Lk. 11:27-28: “Blessed are those who hear the word of God and do it.” The good news is that this beatitude is not exclusive because we can all be happy if we listen to and live the Word of God, it is a universal call to true happiness. It consists in the interior and obedient …
Lk. 11:15-26: “Then the Kingdom of God has come.” Jesus states, “If I cast out demons with the finger of God, then the Kingdom of God has come.” With his presence, God is acting, liberating, healing. Jesus reveals to us two very important things; first, that his mission is to bring about the Kingdom of …
Lk. 11:5-13: “He who asks, receives; he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened.” After teaching us the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus speaks to us of the power of persevering prayer. The parable tells of a man who, in the middle of the night, goes to a friend’s house to ask …
Lk. 11:1-4: “Lord, teach us to pray.” Today’s Gospel begins with a very simple request from the disciples; “Lord, teach us to pray.” They perceived that the strength of Jesus’ life and mission was born from the intimate dialogue with his Father and they wanted to learn from Him. Jesus responds with a few sentences …
Lk. 10:38-42: “Martha, Martha, you are worried and upset about many things; only one is necessary.” Today we are before a simple and profound scene where Jesus visits the house of Martha, Mary and Lazarus. Martha is concerned with serving, preparing, attending, while Mary sits at the Lord’s feet to listen to him. Marta, tired, …
Lk. 10:25-37: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart…, and your neighbor as yourself” We encounter one of the most challenging parables of the Gospel. It all begins with a question: “Master, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”. Jesus reminds us that the key is to love God with …
Lk. 17:5-10: “Increase our faith” Today the apostles represent us all, with a very simple and profound plea: “Lord, increase our faith”. They do not ask Jesus for more strength, more success, or more assurances, but they ask for faith. They know that without faith it is impossible to follow the Master on his path …
Lk. 10:17-24: “Father, I thank you, because you have…revealed these things to the…little ones” This passage shows us the seventy-two disciples who return full of joy after the mission entrusted to them by Jesus. They are amazed at the power of Jesus’ Name, even the spirits submit. But the Master gives them a fundamental warning: …
Lk. 10:13-16: “He who listens to you listens to me” Jesus raises a lament and a warning against cities that witnessed his miracles, but were not converted. It is not a speech of condemnation, but a call of love because God gives us signs, opportunities, and words to move us to conversion. The reproach to …
Mt. 18:1-5, 10: “… Whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven “ Many times searches according to human criteria are opposed to those of Jesus. The disciples sought “greatness,” power, prestige, recognition. Jesus takes a radical turn because in the Kingdom of God greatness is not …
