WITHOUT EXPECTING ANYTHING IN RETURN Jesus is at table, invited by one of the principal Pharisees of the region. Luke tells us that the Pharisees don’t let up spying on Jesus. Jesus, however, feels fr

NOT EVERYTHING COUNTS Jesus goes walking toward Jerusalem. His journey isn’t that of a pilgrim who goes up to the Temple to fulfill his religious obligations. According to Luke, Jesus goes around the

FAITHFUL FOLLOWER OF JESUS The Gospel-writers present the Virgin with features that can enliven our devotion to Mary, Jesus’ Mother. This vision helps us to love her, meditate on her, imitate her, pra

LIGHT A FIRE There are more than enough Christians who are deeply attached to a situation of well-being and tend to consider Christianity as a religion that invariably ought to be concerned with maint

WE NEED THEM MORE THAN EVER The first generations of Christians quickly saw themselves obliged to ask themselves a decisive question. The coming of the Risen Christ was delayed more than they had thou

UNMASKING FOOLISHNESS The protagonist of the little parable about the «foolish rich man» is a landowner like those known by Jesus in Galilee. Powerful men who ruthlessly exploited farm-workers, thinki