“For my sake they will persecute you.” Lk. 21:12-19 In following the call of Jesus to build his Kingdom, He warns today in his Gospel that following him is not easy because there will be persecution and detention, imprisonment and even death, but it will be here from these extreme situations that we will have …
“This temple will be destroyed.” Lk. 21:5-11 In a society like ours, of great socio-cultural changes which create crises in all dimensions, it is urgent to focus our faith on Jesus, the light and strength necessary to read and face the darkness of today. Jesus warns us not to look at them with recklessness and …
“The good woman gave little, but she gave humbly.” Lk. 21:1-4 Jesus speaks to us today about the widowed woman, not only to recognize her and dignify her role as woman, but to give her a place in society. Then what He wants is to show in the opposite direction, a society that moves from …
“Lord, remember me in your Kingdom.” Lk. 23:35-43 This Sunday’s Gospel turns our gaze to the Passion and Crucifixion of Jesus, it is the encounter with human humiliation, because he was mocked and mistreated. There on the Cross, there is the encounter of the compassionate and merciful Son of God with our frailties: “When you …
“He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.” Lk. 20:27-40 The Sadducees, who denied the resurrection, approach Jesus to ridicule faith. They present him with an absolutely unreal case, the result of fantasy. They speak of seven brothers who have been married successively to the same woman. Jesus criticizes their vision …
“My house is a house of prayer.” Lk. 19:45-48 Jesus enters the temple of Jerusalem, questions the merchants and takes them out of there because they have desecrated the place. He tells them: “My house is a house of prayer and you have turned it into a den of robbers”. For Jesus, the temple is …
“You did not recognize God’s visitation.” Lk. 19:41-44 Jesus, with his gaze fixed on Jerusalem, sees desolation and destruction. He experiences mercy that moves from the deepest inner life, his “pathos”, passion, for the cry of pain of his people. He feels deep sadness, cries, and says: “I wish you, too, would recognize what leads …
“All my dedication to the service of the building of the Kingdom.” Lk. 19:11-28 With the expectation of the coming of the Kingdom, Jesus narrates the parable of the man who, on leaving for a distant country to be named king, calls his workers and gives a sum of money, so that they can work …
“The Son has come to save what has been lost.” Lk. 19:1-10 The encounter between Jesus and Zacchaeus is a challenging passage for the society of our time. Jesus stops, invites him to be with Him and is invited to eat at His house. Zacchaeus was a tax collector, a man who was frowned upon …
“Recover your sight, your faith has saved you.” Lk. 18:35-43 The Lord wants us to persevere in prayer and above all to be creative, as did the blind man of Jericho, who cried out: “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”…and he screamed louder. God’s will is to stop, ask us, and listen to …
