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Jesus continues to try to make known to the Jews his true identity: He reveals himself in his constant reference to God his Father; but his listeners, guided only by the criteria of the world to which they belong, are incapable of understanding that revelation that surpasses everything that the world can accept. Jesus concludes […]

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

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

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

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

“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.