“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.”

“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

“Let them grow together until the harvest.” Matthew 13:24-43. The parables of this Sunday’s Gospel are not only beautiful and profound, but they refer to our Christian horizon, our life that, from a small seed, and

“Do not forget the humble, Lord.” Psalm 10.  The texts of the liturgy of the day evoke the justice of God. Isaiah prophesies for the peoples oppressed by powers that dominate and enslave, trampling on the

“The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.” Matthew 12:1-8. In the face of the Pharisees’ criticism of Jesus, because his hungry disciples pluck ears of grain and eat on the Sabbath, He responds by

OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL. “I am meek and humble of heart” Matthew 11:28-30. Today’s Gospel is the continuation of that beautiful prayer of yesterday. Jesus, after praying in gratitude to God for revealing the mysteries

“You have revealed these things to simple people.” “You have revealed these things to simple people.” Today’s passage presents us with one of Jesus’ many prayers. “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because

“Why had they not repented?” Matthew 11:20-24. Jesus reproaches three cities: Chorazin, Bethsaida and Capernaum, for their lack of faith, response and commitment. Cities where he had given some signs, to which He also reproaches them

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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.

“Can wedding guests be in mourning?” Matthew 9:14-17. John’s disciples and Pharisees ask Jesus: “Why don’t your disciples fast?” Jesus responds with another question: “Can the wedding guests be sad while the bridegroom is with them?

“My Lord and my God!” John 20:24-29 Thomas, Apostle. Jesus’ encounter with Thomas and with the paralyzing fear of the disciples, leads them to close the door and not recognize the risen Jesus and enjoy his

“The crowd praised God.” Matthew 9:1-8. Faced with the forgiveness of the sins of the paralytic, and the questioning of the lawyers, Jesus responds; Which is easier to say, “Your sins are forgiven” or to say,

“Did you come early to torment us?” Matthew 8:28-34. Today’s Gospel places Jesus in the encounter with two demon-possessed men who have emerged from the tomb, a sign of death; they were so violent that no

Mt. 8:23-27 “Why are you afraid, men of little faith?” The scene described in today’s Gospel, marked by a terrible storm at sea, can only be seen as a natural phenomenon in which God intervenes with

Mt. 16:13-19 “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.“ This is Peter’s answer to Jesus’ question: “And who do you say that I am?” But Jesus tells Peter that this answer, which is

Mt. 10:37-42 “Whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.“ We cannot ignore those words of Jesus that seem so harsh and demanding; they are simply a proof of

Mt. 8:5-17 “A single word from you will suffice to heal me.” Jesus today continues to show us how his mission is to heal this world of every sickness and disease; the healings that the Gospel

Mt. 8:1-4 “Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him.” The scene presented to us in today’s Gospel is deeply moving and revealing of who Jesus is and his mission. Let us make the composition of

Mt. 7:21-29 “He who hears my words and puts them into practice… builds on rock“ It is not enough to pray with many words, or to say Lord, Lord! Nor is it worth prophesying or doing

Luke 1:57-66,80 “Everyone wondered what will become of this child?” This question that Luke highlights about the birth and circumcision of John the Baptist is a question that can arise when we look at children who

Mt. 7:6,12-14 “Enter through the narrow gate… the one that leads to life.“ Jesus is ending the long sermon on the mount in which He has been inviting us to “order our lives” in the light

Mt. 7:1-5 “God will measure them by the measure by which they have measured others.“ Today we return to the final chapter of the Sermon on the Mount, that discourse that Matthew puts on the lips