The Pillars of the Earth

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Mt 16, 21-27) In today’s Gospel Jesus announces the great sufferings that await him, and which will culminate in his death on the Cross, and above all in the [...]

21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Mt 16:13-20) When listening to today’s Gospel reading, we could focus on St. Peter’s answer and on Jesus’ subsequent praise of his disciple’s [...]

18th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Mt 14:13-21) A few thoughts on a great miracle: COMPASSION: Jesus, followed by a crowd, takes pity on and heals the sick they bring to him. SHARING: the disciples [...]

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Mt 13:44-52) If you are a disciple of the kingdom of heaven, you are like a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old. Of course, for that you [...]

16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Mt 5:38-48) Three ideas: 1 – Jesus, a friend of HUMILITY (“smallness”): seed, mustard seed, yeast 2. Jesus, a friend of PATIENCE and HOPE: good [...]

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Mt 13:1-23) The parable of the sower, listened to many times by all of us, and which today is presented to us for our contemplation, should lead us to ask ourselves [...]

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Mt 11:25-30) We can see two very different parts in today’s Gospel. On the one hand, an intimate prayer of the Son towards the Father, where Jesus shows him [...]

13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Mt 10:37-42) Today, the Gospel reminds us that we must place Jesus in a prominent place in our lives, even above our nearest and dearest: above the love of father, [...]

12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Mt 10:26-33) It is very human to be fearful, of big and small things, of people… Jesus acknowledges this, makes us think of him and invites us to live in [...]

SUNDAY OF THE BODY AND THE BLOOD OF CHRIST (Jn 6:51-59) Today’s Gospel, because of its depth, deserves to be read and reread with care. St. Thomas Aquinas says about it: “The Son of [...]