When a woman caught in adultery is brought before Jesus, the undeniable evidence of her wrongdoing is placed before His eyes. A woman with no defense. What should one do in the face of the embodiment of error? Jesus says nothing. He writes on the ground, stretching time. The first thing one realizes when reading… Read more »
In the end, everyone gets it wrong. Absolutely everyone. Because that’s just how life is. Common sense doesn’t win, logic doesn’t win, for we are not neatly ordered, well-mannered existences. This passage is a parable that reveals what life truly is: squandered inheritances, demands, concessions, unexpected love, bursts of affection, terrible emptiness, awkward silences, invitations… Read more »
I do not want my blood, like that of the Galileans, to flow alongside that of the sacrifices. I do not want to die with the overwhelming guilt of one who feels crushed by events. Like those eighteen who saw the tower of Siloam collapse upon them and, perhaps, in their final thought, asked, Why… Read more »
To name life is to bring it into being, to bring it into the light. That day, too, Jesus calls, by name, “Come into the light,” he says, calling his three friends. To come into the light by walking the crest of a mountain. To climb and be astonished by the density of silence. To… Read more »
And then he led me into temptation! (Luke 4:1-13) If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread. Not a bad idea. When you are walking from the desert to the Jordan something starts looking good. It is God who invented it, it is called manna, and it is a divine sign…. 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 »
Because you have prepared a “body for me” and it is not what we expected, thus, we need to learn to listen to the Body of Christ. I would like to shout out with freedom and joy to those who are still slaves to a thousand fears: the Divine took on flesh. And a body… Read more »
Abandon violence, do not mistreat life, never extort anything, for any reason, don’t take anything from anyone. Learn not to force life, let it come, let it flow, then smile gratefully and be amazed. Nothing is needed, nothing more than this, only life as it unfolds. I don’t want to do anything Lord, I will… Read more »
