The soil was shallow. Mt. 13:1-9 The parable of the sower is perhaps the one we have heard and tried to understand the most. It is said that the seed is the Word of God and that the different soils are the states of our heart. Sometimes it falls on the side of the road …
“He who does the will of my Father.” Mt. 12:46-50 Today’s Gospel recounts an encounter that may seem at first glance painful for our maternal sensitivity. Jesus is speaking to the people when Mary appears with his brothers because they wanted to talk to him. Someone warns Jesus and He responds that everyone who does …
“Do not hold on to me.” Jn. 20:1-2. 2, 11-18 Today we celebrate the feast of Mary Magdalene, a woman who knew how to love Jesus, alive, dead and risen. She always remained faithful to his love and succeeded in recognizing him in his many manifestations through faith. It is wonderful to see how women …
“I will give you rest!” Mt. 11:28-30 Today’s Word brings us good news, which rests and heals. Jesus invites us to go to Him and to find in His presence the peace we need to continue on the journey. Tiredness, discouragement and hopelessness sometimes make us believe that the Kingdom is not going to break …
“You’ve revealed it to the simple.” Mt. 11:25-27 After several days, in which Jesus, disappointed by what he sees in the world, is saddened, today there appears on his lips a praise for the simple, the poor, the children, the little ones. They, unlike the “wise and understanding”, by the goodness and beauty of their …
“Woe to you!” Mt. 11:20-24 Today Jesus complains when He sees the lack of faith in three cities in which He worked many miracles: Chorazin, Bethsaida and Capernaum. They are cities that put their security in the progress they made and not in the experience of a God who became flesh among them and who …
“Because of me.” Mt. 10:34-11:1 Jesus appears in today’s text in a way that is difficult to comprehend. First He affirms that He did not come to bring peace but war, then He expresses that whoever loves his father or mother more than him, is not worthy of him and finally He says that, if …
“The Spirit of the Father will speak for you.” Mt. 10:16-23 Jesus knew well that the main enemies of the Kingdom were the political and religious authorities of his time. Today’s text is a good navigation chart, with a series of recommendations that include the violence with which the disciples can be treated if they …
“You received it for free, give it freely.” Mt. 10:7-15 Among the recommendations that Jesus makes to his disciples, the invitation to live in gratuitousness resonates especially in today’s culture. Today, society demands that everything must have a price, a time, a reward because if it is not worth anything, it is not significant. Jesus’ …
“The Kingdom of God is at hand.” Mt 10:1-7 Jesus gathers the twelve disciples and gives them authority to cast out unclean spirits and cure all kinds of diseases. We desire to follow Jesus, and He trusts our sincere desire to follow Him. We know that it is not an easy mission to heal a …
