THEY DON’T DO WHAT THEY SAY Jesus speaks with prophetic indignation. His discourse, directed to the people and to his disciples, is a harsh criticism of Israel’s religious leaders. Matthew records it around 80 AD so that the leaders of the Christian Church don’t fall in similar behavi

BELIEVE IN LOVE For more than a few people, Christian religion ends up a religious system that is difficult to understand, and above all, a flimsy framework of laws that is much too complicated for someone to live correctly before God. Don’t we as Christians need to concentrate our at

THE POOR ARE GOD’S Behind Jesus’ back, the Pharisees reach an agreement to prepare a decisive trap for him. They themselves won’t come to meet with him. They send some of their disciples, along with some party members of Herod Antipas. Perhaps some powerful Roman tax-collectors will b

INVITATION Jesus knew very well how the people of Galilee enjoyed themselves in the weddings they celebrated in the villages. Without a doubt, he himself took part in more than one. What experience could have been more joyful for those people than to be invited to a wedding and to be

RELIGIOUS CRISIS The parable of the «assassin tenants» is a story in which Jesus goes about describing God’s history with the chosen people with allegorical accents. It is a sad story. God has taken care of this people from the beginning with complete tenderness. They were God’s «chos

AHEAD OF US One day Jesus pronounced these harsh words against the religious leaders of his people: «In truth I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes are making their way into the kingdom of God before you». A few years ago I was able to verify that Jesus’ declaration isn’t an exag

DON’T DISTORT GOD’S GOODNESS Throughout his prophetic journey, Jesus insisted over and over again on communicating his experience of God as «a mystery of unfathomable goodness» that breaks through all our calculations. His message is so revolutionary that even after 20 centuries there

GO AROUND FORGIVING Jesus’ disciples have heard him say incredible things about loving enemies, praying to the Father for those who persecute them, forgiving those who do them harm. Surely this seems to them to be an extraordinary message, but hardly realistic and definitely problemat

HE IS AMONG US Although Jesus’ words as recorded by Matthew are of great importance for the life of our Christian communities, they haven’t often received the attention of commentators and preachers. This is Jesus’ promise: «Where two or three meet in my name, I am there among them».

LEARN TO LOSE The saying is recorded in all the Gospels and gets repeated up to 6 times: «Anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake will find it». Jesus isn’t talking about a religious theme. He’s sharing with his disciples what is the t