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Understanding the Gospel Through the Arts
Sr. Stefania Arosio was born in Milan and lives in Monza. She is a graduated of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Art Criticism and she teaches History of Art since 1986. Her interest in the iconological research of works of art led her for many years to take care of catechesis through sacred art in parishes and for groups of young people and adults. She proposes meditations on sacred themes referring to the ancient and contemporary artistic heritage. Her insights are punctual, profound and accurate. We point out the comments to the Sunday liturgy of the Easter…
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Mary’s Magnificat: Meditations on the Blessed Mother’s Fiat
On the occasion of the coming month of May, let us once again revisit the Magnificat. The said Marian course (given in four parts), recorded lived at the sanctuary of Loreto in 2020, is under the wise guidance of Don Gian Battista Rizzi. Four meditations and four particularly intense insights that help to rediscover the beauty of the Christian vocation will also help us in making us repeat our YES to the Paschal Mystery with the humble welcome of Mary. Don Gian Battista Rizzi is a priest of the diocese of Milan. He is currently in charge of the Centro Christus Vivit…
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Alive! Whos is There? This is life!
What would happen if you met someone who has the power to change your entire life and destiny? ALIVE! tells the story of five people who came face to face with someone that many cannot see… Jaime, Carlos, Andrea, Antonio and Sonsoles assure audiences that He is ALIVE and has brought them back to life. If you listen you can hear Him and, if you look, you can see Him, because, although it is hard to believe: There is life. See the movie ALIVE! this Monday, April 25th, in theaters. It is a Spanish documentary about the power of the…
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New Testament Podcast by Tom Wright
Is it fair that Judas was predestined to betray Christ? Did the resurrection need to be physical? Could the disciples have hallucinated the risen Jesus? Is it significant that Jesus’ mortal body was continuous with his resurrection body… but ours won’t be? All this and much more in the fortnightly podcast that connects you to NT (Tom) Wright’s thought and theology by allowing you to ask the questions. Presented by Premier in partnership with SPCK and NTWrightOnline. Hosted by Justin Brierley. See here.
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Rediscovering the Themes and Symbols of the Easter Season
Pope Francis in his Easter Vigil homily of March 2016 reminds us that “the Lord is alive and wants to be sought among the living. After having found him, each person is sent by Him to announce the Easter message, to awaken and resurrect hope in hearts burdened by sadness (…) As joyful servants of hope, we must announce the Risen One by our lives and by our love.” But, what is Easter? In his article in the Catholic Spirit, Father Michael Van Sloun explains in comprehensible terms some of the themes that we find present during the Easter season. Catholicspirit.com is…
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Why Does the Date for Easter Change Each Year?
Easter is the most important feast for Christians. and etymologically means “step” or “passage”. What is behind this term? Why do we eat lamb at Holy Week? Why is this solemnity associated with eggs? And why is the date of Easter not fixed like Christmas, but changed from year to year? What are the reference texts that allow us to understand what happened on this day? And again: why does the Pope give the blessing “Urbi et orbi” on Easter day? These and other questions are answered by a beautiful article in the weekly Famiglia Christiana. Read it here..
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The Bible and the “New” Babel in the Song of Anastasio
Adam and Eve, the Tower of Babel, the Big Bang, the Passion of Christ, and many others: not everyone can put in song concepts and references so high with knowledge of the cause to question our destiny, especially if you have 24 years as Anastasio. The rapper and winner of X Factor 2018, aka Marco Anastasio from Meta, has grown during these two years of the pandemic. At the heart of his song, Babele, is the biblical pages where we find the language, the “logos”. Babel collapsed because everyone spoke different languages, and language had become alienated from itself and…
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The Oldest Text of the New Testament: 1 Thessalonians
Read and meditate on the oldest text of the New Testament: the First Letter of the Apostle Paul to the Thessalonians. Below you can listen to the five episodes of the Series Your Word Makes Me Alive with Fr. Giacomo Perego, a Pauline bible scholar whose expertise is St. Paul, who has read and commented on the entire text. The initiative is part of a larger project, now underway for almost fifteen years, which aims to read and comment on the whole New Testament. On the website of Radio Maria, the episodes dedicated to the Gospel according to Mark, the Acts of the Apostles, and…
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Lectio Divina and the Teachings of Bruno Secondin
