The Gospel is full of images that hold deep meaning, and in this passage two particularly revealing ones appear: the eye and the tree. In the Hebrew tradition, the word עין (Ê¿ayin) means not only “eye,” but also “source” or...
The image of Pope Francis walking alone in St. Peter’s Square during the extraordinary moment of prayer at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic on March 27, 2020, generated ripples of hope in the midst of our fears and despair. He brought a comforting sense of...
This Sunday’s Gospel presents a series of sentences of Jesus, loosely connected to each other, but individually understandable. The first is understood in a context of harassment and persecution already faced by Jesus. The apostle John comments to Jesus that...
The refrain of this Sunday’s responsorial psalm was a prayer in the form of a question: Who will be pleasing in your sight, O Lord? Who will dwell on your holy mountain? This question expresses a religious concern: How can I be worthy to be close to God? The...
We know that God tells us that with it we could move mountains. The image that best characterizes it is that of a mustard seed, small but destined to grow into a tree where birds can nest in its branches. When it falters, our life crumbles like a house of cards,...
