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Therefore, stay awake…

Commetary on the Word of Life: Therefore, stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour(Mt 25:13) Jesus has just come out of the temple. The disciples proudly point out to him the grandeur and beauty of the building. He says to them in reply: “You see all these things, do you not? Amen, I say to you, there will not be left here a stone upon another stone that will not be thrown down” (Mt 24:2). Then he goes up to the Mount of Olives, he sits down and, looking over Jerusalem, he begins to speak of the destruction of the city and the end of the world. How will the end of the world come about? the disciples ask him — and when will it be? It’s a question that subsequent generations of Christians have continued to ask, a question that every human being asks. The future is indeed mysterious and it often frightens us. Even today people consult fortune tellers and look up their horoscopes to

Riccardi2021-08-15T23:29:23+02:0031 October 2011|

Cos’è l’Economia di Comunione

Milano (Circolo della Stampa), 10 marzo 1995 Cos’è l’Economia di Comunione: risposta data in conferenza stampa a Milano

Riccardi2022-09-12T15:20:59+02:0031 October 2011|

Possono le religioni essere partners sul cammino della pace?

Caux, 29 luglio 2003 Chiara ad un Seminario interreligioso

Riccardi2022-09-12T15:24:07+02:0025 October 2011|

Seguimi / Follow Me

Commento alla Parola di Vita: Seguimi (Mt 9,9) Mentre usciva da Cafarnao, Gesù vide un esattore delle tasse di nome Matteo seduto al banco delle imposte. Matteo stava esercitando un mestiere che lo rendeva odioso alla gente e lo accomunava agli usurai e agli sfruttatori che si arricchiscono alle spalle degli altri. Gli scribi e i farisei lo mettevano sullo stesso piano dei pubblici peccatori, tanto da rimproverare a Gesù di essere "amico di gabellieri e peccatori" e di mangiare insieme a loro. Gesù, andando contro ogni convenzione sociale, chiamò Matteo a seguirlo ed accettò di andare a pranzo a casa sua, così come farà più tardi con Zaccheo, il capo dei gabellieri di Gerico. Richiesto di spiegare questo suo atteggiamento, Gesù dirà che egli è venuto a curare i malati, non i sani e a chiamare non i giusti, ma i peccatori. Il suo invito, anche questa volta, era indirizzato proprio ad uno di loro: Seguimi Questa parola Gesù l’aveva già rivolta ad Andrea, Pietro, Giacomo e Giovanni sulle

Riccardi2021-08-30T05:53:21+02:0030 September 2011|

Follow me

Commetary on the Word of Life: Follow me. (Mt 9:9) While he was coming from Capernaum, Jesus saw a tax collector by the name of Matthew seated at the customs post. Matthew had a job that made him despised by the people, for it placed him in the same category as loan sharks and those who took advantage of others to amass personal wealth. The Scribes and Pharisees put him on the same level as the public sinners and criticized Jesus for being “a friend of tax collectors and sinners” and for eating together with them (Mt 11:19; 9:10). Jesus, going against all social conventions, called Matthew to follow him and accepted the invitation to dine at his home, as he would later do also with Zaccheus, the head of the tax collectors in Jericho. When questioned about his behaviour, Jesus responded that he had come to heal the sick, not the healthy, and to call sinners, not the righteous. His invitation, also this time, was addressed directly to one of

Riccardi2021-08-30T06:48:28+02:0030 September 2011|

An invasion of love

Rome, May 1978 Dearest Gen 3,I can imagine that all of you - especially in Italy and Europe as well all around the world - feel the burden that violence and terrorism place on entire populations. Young people, not much older than you, believe that they can change society by kidnapping, murdering and carrying out the most varied of crimes. They have obviously not found more positive ideals and so they have let themselves slip into the most dangerous paths. And it’s not that these things are only seen on newspapers or on the television, they are all around us and they threaten everyone: politicians, factory owners, dads, mums, girls and children. Many people are frightened and can’t live in peace. What can we do, Gen? What contribution can our Movement give to today’s society? I think that the unleashing of violence, that is so heightened today, often has its roots in hatred, set out as a way of life among people. If this is the case, the remedy against hatred

Riccardi2021-08-15T23:29:47+02:0026 September 2011|

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