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“Take up your Cross and follow me.” (Luke 14:25-33) Jesus counts on our YES to help him in building up the Kingdom. This is a path that has blessings and satisfactions, but it also has demands: “To carry the Cross implies, like the king and the builder, to calculate and foresee the resources, but also […]

“Come, everything is ready”  Luke 14:15-24 The banquet is prepared and ready, where there is inclusion and space for all those who Jewish society had excluded. It is opposed to the exclusive banquet for “the elect, the pious and the good”, where the law of exclusion was made effective for all the so-called impure: the

 “When you give a banquet, invite the poor…” Lk. 14:12-14 Today’s gospel passage is a strong contradiction to what we normally do; celebrate with friends: seat them at the table and serve good food. This brings joy, but it always leaves a sense of indebtedness. Jesus’ invitation is radical; to sit at the table to share

“Commemoration of the faithful departed” Mt. 33-39-16,1-6 It is not easy to think of death in a society filled with pain and inner emptiness because of so much violence. How can we see death with meaning, as a passage to the encounter and celebration of fulfilment with the God of life. How can we be

SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS “Rejoice, your reward is great in heaven.” Mt. 5:1-12a To celebrate the feast of All Saints is to ask ourselves how to be happy in the face of a world that has so many ephemeral and superfluous offers that leave nothing but empty and frustrated hearts. It is difficult to think

Lk. 14:1-6: “Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee.” Jesus is invited to eat at a Pharisee’s house on the Sabbath. It is not an innocent invitation because they are watching him closely, looking for an opportunity to accuse him. The scene is already charged with tension; Will He put the

Lk. 13:31-35: “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” Jesus’ mission does not depend on fear or threats, but on fidelity to the Father’s plan. Jesus knows that a road to Jerusalem is a way to the cross. Fidelity to the following of Jesus often involves risks, misunderstandings, and sacrifice. Today

Lk. 13:22-30: “… Strive to enter through the narrow door.” Today we find ourselves with a question that seeks figures or securities in the face of salvation. Jesus responds with a personal invitation: “Strive to enter through the narrow gate.” The question is not “how many”, but “how”. You do not automatically gain access because

Lk. 6:12-19: “… He called his disciples.” Jesus goes up the mountain and spends the night in prayer, his mission is born of God’s will. “When morning came, He called his disciples”; in the sight of all, He chooses twelve whom He calls “apostles.” The chosen ones are not perfect; among them there are fishermen,

Lk. 13:10-17: “… They rejoiced in the wonders that Jesus did.” The crippled woman is a deeply symbolic image because it represents those who live oppressed, burdened with suffering, excluded, unable to look at the sky and at others. Jesus calls this woman, lays his hands on her and frees her; she immediately straightens up