Mother of the bewildered Lk. 2:16-21 Virgin Mother, daughter of your Son, in whom your Creator did not disdain to become your creature” (Dante). Mary is the mother of those who find it hard to understand what is happening. With the serenity of a person permeated by love, she became her Son’s disciple. We know… Read more »
Incarnating God in the World Luke 2:1-14 At Christmas, we remember our supreme existential task, the one that defines our reason for living: to incarnate the good by becoming more human. Yes, to incarnate the good, or–if we want to give flesh to God since God is the highest Good–then we can say: to incarnate… Read more »
Experiencing the Impossible Lk. 1:39-45 «Faced with the angel’s announcement, Mary welcomed the improbable, the unforeseen, the impossible, because, after all, life is nothing but waiting without an object» (Simone Weil). In order for there to be an event, in order for the other–the surprising–to reveal itself for what it is, one must experience the… Read more »
What should we do? Luke 3, 10-18 “What should we do?” the crowds asked John the Baptizer. “What should we do?” is the question that each person ultimately asks him/herself as the need to find meaning in life becomes pressing. The Gospel excerpt for today’s Liturgy opens by specifying just what the verb to love… Read more »
All humanity will see the salvation of God Luke 3:1-6 The word of God dwells in the desert and in people who are silent. “God is supremely indifferent to what human beings construct, but out of love he sends his word to them uncontaminated by civilization, and this word enables them to handle what is… Read more »
Advent: A Time of Surprises Lk. 21:25-28, 34-36 Advent should help us become more aware that what counts in life is an attitude of openness and availability to realities much vaster than we are, so that the life within us–like a mustard seed–can develop more and more and accomplish its work of purification and liberation…. Read more »
They went to the tomb “They have taken the Lord away from the tomb, and we do not know where they have put him!” Peter then went out with the other disciple and went to the tomb. They both ran together, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and reached the tomb first. He… Read more »
Blessed is the coming Kingdom! They brought the colt to Jesus, threw their cloaks over it, and he mounted it. Many of them spread their cloaks on the road, others spread leaves cut from the fields. Those who went before and those who followed cried out: “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name… Read more »
I will draw all to myself “Now is the judgment of this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out. And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all to myself”. Being lifted up suggests glory. The great of this earth are raised on the podium: the great… Read more »
God so loved the world For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. Who is God?… Read more »
