“Take care not to let the flame go out.” Mt. 25:1-13 The parable that is proposed to us to pray today describes the situation of those who live in hope of the coming of the Kingdom

“We were encouraged about you because of your faith.” (1 Thess.3:6-13) Timothy’s return (v.6) with the good news he brings him from Thessalonica, causes Paul to burst into an emotional thanksgiving. From evangelizer, Paul becomes evangelized.

The Word of God is the power of God at work in believers. 1 Thess.2:9-13 In the text that is proposed to us to pray today, Paul continues to review his missionary experience with the Thessalonians.

“We behave like a mother who caresses her creatures.” 1Thess.2:1-8 Today we are invited to taste in prayer the way Paul recalls his missionary activity among the Thessalonians. He speaks of his vocation as an apostle,

Paul, Silvanus and Timothy, to the Church of Thessalonica, grace and peace.                   1 Thess.1:1-5.8-10 This week we are going to pray with the first text of the New Testament, written by Paul in the year 51,

“There are those who are last who will be first and first who will be last.”   Lk.13:22-30 Yesterday we were praying based on what Jesus said to the Pharisees. Today we encounter a teaching of Jesus

“The greatest among you, let him become the servant of others.”. Matthew 23:1-12 Today we have a hard text to pray about. “Specialists discuss whether Jesus denounced the lawyers and Pharisees, in public, in too strong

“The second is equivalent.” (Mt. 22:34-40) The text we have for today is central: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. And

“There are many called, but few are chosen.” Mt. 22:1-14 Jesus continues to speak in parables. Let us prepare ourselves to welcome the one that today’s Gospel brings us. The parable of The Wedding Banquet expresses

God’s logic is that of gratuitous love. Mt. 20:1-16 Today’s Gospel is very revealing of what God is like. But to understand this, it is necessary to remember that, in the Bible, the vineyard is a

You cannot serve God and money. Mt. 19:23-30 After the rich young man “went away sad,” comes Jesus’ dialogue with his disciples. They fulfill the two conditions that Jesus set for the rich young man: they

Teach me your way of loving. Mt. 19:16-22 This passage of the rich young ruler is well known to us. Surely we have prayed with him many times. The young man is very sure that he

Christian life, like human life, is a constant struggle. Lk.12:49-53 Jesus spoke at times in enigmatic phrases, to his listeners and also to us. It is not easy to decipher them in all their mystery. The

A symbol of Jesus’ humanity. Mt.19:13-15 This story of Jesus with the children makes clear to us the value that those children that the disciples do not appreciate have for Jesus. There is no doubt that

“Rejoice, Mary, full of grace.” Lk.1:39-56 We cannot understand the Assumption of Mary in a physical way. With the image of the Assumption in body and soul, it is meant that Mary has already reached fullness,

Love and forgive, because God loves you and forgives you. Mt.18,21,19,1 Pedro returns to the stage, this time with an arithmetic question. And Jesus responds by jumping from a generous number to an indefinite one. Before

“Where two or three gather in my name, there I am in the midst of them.” Mt. 18:15-20 Jesus is instructing the disciples and is now addressing sins that directly affect the community: an offense that

Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven? Mt.18,1-5.10.12-14 It is the disciples, the ones who ask Jesus. A question that reveals the aspirations, desires and perhaps disputes that would among them, as they discovered

Simply brothers and sisters Mt. 17:22-27 In these times, when we so often hear news concerning corruption in those who administer the assets of the State, this Gospel has a surprising relevance. Jesus, who has just

“Keep your lamps burning.” (Lk.12:32-48) Jesus calls us to be attentive and vigilant. The grace that we have freely received is not to be kept, but to be put into continual, permanent service. Again we have

Saints and sinners Mt.16:13-23 Today’s text makes us think of the definition that the Jesuits gave of themselves in the General Congregation No. 34 and which, turned into a song, says: “Saints and sinners, sinners and

“Woman, you have great faith. Your request is granted.”  Mt. 15:21-28 We find ourselves once again with a fully human Jesus and a son of his historical circumstances. Jesus was an Israelite educated in his culture

Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord “When the voice had sounded, Jesus found himself alone.” Lk. 9:28-36 Today we are going to meditate on this passage with José María Castillo: “The singular and admirable thing

“Lord, if it is You, tell me to come to you on the water.” Mt. 14:22-36 Again we see Jesus praying alone, on the mountain. In this account of Jesus walking on water and calming the

He ordered the people to sit on the grass.    Mt. 14:13-21 It is never too much to repeat: Jesus is a human being. He needs to mourn John’s death, more than his cousin, his mentor; the

Life does not depend on material goods.  Lk.12:13-21 The man in the story that Jesus tells has no name in the Gospel. But looking at the news of the year, of the week, we can put

To learn from the freedom and coherence of John and Jesus.    Mt. 14:1-12 The account of the beheading of the Baptist seems to have been brought here by Matthew, as a disturbing memory, aroused by the

Where does this man get that wisdom and those miracles?   Mt. 13:54-58 Chapter 13 of Matthew which we will finish bringing to prayer today, offers us eight parables taken from everyday life, that life that Jesus

SAINT IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE A NET… Matthew 13:47-53 In the last parable of the Kingdom of Heaven, it is like a net, which catches fish of all kinds. The Kingdom

THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN SEEMS LIKE A TREASURE… Matthew 13:44-46 In today’s Gospel, once again, Jesus speaks of the kingdom of Heaven, or the kingdom of God…. It is curious how Jesus always uses parables to