“I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.” Matthew 10:34-11, 1. In Matthew’s Gospel we find Jesus’ repeated invitation to follow him without conditions, and in generosity. “Whoever does not take up his cross to follow me is not worthy of me.” Following Jesus has difficulties and generates conflict both internally and socially. […]
“The sower went out to sow.” Matthew 13:1-23. The parable of the sower is an invitation to sow with hope. The sowing of the Gospel at many times has setbacks, oppositions, frustrations; but this cannot be a cause for discouragement; on the contrary, we are called to sow his Word anywhere, where we see possible
“Do not be afraid.” Matthew 10:24-33. The Gospels of these days reiterate the Lord’s call to follow him with total availability and to give without fear all that has been received from him. We live in a culture of fear, but the Lord guarantees us all his support and accompaniment. “My Father’s Spirit will be
“The Spirit will speak for you.” Matthew 10:16-23. In this environment of following the Lord; He warns us that it is not easy. Moments of persecution and threat will come, because the prophetism of the Gospel carves, confronts and unmasks structures of power that kill life and destroy communities where fraternity is witnessed and where
“Don’t carry gold or silver.” Matthew 10:7-15. We continue in the tone of the Lord’s call to collaborate with him in the proclamation of the Good News, which not only gives us the power to restore and heal, but to be heralds and builders of peace. “When you enter the house, greet it by invoking
“It is time to consult the Lord.” Hos 10:1-3. 7-8. 12. Matthew 10:1-7. The first reading, taken from the book of Hosea, is the invitation to reap in unity, not in ambitious division which only generates destruction. It is a call to sow with criteria of justice and equality, where solidarity is extended to the
“The harvest is plentiful.” Matthew 9:32-38. Today’s passage is a call from the Lord to collaborate with him in the proclamation of the Good News, for the least and excluded. To follow Jesus in the mission is to “be moved”, to feel compassion, pain in our hearts for so many mistreated and dejected by injustices
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“My daughter just died.” Matthew 9:18-26. Jesus slot88 resmi meets in this passage with two people who are suffering from very difficult situations. A synagogue chief, whose daughter has just died, and a woman who has been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years. Both he and she approach Jesus with complete confidence, to ask that
“I am meek and humble of heart” Matthew 11:25-30. This Sunday’s Gospel invites us to accept the Lord’s desire, that our essential characteristic that identifies us as followers of Jesus will be to live in simplicity. The simple heart tanduktoto is configured in him, to face the great temptations of today: the desire for power,
