Mt 3:13-17 The New Time of Jesus Beyond John the Baptist Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him The Baptist is a liminal figure between the Old and New Testaments, a prophet of movement and transition, of the evolution of a story that could not be said to… Read more »
Mt 2:1-12 Pilgrims Left Off the List And behold, the star preceded them Beyond the long tradition of the three kings, the Greek text of the Gospel according to Matthew states only that the “magi came from the East.” Matthew sets some pagans on the road, people who rely on magic, something God rejects; he… Read more »
Today We Learn to be Guardians of Humanity Luke 2:16-21 Mary, for her part, kept all these things, pondering them in her heart. Today we learn to be guardians of humanity: of those near and far, of refugee and citizen, of the baby in a cradle and the elderly in a wheelchair, of the one… Read more »
The Word became Flesh John 1:1-18 Eight Words to Begin Our Christian Journey The whole Gospel of John is summed up in its Prologue. There are eight foundational words in this passage, seen from the perspective of a new story which still requires that it be incarnated, lived: beginning, word, life, light, flesh, glory, grace,… Read more »
The people were waiting. Poor people, it is truly child’s play to delude them into thinking that something or someone is capable of filling the void that every person carries inside. For by waiting, you become satisfied, you convince yourself that even the Baptist could be enough, just to stop this torture that wears us… Read more »
The Magi realized that two lives needed, or perhaps a hundred or a thousand, and that they will never be enough. Because if we look for a king when we have the entire Universe at our disposal, it is only out of fear of being disillusioned, of being nothing more than a transitory form of… Read more »
Christmas is walking in the night but wrapped in light, a light that does not come from the sanctity of perfection but from the profound humanity of the shepherds. They are outside the realm of power, they live outside the lights of Jerusalem, they are nocturnal beings, often haunted by mistakes or due to feelings… Read more »
What the Messiah wants to do, what the Son of God wants to accomplish, is to immerse himself in humanity. People’s judgments are very forceful against a God who does this without fear of being “contaminated.” The Son of God immerses himself in the homes of sinners, in the exploited days of prostitutes. He is… Read more »
Simeon, this child is just like any other child. Why do you hasten to him? Why are tears of astonishment streaming from your faded eyes? What do you see in him? How are you able to recognize him when he hasn’t done anything yet? Holding the child in his arms, Simeon addresses the Most High… Read more »
Christmas speaks to us about a God who chooses the hard way by calling a person to be a person. That’s what Christmas is: an invitation to be born again, to be wrapped in swaddling clothes. But it will be a rebirth for each of us only if we learn to take upon ourselves the… Read more »
