PROPHET In a lost hamlet of Galilee called Nazareth, the neighbors of this village got together in the synagogue one Sabbath morning to listen to God’s Word. After some years spent in the desert seeki

A NOT VERY RELIGIOUS GESTURE There was a wedding feast in Galilee. That’s how this story starts, in which we’re told something unexpected and surprising. The first public intervention of Jesus, the On

BEGIN THE REACTION The Baptist doesn’t let the people confuse him with the Messiah. He knows his limits and recognizes them. There’s someone stronger and more decisive than he is. The only one that th

AN UPSETTING STORY Concerning Jesus, you can adopt very different attitudes. The story of the Magi speaks to us of the reaction of three different groups of persons. Some pagans who seek him, guided b

PRAYER FOR NEW YEAR’S EVE Lord, before we enter into the racket and confusion of New Year’s, I want to meet up with You slowly and calmly this afternoon. I seldom do this. You know that I don’t find t

A DIFFERENT FAMILY Among Catholics the value of family is almost instinctively defended, but we don’t always stop to reflect on the concrete content of a family project, understood and lived out from