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“Be prepared for that day.” (Lk. 17:26-27). Today’s Gospel is the invitation to live watchful and open to conversion by delving into a spiritual life that is a guarantee of being prepared for the definitive encounter with the Father. In the Old Testament, in the time of Noah and Lot, people lived in situations of […]

“The Kingdom of God is within you.” Lk. 17:20-25 The Pharisees approach Jesus and ask him about the coming of the Kingdom. They were expectant; they believed that it would be with great demonstrations, like a king surrounded by soldiers and horses. Do we also seek kingdom-building today in flashy spectacles, miracles, and even magical

“Stand up and go, your faith has saved you.” Lk. 17:11-19 Jesus is on his way to Jerusalem. Ten lepers come to meet him, who from afar ask to be healed: “Jesus, master, have mercy on us.” When He saw them, He said to them, “Go and present yourselves to the priests.” As they went,

“The children of this world are more cunning than the children of light.” Lk. 16:1-8. The parable of the unjust administrator may sound strange to us, and we could say that Jesus exalts corruption. Jesus does not praise the unfaithfulness of the unjust employee; on the contrary, the employee is fired. Jesus highlights the intelligence

“There will be joy in heaven over a converted sinner.” (Lk. 15:1-10). Today’s two parables: that of the lost sheep and that of the lost coin, place us in front of the good God, the compassionate God, who is understanding of our frailties and creatively seeks to wait for us until we achieve our conversion.

“Take up your cross and follow me.” Lk. 14:25-3 Following Jesus, to help him in building the kingdom, is not easy. First it asks us to surrender the family, personal interests, our own self.  We must carry the cross, to be his disciple. And second, He asks us to measure our strength, like the builder

“Come, all of you, everything is ready.” Lk. 14:15-24. Today’s Gospel, in the same vein as the banquet, challenges us to live like Jesus, in fraternity and inclusion, especially the most fragile and least of the kingdom: “The poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame”. Who are those who ask you to open your

“Rejoice, for your reward will be great in heaven.” Mt. 5:1-12a To celebrate the feast of All Saints is to feel called and involved in walking a path. Holiness is a proposal of life for all. It is to live in like Jesus, from the prospect of the Beatitudes: “He calls happy the poor, those

“How many times have I wanted to bring them together… and they have rejected me.” The end of today’s Gospel is a heartbreaking lament of Jesus thinking of Jerusalem, the “holy” city to which the Jews joyfully marched each year. Jesus is already about to enter it, He knows that it is the end of

“Enter through the narrow gate.” In today’s Gospel, Jesus gives us a serious warning: whoever wants to enter by the path that leads to life, must enter through the narrow gate. In a society in which it seems that anything goes and where hectic life and the desire to produce and consume exhaust us, that