– Jesus died and his dead body “disappeared”. The most surprising phenomenon, recorded in the New Testament and especially in the Gospels, is the total disappearance of the dead [...]
This Holy Week we will hear again that cry: “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do“. Those first words of Jesus on the cross are words of forgiveness, not vengeance or [...]
In the Gospel accounts of the Lord’s Passion, the account of the Last Supper occupies an important place. Many things happen there. In particular, the Evangelist John presents a striking [...]
In these days leading up to Holy Week, the words of Jesus resound loudly: “Whoever wants to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses it for my sake will keep it” (Mt 10:39). It [...]
According to the canonical gospels, after his arrest Jesus was successively led from one instance to another to be judged: from Annas to Caiaphas and from Herod to Pilate. In this last trial to [...]
Our culture has blurred the meaning of sin. It jokes about it as if it were the most innocent thing in the world. It speaks of sins, even the most serious ones, in diminutives: little sins, [...]
In the Passion narrative to be proclaimed next Holy Week, the story of Peter’s three denials of Jesus will appear. Immediately after the crowing of the cock, the evangelist records a [...]
Lent is upon us. This reflection will appear on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. And, as is obligatory, it is about Lent, which, for Christians, has one key: it is a time of preparation for [...]
We convey more with what we do than with what we say. Although this is well known, we still pay more attention to appearances than to facts. Believers – and in general those who try to live [...]
I strongly recommend my readers to get vaccinated as soon as possible against some very harmful and contagious diseases… No, I am not talking on this occasion about COVID. I am talking [...]
