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Commentary to the 2nd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - YEAR B

Today's gospel passage begins with a time indication "The next day." Spontaneously we  wonder what happened the day before. The Baptist was still on stage and it seems that he  was alone, there doesn't seem to have anyone at his side. "Seeing Jesus pass by, he says:  Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.” He was not addressing anyone  in particular because it seems that only he and Jesus were present.

Commentary to the BAPTISM OF THE LORD - YEAR B

This Sunday's Gospel text presents Jesus who, having left Nazareth, goes to the Jordan  River to be baptized by John. It is the beginning of his public life; later he will settle down in  Capernaum, he will call the first disciples and will start the journey that will lead him to his  final destination: the gift of life.

Solemnity of the EPIPHANY OF THE LORD – Year B

"When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod, behold, magi  from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, ‘Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw  his star at its rising and have come to do him homage.’ When King Herod heard this, he was  greatly troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

Commentary to the NEW YEAR BLESSING

“The LORD bless you and  keep you!” These are the first words we hear on this first day of the year and I think there is  no better greeting. I would love that my brothers and sisters of the faith give this greeting  back to me on this day: "May the Lord bless you" - beautiful.

Commentary to the FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY – Year B

The first message we take for our families: the reference point of this couple who begins  their life together is the Torah, the Word of God. When they have to make decisions or make a choice, they are inspired by the Word of God. They are at the beginning of their life as a  couple and they show that they are in tune with the choices they have to make.

Commentary to the CHRISTMAS – DAY MASS

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL.  What message does he have to bring us this Christmas? He comes to tell us that our weak,  fragile, destined to death existence is involved in an indissoluble love relationship with the  immortal God. Indissoluble, because no infidelity, no betrayal of ours can damage this love. This is the great news of Christmas. And, in the prologue of his Gospel, John tells us the story of this incredible love between God and humanity. 

Commentary to the 4th Sunday of Advent - Year B

The angel tells her: “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.” In other  words, ‘you have entered into the design of his benevolence. God comes to bring you joy and  life; you are going to conceive a child; you will name him Jesus.' This name is important. God  had a name that could not be named, but now God tells us what He wants to be called.

Commentary to the THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT – YEAR “B”

The third Sunday of Advent is ‘Gaudete’ Sunday—“Rejoice!” Sunday. How extraordinary that there are twenty-seven words used in the Bible to express joy! On the other hand of course, there are words of sadness, pain, and grief in the Bible, but they are balanced with the “shouts of joy and thanksgiving among the feasting throng” (Ps42:5), or hymns of thanksgiving “My heart will rejoice on seeing your salvation. I will sing to the Lord for he has been good to me.” (Ps 13:6)

Commentary on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception

 Happy feast day to all. On December 8, 1854 in the Sistine Chapel, Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the  Immaculate Conception with these words: "The Blessed Virgin Mary was preserved from all  stain of original sin by special grace and privilege of Almighty God in anticipation of the merits  of our Savior Jesus Christ." 

Commentary to the 2nd SUNDAY OF ADVENT – YEAR B

Today we will hear the first page of the Gospel according to  Mark. It was written in a dramatic moment for the Christian community of Rome; the  persecution of Nero had just ended and the historian Tacitus told us, on a dramatic page, that  among the victims of this persecution Peter and Paul have also been martyred.

Commentaries to the FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT – YEAR “B”

Commentary to the 34th Sunday - Solemnity of Christ the King

This Gospel passage is generally regarded as a parable, but this is not accurate. It belongs to the genre called judgment scene, found both in the Bible (cf. Dan 7) and in rabbinic literature. The aim of this literary genre is not to inform about what will happen at the end of the world, but to teach how to behave today.

Commentary to the 33th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A

One might wonder about the justice of unequal distribution of the talent among the servants.  However, it is not what one receives that counts, but what one does with what he/she has received.  The Master’s delight and offer of reward are the same towards his servants who doubled their talents.  God looks not at the quantity of our offerings, but at their quality as well as the attitude with which we offer.

Commentary to the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A

In the early Christian communities, there was a widespread belief that Jesus would return very soon to catch up with his disciples and introduce them in the Father’s kingdom. Paul also shared this idea. From where did it come from? How did it begin? It is spontaneous and natural to imagine that one’s generation would be the last and the world ends with us.

Faithful Departed - Year A

In the universe we know, the world to which we long for does not exist. To satisfy the need for the infinite that God has put in our heart, it is necessary to leave this land and embark on a new exodus. We are asked for a new exit, the last—death—and this frightens us.

The feast of all saints - Year A

Among the people who appeared in this world, only Christ has possessed the fullness of this force of goodness and only he can be declared saint, as we sing in the Gloria: “You alone are holy.” But we, too, can rise up to him and become partakers of his holiness. 

Commentary on the Readings: 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A

Today there are believers, people in the Church, who fulfill all religious practices, but at the same time worship their bank account, social position, honorary titles, career, power and their ambitions. They have indeed a “divided heart”; they do not love with all their heart, as Jesus claims.

Commentary on the Readings: 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A

A human being does not live alone. One is part of a civilized society and should establish collaborative relationships with others. From the need to organize for the sake of coexistence, comes the need to determine the rights and duties to give to institutions, and to set ways and forms to contribute to the common good.

Commentary on the Readings: 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A

The invitation to the banquet of the Kingdom is freely offered to all. Everyone is invited. However, not everyone accepts it. And those who accept must play by the rules of the Kingdom. That is why the one without the wedding garment is thrown out. Sometimes we have an erroneous understanding of God’s mercy – that he forgives everything and therefore, everything goes. It doesn’t.

Commentary on the Readings: 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A

In narrating this parable, the evangelist Matthew certainly thought of the infidelity of the leaders of his people and their rejection of the Messiah of God. But not only to them; he also thought of his community and the entire world: every person is a vine-grower from which the Lord expects delivery of the fruits.