WORDS… Words… words spoken, uttered, expressed…Words written, copied, translated…Words whispered, shouted, sung… They reach us, surprise us, fascinate us…They amaze us, shock us, sadden us…They form us, transform us, leave us… indifferent. But more than this, beyond these, there is THE Word –this Word that we have been celebrating during […]
The Alphabet of Lent – Letter J
J pour Judge Some words of Jesus are without appeal. There is no way to discuss, or to hesitate, or even to delay in putting them into practice. It is the case of the text of Luke, the gospel writer, reporting Jesus words (Luke 6:37-38) “Do not judge, and you […]
22nd Sunday of Year C – 2022
The texts for the Sunday celebration are rich and varied – they offer plenty to think about. Sometimes there is so much given to our reflection that some expressions escape our attention… It happens that some words, at the end of a text, may go unnoticed as we have already […]
8th Sunday of Year C – 2022
Words, words, words – they can be found everywhere. Words spoken, printed, read, proclaimed, shouted, sung. Your words, my words, those of the learned and those of the ignorant. Those asserted by the bold and those whispered by the fearful. The 1st reading of this Sunday is somehow an invitation […]
20th Sunday of Year A – 2020
Praying… an activity which always finds us in need to learn – to learn how to approach God and, of course, what to say when we are in his presence. Bookshops and libraries are full of material published precisely to guide us with methods and advice about praying. Many spiritual […]
18th Sunday of Year A – 2020
Language is made of thousands of words – short words, longer ones, easy words, more difficult ones. Words for all occasions and situations, some words provoke laughter, others cause sadness or anger. There are words which I would qualify as categorical: they are direct, explicit. There is something final about […]
5th Sunday of Year A – 2020
Language – of whatever nation or tribe – is made of words: short words, long words, simple words, difficult words. They are uttered, spoken, whispered, proclaimed, sung or shouted – we cannot escape them. They take on different shades of meaning according to the way they are used – in […]
15th Sunday of the Year, A
The words we use can express different levels of meaning. Some words go deeper than others, we know it. To get a glimpse of something or to catch sight of someone, is different from truly looking at the thing or the person. Looking at a scene, staring at somebody, this […]