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“We were encouraged about you because of your faith.” (1 Thess.3:6-13) Timothy’s return (v.6) with the good news he brings him from Thessalonica, causes Paul to burst into an emotional thanksgiving. From evangelizer, Paul becomes evangelized. “We feel revived by your fidelity to the Lord.” That community gives new life and joy to an apostle […]

The Word of God is the power of God at work in believers. 1 Thess.2:9-13 In the text that is proposed to us to pray today, Paul continues to review his missionary experience with the Thessalonians. His words have something of an appreciation of his ministry and a lot of manifestation of affection. And something

“We behave like a mother who caresses her creatures.” 1Thess.2:1-8 Today we are invited to taste in prayer the way Paul recalls his missionary activity among the Thessalonians. He speaks of his vocation as an apostle, confirmed by his sufferings in Philippi (Acts 16:16-40). He describes his effort and selflessness in preaching and the good

Paul, Silvanus and Timothy, to the Church of Thessalonica, grace and peace.                   1 Thess.1:1-5.8-10 This week we are going to pray with the first text of the New Testament, written by Paul in the year 51, from Corinth, where he had arrived after several persecutions and is assailed by the memory and concern for that

“There are those who are last who will be first and first who will be last.”   Lk.13:22-30 Yesterday we were praying based on what Jesus said to the Pharisees. Today we encounter a teaching of Jesus that undoubtedly confronts us all: it breaks the securities of those of us who see ourselves as the elect;

“The greatest among you, let him become the servant of others.”. Matthew 23:1-12 Today we have a hard text to pray about. “Specialists discuss whether Jesus denounced the lawyers and Pharisees, in public, in too strong and even violent way… But we must accept that the fundamental part of this Gospel account has its origin

“The second is equivalent.” (Mt. 22:34-40) The text we have for today is central: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. And you shall love your neighbor as yourself.” It was Jesus’ answer to the doctor of the law, who maliciously

“There are many called, but few are chosen.” Mt. 22:1-14 Jesus continues to speak in parables. Let us prepare ourselves to welcome the one that today’s Gospel brings us. The parable of The Wedding Banquet expresses the relationship between the Lord and His guests. Among the former, there are some who exclude themselves for personal

God’s logic is that of gratuitous love. Mt. 20:1-16 Today’s Gospel is very revealing of what God is like. But to understand this, it is necessary to remember that, in the Bible, the vineyard is a symbol of the People of God. We cannot, therefore, interpret the text from the perspective of a trade union

You cannot serve God and money. Mt. 19:23-30 After the rich young man “went away sad,” comes Jesus’ dialogue with his disciples. They fulfill the two conditions that Jesus set for the rich young man: they have left everything and have followed Jesus. This time Pedro is largely right. That is why his reward will