Dear brothers and sisters, good morning. The Gospel of today, taken from the 10th Chapter of Mark, plays out in three different scenes, marked by three gazes of Jesus. The first scene presents the encounter between the Teacher and an anonymous person who, according to the parallel passage in Matthew, is identified as a "youth." An [...]
A Christian’s wage is that she bears a “likeness to Jesus”: there is no reward in cash or in power for one who truly follows the Lord, because the path is only that of service and giving freely. If we seek instead “good deal” in worldly terms of “wealth, vanity and pride”, our “head swells” and [...]
The illusion of happiness and power, lacking horizon and hope. The difficulty of man’s relationship with wealth was at the heart of Pope Francis’ reflection on 25 May, during Monday morning Mass at Santa Marta. The liturgy of the day offered a passage from the Gospel according to Mark (10:17-27) which speaks of the young rich [...]