare themselves fully of Christ. Hunted and…
From religion to Faith, from barren to Beloved one (Lk 1:26-38) The solemnity of the moment that restores the soul to the Mystery invites a passage wave upon wave: from…
From above and from below (Jn 8:21-30) At the end of the first century, the Jews raised questions concerning the prayerful reading that the disciples of Christ made of the…
(Jn 8:1-11) Every day at sunrise, from the Mount of Olives, by contemplating the Temple, the people recited the Shema’ Israel, and so did Jesus. Like many, he spent his…
The Lord of Life (or the pale sign) (Jn 11:1-45) The event of death is disconcerting, and that of a friend of God in community [Bethany] perhaps accentuates the questions…
(Jn 7:40-53) In the Gospel passage, the religious authorities judge everyone with contempt. Anyone who has always imagined himself as master will not be willing to make himself a disciple…
And the present matters, not the genealogy (Jn 7:1-2.10.25-30) Christ reveals himself in a progressive and unconventional way. He asks us to reinterpret and reveal divine Presence in an equally…
(Mt 1:16.18-21.24) «Even through Joseph’s fears, God’s will, his history and his plan were at work. Joseph, then, teaches us that faith in God includes believing that he can work…
(Jn 5:17-30) The center of Jewish hope was the return to ancient times, which however moved into an indeterminate future ["last day"]. According to the Master, life as saved persons…
In recounting the "sign" of bread, the Evangelist emphasizes that Christ, before distributing the food, blessed it with a prayer of thanksgiving (cf. v. 11). The Greek term used is eucharistein and it refers directly to the Last Supper, though, in fact, John refers here not to the institution of the Eucharist but to the washing of the feet. The Eucharist is mentioned here in anticipation of the great symbol of the Bread of Life [Pope Benedict]
Narrando il “segno” dei pani, l’Evangelista sottolinea che Cristo, prima di distribuirli, li benedisse con una preghiera di ringraziamento (cfr v. 11). Il verbo è eucharistein, e rimanda direttamente al racconto dell’Ultima Cena, nel quale, in effetti, Giovanni non riferisce l’istituzione dell’Eucaristia, bensì la lavanda dei piedi. L’Eucaristia è qui come anticipata nel grande segno del pane della vita [Papa Benedetto]
First, the world of the Bible presents us with a new image of God. In surrounding cultures, the image of God and of the gods ultimately remained unclear and contradictory (Deus Caritas est n.9)
Vi è anzitutto la nuova immagine di Dio. Nelle culture che circondano il mondo della Bibbia, l'immagine di dio e degli dei rimane, alla fin fine, poco chiara e in sé contraddittoria (Deus Caritas est n.9)
God loves the world and will love it to the end. The Heart of the Son of God pierced on the Cross and opened is a profound and definitive witness to God’s love. Saint Bonaventure writes: “It was a divine decree that permitted one of the soldiers to open his sacred wide with a lance… The blood and water which poured out at that moment was the price of our salvation” (John Paul II)
Il mondo è amato da Dio e sarà amato fino alla fine. Il Cuore del Figlio di Dio trafitto sulla croce e aperto, testimonia in modo profondo e definitivo l’amore di Dio. Scriverà San Bonaventura: “Per divina disposizione è stato permesso che un soldato trafiggesse e aprisse quel sacro costato. Ne uscì sangue ed acqua, prezzo della nostra salvezza” (Giovanni Paolo II)
Thus, paradoxically, from a sign of condemnation, death and failure, the Cross becomes a sign of redemption, life and victory, through faith, the fruits of salvation can be gathered (Pope Benedict)
Così la Croce, paradossalmente, da segno di condanna, di morte, di fallimento, diventa segno di redenzione, di vita, di vittoria, in cui, con sguardo di fede, si possono scorgere i frutti della salvezza (Papa Benedetto)
[Nicodemus] felt the fascination of this Rabbi, so different from the others, but could not manage to rid himself of the conditioning of his environment that was hostile to Jesus, and stood irresolute on the threshold of faith (Pope Benedict)
[Nicodemo] avverte il fascino di questo Rabbì così diverso dagli altri, ma non riesce a sottrarsi ai condizionamenti dell’ambiente contrario a Gesù e resta titubante sulla soglia della fede (Papa Benedetto)
Those wounds that, in the beginning were an obstacle for Thomas’s faith, being a sign of Jesus’ apparent failure, those same wounds have become in his encounter with the Risen One, signs of a victorious love. These wounds that Christ has received for love of us help us to understand who God is and to repeat: “My Lord and my God!” Only a God who loves us to the extent of taking upon himself our wounds and our pain, especially innocent suffering, is worthy of faith (Pope Benedict)
Quelle piaghe, che per Tommaso erano dapprima un ostacolo alla fede, perché segni dell’apparente fallimento di Gesù; quelle stesse piaghe sono diventate, nell’incontro con il Risorto, prove di un amore vittorioso (Papa Benedetto)

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