“I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God.” John 11:19-27. Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus. Today’s liturgy invites us to remember Martha, Mary and Lazarus, a home where Jesus took the opportunity to proclaim the Good News and also to create bonds of closeness, friendship and fraternity. John reminds us: “If we […]
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“The weeds are uprooted and burned.” Matthew 13:36-43. Continuing in the line of sowing the good seed in the field, the seed grows with the weeds. In the same way in our lives and in society, evil becomes present and stays, if we allow it. “The question is whether to cut it immediately, and Jesus
“The Kingdom is like a small seed.” Matthew 13:31-35. Today’s Gospel turns us back to what the Kingdom of God is: What does it look like? It is like a mustard seed: the smallest of seeds, but when it grows, it becomes a strong tree, which can welcome the birds of the air that nest
“Sell everything you have and buy the field.” Matthew 13:44-52. This Sunday’s Gospel is a call to the tireless search for the greatest treasure: “The Kingdom of God”. The parables narrated in this Gospel confront us with the options with which the world seduces us today: the superficial, the temporary, where the important thing is
“They are able to drink my chalice.” Matthew 20. 20-28. James the Greater, apostle. To remember James the Greater, the apostle, is Jesus’ response to the mother of the Zebedaeans, and the invitation to the disciples: we must not aspire to positions and glories of this world. To work for the Kingdom is to become
“Whoever hears and understands the Word will bear fruit.” Matthew 13:18-23. Continuing in the line of parables and returning to that of the sower: “whoever hears the word of the Kingdom https://aliah.ac.in/aliah-university-admission-test-2026 and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in his heart.” Jesus returns to the parable
“Blessed are their eyes, for they see this.” Matthew 13:10-17. The disciples say to Jesus: why are you talking to them by telling parables? Jesus answers, because they look and don’t see, they hear and they don’t hear, they don’t understand. Jesus, as a good pedagogue, is thinking of everyone, but especially of those with
“Woman, why are you crying? Who are you looking for? John 20:1:1-18. Saint Mary Magdalene. Today we celebrate, with Mary Magdalene, the thirst in our search for the Risen Lord. Her witness, a symbol of renewal of the passage from death to life, not only comforts us in our doubts, but encourages us to live,
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“These are my mother and my brothers.” Matthew 12:46-50. We begin our reflection with Jesus’ question: “Who are my mother and my brothers? Jesus’ answer is radical: “All those who do the will of my Father.” His response is inclusive, where we all become brothers and sisters of peoples, races and cultures. We are the
“Here’s one bigger than Solomon.” Matthew 12:38-42. The scholars and Pharisees ask Jesus for a sign. And He responds strongly to them, remembering the sign of the prophet Jonah and Solomon, but the reproach was not long in coming and He questions that there was no repentance. Jesus himself anticipates announcing his greatest sign; his
