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…
(Lk 18:9-14) Mechanism of retribution denies the essential experience of the life of Faith: ‘allowing oneself to be a saved person, living from Mystery’ - instead of the closed circle…
Conversion and Times (Lk 13:1-9) Conversion refers to a process that shakes the soul, due to an Encounter. A ‘meeting’ that opens to the knowledge of ourselves. A dialogue that…
The room of Happiness, in the decisive horizon (Lk 12:54-59) «Now, why don’t you judge also for yourselves what is right?» (v.57). From nature and events we must know how…
Flame and Peace, Diving and Division. Not tactical quietism (Lk 12:49-53) Difference “religiosity vs Faith” becomes evident in the comparison between mentality that identifies biblical Fire with punishment, and that…
Without intimate contentions (Lk 12:39-48) Jesus reproaches his intimates [those of the House]: it’s neither love nor freedom not to be able to understand in which direction to go, not…
Lamps lit, start now (Lk 12:35-38) In order to make it clear what it means to be prepared to leave immediately, Jesus urges our readiness to notice, our ability to…
Opening armoured gates (Lk 12:13-21) «Some parts of our human family, it appears, can be readily sacrificed for the sake of others considered worthy of a carefree existence» [Fratelli Tutti…
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.…
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…
The Afterlife is not inaccurate (Lk 12:1-7) Mk’s Gospel identifies the «leaven of the Pharisees» with the ideology of power. Instead, Lk speaks of it to denounce the emphasis and…
The true upper dimension (Lk 11:47-54) «I will send them prophets and apostles, and they will kill and persecute» (v.49). Living word in every age, Jesus regrets the confusing professionals…
Serving oneself and "the audience" (Lk 11:42-46) The conflict between Jesus and the religious authorities takes on violent features. Ideological or devout choice can be lost in the formalism of…
Faith and religious sense (Lk 11:37-41) Ablutions before the meal (v.38) were an imposed religious obligation. But the Eucharistic banquet [read in filigree] doesn’t celebrate detachments, nor is it affected…
Which road leads to the Father? (Lk 11:29-32) Human correspondence does not grow with the multiplication of dizzying signals. God doesn’t force the unconvinced, nor outclass with proofs; thus He…
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…
Brethren all and ourselves (Lk 11:27-28) In ancient mentality, the joy of the mother was the full-blown greatness of the son. Jesus contests that the authenticity of Bliss may be…
Oct 2, 2025

The second fall

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Pros and cons, and the Finger of God (Lk 11:15-26) Prejudice affects the union, and no one can kidnap Jesus, holding him hostage. He’s the strong man that no perched…
Conscious emptiness: to fail without failing Lk 11:1-13 (5-13) Sometimes we put the Father in the dock, because he seems to let things go as our freedom directs them. But…
Gaze no longer positioned outside Lk 11:1-13 (v.4c) «When you pray, do not babble like the pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their wordiness» (Mt 6:7;…
Understanding action in the contemplation’ spirit (Lk 10:38-42) Bethany is an ideal community, coordinated by a woman [Martha: ‘lady’]. The loveable Face of the Lord shines through in the contexts…
Not from the precept, but from the overthrow (Lk 10:25-37) «You are a fool and a samaritan!» - so the Jewish leaders (Jn 8:48). «No, I am not crazy...»: this…
(Lk 17:5-10) 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…
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 basis of their…
Why the Announcement, without knots in the throat (Lk 10:13-16) Difference between religiosity and Faith is in the Subject, of Life in the Spirit: it’s not we who dispose, set…
Face to the Person, Father in relationship Mt 18:1-5.10.(12-14) The Gospel passage dictates the line of the entire ecclesial discourse of Mt (18:1-35). The key term in vv.1-5 is «paidìon»…
(Lc 9,57-62) For Semites, parental figures indicate the link with ethnicity, tradition, past and cultural environment. Jesus seems to exclude the correlation to such figures, although he addresses his own…
(Lk 9:51-62) Jesus intends to make a scratch against the tide - and to do so he has to fight: it was not enough for him to make a career…
From the ancient dream to the embodied relationship (Jn 1:47-51) People are convinced by meeting, seeing and experiencing, not by imposing. However, the Eternal’s plan baffles us. Witness and sharing…
Church is a «sign». That is, those who looks at it with a clear eye, those who observes it, those who studies it realise that it represents a fact, a singular phenomenon; they see that it has a «meaning» (Pope Paul VI)
La Chiesa è un «segno». Cioè chi la guarda con occhio limpido, chi la osserva, chi la studia si accorge ch’essa rappresenta un fatto, un fenomeno singolare; vede ch’essa ha un «significato» (Papa Paolo VI)
Let us look at them together, not only because they are always placed next to each other in the lists of the Twelve (cf. Mt 10: 3, 4; Mk 3: 18; Lk 6: 15; Acts 1: 13), but also because there is very little information about them, apart from the fact that the New Testament Canon preserves one Letter attributed to Jude Thaddaeus [Pope Benedict]
Li consideriamo insieme, non solo perché nelle liste dei Dodici sono sempre riportati l'uno accanto all'altro (cfr Mt 10,4; Mc 3,18; Lc 6,15; At 1,13), ma anche perché le notizie che li riguardano non sono molte, a parte il fatto che il Canone neotestamentario conserva una lettera attribuita a Giuda Taddeo [Papa Benedetto]
Bernard of Clairvaux coined the marvellous expression: Impassibilis est Deus, sed non incompassibilis - God cannot suffer, but he can suffer with (Spe Salvi, n.39)
Bernardo di Chiaravalle ha coniato la meravigliosa espressione: Impassibilis est Deus, sed non incompassibilis – Dio non può patire, ma può compatire (Spe Salvi, n.39)
Pride compromises every good deed, empties prayer, creates distance from God and from others. If God prefers humility it is not to dishearten us: rather, humility is the necessary condition to be raised (Pope Francis)
La superbia compromette ogni azione buona, svuota la preghiera, allontana da Dio e dagli altri. Se Dio predilige l’umiltà non è per avvilirci: l’umiltà è piuttosto condizione necessaria per essere rialzati (Papa Francesco)
A “year” of grace: the period of Christ’s ministry, the time of the Church before his glorious return, an interval of our life (Pope Francis)
Un “anno” di grazia: il tempo del ministero di Cristo, il tempo della Chiesa prima del suo ritorno glorioso, il tempo della nostra vita (Papa Francesco)
The Church, having before her eyes the picture of the generation to which we belong, shares the uneasiness of so many of the people of our time (Dives in Misericordia n.12)
Avendo davanti agli occhi l'immagine della generazione a cui apparteniamo, la Chiesa condivide l'inquietudine di tanti uomini contemporanei (Dives in Misericordia n.12)
Addressing this state of mind, the Church testifies to her hope, based on the conviction that evil, the mysterium iniquitatis, does not have the final word in human affairs (Pope John Paul II)
Di fronte a questi stati d'animo la Chiesa desidera testimoniare la sua speranza, basata sulla convinzione che il male, il mysterium iniquitatis, non ha l'ultima parola nelle vicende umane (Papa Giovanni Paolo II)
Jesus reminds us today that the expectation of the eternal beatitude does not relieve us of the duty to render the world more just and more liveable (Pope Francis)
Gesù oggi ci ricorda che l’attesa della beatitudine eterna non ci dispensa dall’impegno di rendere più giusto e più abitabile il mondo (Papa Francesco)
Those who open to Him will be blessed, because they will have a great reward: indeed, the Lord will make himself a servant to his servants — it is a beautiful reward — in the great banquet of his Kingdom He himself will serve them [Pope Francis]

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