Resurrection is not a future event. We resurrect right now every time we immerse ourselves in the deep silence that allows us to slow down our life, release our tensions, and look at ourselves with infinite compassion. Resurrection is not a future event: it is the perfume of life that we already experience right now…
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In the end, we have to get there. There is no scent of spring in the air yet, no empty tomb, no newly-minted sun to glitter on our incredulous tears. We have to get there. And it is an uphill journey. The wind pushes the clouds into a threatening mass overhead, turning the sky the…
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The statement on this page of the Gospel is vehement and its effect is like that of a stone dropped in a pond: Philip goes to find Andrew, and Andrew and Philip seek out Jesus. It seems to me that this is the only possible answer to give the Greeks. Do you want to see…
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LIFT UP YOUR gaze (JOHN 3:14-21) Today’s Gospel is a description of light tapping at a window. The light filtering through the pane urges us to make a choice: do we want to take the high road and go forth, or do we prefer to hide behind a wall? The impassioned call we hear… Read more »
MAKE love ESPLODERE (JOHN 2:13-25) With the determination of a child learning to walk, Jesus attempts in today’s Gospel to set a new course, reversing the old one. It means refusing to turn God’s sacred dwelling into a marketplace and, instead, allowing the Divine One to emerge and fertilize even the marketplace. This reversal… Read more »
OH FOR A LITTLE light! (Mark 9:2-10) We seem to hear Peter demanding in his heart: Why so much radiance, Lord? Why dazzle us with all this light when it will come to an end? How can we bear the burden of darkness after experiencing the caressing light of your transfiguring beauty? After… Read more »
The temptation described in today’s Gospel is a laceration carved into the flesh of Jesus. The forty days mentioned is not a time frame but a sign of what will accompany him all his life, from his time in the desert to the Garden of Olives. He is tempted to believe that the face of …
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What the Messiah wants to do, what the Son of God wants to accomplish, is to immerse himself in humanity. People’s judgments are very forceful against a God who does this without fear of being “contaminated.” The Son of God immerses himself in the homes of sinners, in the exploited days of prostitutes. He is… Read more »
Simeon, this child is just like any other child. Why do you hasten to him? Why are tears of astonishment streaming from your faded eyes? What do you see in him? How are you able to recognize him when he hasn’t done anything yet? Holding the child in his arms, Simeon addresses the Most High… Read more »
Christmas speaks to us about a God who chooses the hard way by calling a person to be a person. That’s what Christmas is: an invitation to be born again, to be wrapped in swaddling clothes. But it will be a rebirth for each of us only if we learn to take upon ourselves the… Read more »
