The Lord filled me with words of truth to proclaim it. Like the flow of water, truth flowed from my mouth, my lips manifested ...
We are very happy to… commemorate the great Saint Cyril, who with his brother Saint Methodius is rightly honored as apostle of the Slavs and founder…
Where can our frailty find rest and security if not in the wounds of the Lord? I stay there with all the more confidence the bigger it is ...
Prayer is a heart to heart with God ... Prayer done well touches the heart of God and incites him to hear us; when we pray, let us turn ...
The Savior, even to raise the dead, is not satisfied with acting with the word, which nevertheless announces divine orders. For this magnificent work he takes ...
When Jesus went out to sea with his disciples, he was not thinking only of this catch. Therefore ... he replies to Peter: “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be ...
If David defines God as just and upright, the Son of God has revealed to us that he is good and affectionate ... Far be it from us to think unjust ...
"The sufferings of the present moment are not comparable to the future glory that must be revealed in us" (Rom 8,18:XNUMX). Who wouldn't do everything to ...
The Church, which was sent by Christ to reveal and communicate the charity of God to all men and to all ...
Joseph loved Jesus as a father loves his son and dedicated himself to him by giving him the best he could. Joseph, taking care of that Child who ...
“Taking the hand of the child, he said to her:“ Talità kum ”, which means:“ Girl, I tell you, get up! ”. “Since you were born a second time, you will be called 'maiden'. ...
As the Son was sent by the Father, so he himself sent the apostles (Jn 20,21:XNUMX) saying: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, ...
A doctor came among us to restore our health: our Lord Jesus Christ. He found blindness in our hearts and he ...
Behold, my brothers, in the hands of Simeon, a lighted candle. You too, light your candles in this light, that is, the lamps that the ...
In a garden, Christ was captured and then buried; in a vegetable garden he grew, and even resources ... And so he became a tree ... So, you too ...
The Gospel cannot penetrate well into the mentality, customs, activity of a people, if the dynamic presence of the laity is lacking ... Their main task, ...
What a great and commendable exchange: to abandon temporal things for the eternal ones, to deserve celestial goods for the terrestrial ones, to receive the hundredfold for one and ...
The determination to follow God's will in all things without exception is contained in the Sunday Prayer, in the words we say every day: “May it be…
Envy: a blasphemy against the Spirit "Cast out demons by means of the prince of demons" ... It is a peculiarity of perverted characters and driven by ...
Quench your thirst first in the Old Testament, in order to then drink from the New. If you don't drink the first, you won't be able to drink the second. Drink first to relieve ...
The Church is called Catholic (or universal) because it exists throughout the world, from one end of the earth to the other, and because it teaches universally and without ...
“We do not preach ourselves; but Christ Jesus Lord; as for us, we are your servants for the sake of Jesus ”(2 Cor 4,5: XNUMX). Who is…
Follow the example of our Savior who wanted to undergo the Passion to learn compassion, to submit to poverty to understand the poor. How "he learned obedience ...
“For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled with God through the death of his Son, much more now…, we will be saved through his…
"The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath" ... The law of the Sabbath at the beginning was very important: it taught the Jews to be ...
Lord, I invite you to a wedding banquet with songs. At Cana the wine that expresses our praise was lacking; you, the guest you have ...
The miracle by which our Lord Jesus Christ changed water into wine is not surprising when we consider that it was God who performed it. In fact, who in ...
In religious listening to the word of God and proclaiming it with firm confidence, the holy Council makes these words of St. John his own: "We announce to you ...
[In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus has just healed two foreigners in pagan territory.] In this paralytic it is the totality of the pagans who are presented to ...
What is the use of having been created if you do not know your Creator? How can men be "logical" if they do not know the Logos, the ...
“Jesus approached and lifted her up, taking her by the hand”. In fact, this sick woman could not stand up on her own; she confined to bed, she could not come to meet Jesus. But ...
Jesus therefore went to the synagogue of Capernaum and began to teach. And they were amazed at his teaching of him, because he spoke to them "as one who ...
Our Lady was, together with John and, I am sure, with Mary of Magdala, the first to hear the cry of Jesus "I'm thirsty!" ...
What a great mystery in the baptism of our Lord and Savior! The Father makes himself felt from above in heaven, the Son makes himself seen on earth, ...
Listen, children of light adopted into the kingdom of God: Listen, reflect, dear brothers; listen to the just, and rejoice in the Lord because "the righteous suit ...
One day, while he was praying isolated from the world, and he was completely absorbed in God, in the excess of his fervor, Christ Jesus appeared to him, stuck on the cross. To the…
Almighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who regenerated these children of yours from the water and the Holy Spirit freeing them from sin, infuse in them ...
“The goodness and humanity of God our Savior were manifested (cf. Tt 3: 4 Vulg). We thank God who makes us enjoy a consolation ...
"Christ Jesus, who died, indeed, who rose again, stands at the right hand of God and intercedes for us" (Rm 8,34:XNUMX), is present in many ways ...
Beloved, taught by these mysteries of divine grace, we celebrate with spiritual joy the day of our first fruits and the beginning of the vocation of the peoples. We give thanks ...
The Magi find a poor damsel and a poor child covered with poor cloths ... But what? Entering that cave those holy pilgrims feel a ...
Jacob, the youngest son of Isaac and Rebekah, you called him beloved, Lord; you changed his name to that of Israel (Gen 32,29:XNUMX). Did you ...
Jesus is the Son of man, because of Adam and because of the Virgin from whom he descended ... He is Christ, the Anointed, the Messiah, because of the ...
“A shoot will sprout from the trunk of Jesse (David's father), a shoot will sprout from its roots. The spirit of the Lord will rest upon him "...
“In the desert a voice cries: Prepare the way of the Lord”. Brothers, we must first of all reflect on the grace of solitude, on the bliss of the desert which, ...
Come, Moses, show us that bush on the top of the mountain, whose flames danced on your face (Ex 3,2: XNUMX): it is the Son of the Most High, who appeared from the womb ...
Dear brothers, we read that there are two births in Christ; both are expressions of a divine power which absolutely surpasses us. From one…
MEDITATION OF THE DAY Almost immediately after the birth of Jesus, the gratuitous violence that threatens his life also affects many other families, ...
MEDITATION OF THE DAY After my first mass on the tomb of St. Peter, here are the hands of the Holy Father Pius X, resting on my head ...
MEDITATION OF THE DAY We do not know where the divine Child wants to lead us on this earth, and we must not ask before the time is ripe. Our certainty ...