Today’s text invites us to meet Jesus at a time when he himself solemnly declares: “I am the light of the world; he who follows me does not walk in darkness”. How much we need to encounter that light and welcome it, at this time when the panorama of the world is darkening more and …
April 7. “I am the light of the world.” Jn. 8:12-20 Read More »
This is not the first time that Jesus speaks of his “hour”; He was well aware that his life in this world had a measured time and a mission, and that the Father would show him the time when He should finally go to Jerusalem, to be judged and condemned. The conviction and serenity with …
April 4. My time that has not yet come. Jn. 7:1-10, 25-30 Read More »
In this long diatribe of Jesus with the Jews, Jesus clearly shows how his life has no other reason for being than to fulfill the mission for which He has been sent, and that mission is none other than to give life to those who want to receive it. And although the Father has given …
April 3. The works are those that bear witness to Jesus. Jn. 5:31-47 Read More »
Jesus, in the encounter with the Jews who reproach him for breaking the law by healing a paralytic, openly declares: “My Father continues to work and I also work”: a profoundly revealing statement of Jesus’ relationship with God; that God who is Father, a God the Father who has sent him to save and rescue …
One more case of the contrast between Jesus, who loves life and puts it above all else, and the Jews, clinging to a law that gets lost in details and overlooks the good of the person. Jesus meets that powerless man, who has been there for more than 38 years waiting for someone to immerse …
April 1. The paralytic at the pool of Bethany. Jn. 5:1-13 Read More »
“He realized that this was the hour.” (Jn. 4:54) It will be good to be in the attitude of the Galileans and the centurion: to welcome Jesus, to believe in his Word. Easter is approaching and we will then be able to experience the new heavens and the new earth that Isaiah announces (65:17). We …
“Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God.” (Hosea 14:2) The Liturgy continues to offer us moving texts that invite us to conversion. This return to God is deeply rooted in the spirit of the prophets. To convert, to turn towards God, to straighten the path. The Synod on Synodality that was preparing this Jubilee …
“The kingdom of God has come to you.” (Lk. 11:20) What happened in Israel in Jeremiah’s day, that Jeremiah would say to him, “They did not listen or pay attention? On the contrary, they walked according to their ideas, according to the wickedness of their stubborn hearts. They turned their backs on me and not …
“And now, Israel, listen.” (Deut. 4:1) Israel is a people who have become accustomed to not having images of God. His Word is sufficient for them. God is a God who speaks, who guides them on what they should do or not do in order to become “a great nation” of wise and intelligent men. …
“All those who are apparently hidden or ‘second in line’ have an unparalleled role in the history of salvation…” “Faith does not distance us from the world, but inserts us more deeply into it,” says Pope Francis speaking of Saint Joseph. “We must go deep into the world, but with the power of prayer. Each …
