WITHOUT EXCLUDING Jesus goes to a banquet, invited by one of the leading Pharisees of that region. It is a special Sabbath meal, prepared very meticulously the evening before. As is the custom, those who are invited are friends of the host, high ranking Pharisees, doctors of the law,

TRUST – YES, TRIVIALITY – NO Modern society is pushing us more forcefully each day toward a life-style that is marked by a pragmatism of the immediate. It is barely interested in the great questions of existence. Nowadays we don’t have firm convictions or deep truths. Little by little

WITHOUT FIRE IT ISN’T POSSIBLE In a clearly prophetic style, Jesus sums up his whole life with some unusual words: «I have come to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were blazing already!». What is Jesus talking about? The enigmatic character of his language leads the exegetes

LIVING IN THE MINORITY In his Gospel, Luke has redacted a few words, full of feeling and love, words directed by Jesus to his followers. All too often these words pass us by unnoticed. Nevertheless when they are read today attentively from the perspective of our parishes and Christian

AGAINST FOOLISHNESS We keep learning more about the social and economic situation that Jesus knew in Galilee in 30 CE. While wealth was growing in Sepphoris and Tiberias, hunger and misery were increasing in the villages. Farmers ended up without land and the land owners built ever bi

JESUS’ THREE SUMMONS «I say to you: ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you». It’s easy for Jesus to say these words as he’s moving through the villages of Galilee asking for something to eat, seeking a place to stay, knocking

NOTHING IS MORE NEEDED The episode is somewhat surprising. The disciples who accompany Jesus have disappeared from the scene. Lazarus, the brother of Martha and Mary, is absent. In the house of the small village of Bethany, Jesus meets alone with two women who adopt two very different

DON’T PASS BY ON THE OTHER SIDE «Be compassionate as your Father is compassionate». This is the legacy that Jesus has left humanity. In order to understand the revolution that he wants to bring about in history, we need to read carefully the story of the «good Samaritan». In it we fin

GOD’S PEACE Few words have been abused as much as the word «peace». We all talk about «peace», but the meaning of this term has been changing profoundly, getting further and further from its biblical meaning. Its self-interested use has made peace an ambiguous and problematic term. Ge

HOW TO FOLLOW JESUS Jesus resolutely sets off toward Jerusalem. He knows the danger that he runs in the capital, but nothing will hold him back. His life has just one objective: announce and advance the project of the Reign of God. The departure starts off badly: the Samaritans reject