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…
(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…
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
The story of the healed blind man wants to help us look up, first planted on the ground due to a life of habit. Prodigy of the priesthood of Jesus
La vicenda del cieco risanato vuole aiutarci a sollevare lo sguardo, prima piantato a terra a causa di una vita abitudinaria. Prodigio del sacerdozio di Gesù.
Firstly, not to let oneself be fooled by false prophets nor to be paralyzed by fear. Secondly, to live this time of expectation as a time of witness and perseverance (Pope Francis)
Primo: non lasciarsi ingannare dai falsi messia e non lasciarsi paralizzare dalla paura. Secondo: vivere il tempo dell’attesa come tempo della testimonianza e della perseveranza (Papa Francesco)
O Signore, fa’ che la mia fede sia piena, senza riserve, e che essa penetri nel mio pensiero, nel mio modo di giudicare le cose divine e le cose umane (Papa Paolo VI)
O Lord, let my faith be full, without reservations, and let penetrate into my thought, in my way of judging divine things and human things (Pope Paul VI)
«Whoever tries to preserve his life will lose it; but he who loses will keep it alive» (Lk 17:33)
«Chi cercherà di conservare la sua vita, la perderà; ma chi perderà, la manterrà vivente» (Lc 17,33)
«And therefore, it is rightly stated that he [st Francis of Assisi] is symbolized in the figure of the angel who rises from the east and bears within him the seal of the living God» (FS 1022)
«E perciò, si afferma, a buon diritto, che egli [s. Francesco d’Assisi] viene simboleggiato nella figura dell’angelo che sale dall’oriente e porta in sé il sigillo del Dio vivo» (FF 1022)
This is where the challenge for your life lies! It is here that you can manifest your faith, your hope and your love! [John Paul II at the Tala Leprosarium, Manila]
È qui la sfida per la vostra vita! È qui che potete manifestare la vostra fede, la vostra speranza e il vostro amore! [Giovanni Paolo II al Lebbrosario di Tala, Manilla]
The more we do for others, the more we understand and can appropriate the words of Christ: “We are useless servants” (Lk 17:10). We recognize that we are not acting on the basis of any superiority or greater personal efficiency, but because the Lord has graciously enabled us to do so [Pope Benedict, Deus Caritas est n.35]

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