Lectio divina has its roots in the Scriptures. It was also long practiced in monasteries. Today it is also known as “reading by faith” where one makes a reflective pause and prayerful listening of a passage from the Bible, done either alone or in a group. With the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the experience of meditation and silence, contemplation and sharing, allow the Word to become a source of grace. Not only that, it becomes a prayerful dialogue, an appeal to conversion, a prophetic proposal, and a horizon of hope. It is not pure technical study, exegesis research, or biblical…
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Vatican Radio: F. Rosini and the journey through Lent
A path between the Bible and the liturgy. The podcast of Fabio Rosini is dedicated to the catechumen’s itinerary that will accompany us throughout the Lenten season. The podcast focuses on the great texts and the signs that mark the path in preparation for baptism: the election, the gift of the Creed, the rite of Effatha, the anointing with oil of the catechumens, the delivery of the Our Father, the redditio, etc. All these gestures and texts take us back to the roots of our Christian identity and the rediscovery of our baptism. At the same time, it also has…
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Hoja virtual el Domingo en Familia (en translation)
Los paulinos del cono sur, desde hace algunos meses, han comenzado a realizar una iniciativa en estos tiempos de pandemia, se trata de la hoja virtual Domingo en Familia, un semanario que es un aporte a la reflexión familiar ante la dificultad de participar sacramentalmente en la vida de la Iglesia. La animación, centrada en la Palabra de Dios, la realizan los miembros de la familia, participando de la meditación, oraciones y plegarias, y compartiendo un signo propio de esta Iglesia doméstica que hoy florece en todo el mundo. No es para seguir la misa, sino para orar como familia en torno a…
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Las Hijas de San Pablo proponen la lectura continua de la Biblia. Evangelio según Lucas (en translation)
Una de las iniciativas destacadas del Año Bíblico de la Familia Paulina es la propuesta de lectura continua de la Biblia en francés. Coordinada por las Hijas de San Pablo de la República Democrática del Congo y llevada a cabo en colaboración con la Sociedad de San Pablo de Kinshasa, esta iniciativa tiene como objetivo abarcar toda la Escritura, comenzando por el Nuevo Testamento. Más utilizable gracias al realce de la música y los breves comentarios, la iniciativa abre el texto sagrado a todos, favoreciendo a los que viajan, a los que tienen dificultades para leer, a los que están…
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Las Hijas de San Pablo proponen la lectura continua de la Biblia. Evangelio según Marcos
Una de las iniciativas destacadas del Año Bíblico de la Familia Paulina es la propuesta de lectura continua de la Biblia en francés. Coordinada por las Hijas de San Pablo de la República Democrática del Congo y llevada a cabo en colaboración con la Sociedad de San Pablo de Kinshasa, esta iniciativa tiene como objetivo abarcar toda la Escritura, comenzando por el Nuevo Testamento. Más utilizable gracias al realce de la música y los breves comentarios, la iniciativa abre el texto sagrado a todos, favoreciendo a los que viajan, a los que tienen dificultades para leer, a los que están…
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Lectura orante de la Palabra: Tres hermosas iniciativas de las Pías Discípulas
Las Pías Discípulas de las Filipinas y de Hong Kong están promoviendo en estos meses la lectura orante de la Palabra de Dios por medio de tres diversas iniciativas: la primera es Un minuto con el Maestro que ofrece un breve comentario al Evangelio del día (ver aquí), la segunda es Fragmentos de la Palabra que se detiene sobre la liturgia dominical, ofreciendo una profundización bíblico litúrgico de los textos (ver aquí), la tercera es El Domingo más hermoso, una lectio divina sobre la liturgia dominical dedicada a los ministros de la Palabra, a los lectores y a los catequistas…
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Las Hijas de San Pablo proponen la lectura continua de la Biblia. Evangelio según Mateo
Una de las iniciativas destacadas del Año Bíblico de la Familia Paulina es la propuesta de lectura continua de la Biblia en francés. Coordinada por las Hijas de San Pablo de la República Democrática del Congo y llevada a cabo en colaboración con la Sociedad de San Pablo de Kinshasa, esta iniciativa tiene como objetivo abarcar toda la Escritura, comenzando por el Nuevo Testamento. Más utilizable gracias al realce de la música y los breves comentarios, la iniciativa abre el texto sagrado a todos, favoreciendo a los que viajan, a los que tienen dificultades para leer, a los que están…
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Geremia: Non so parlare perché sono giovane
Sulla figura del profeta Geremia si è incentrata la sesta lettura orante mensile dell’Incontro biblicoorganizzato dall’Equipe Vocazionale della Famiglia Paolina del Brasile. I giovani sono stati invitati a riflettere sull’umiltà, a partire dal testo della vocazione di Geremia (Ger 1,4-12). La meditazione biblica ha condotto i partecipanti a riflettere sulle resistenze personali davanti alla chiamata del Signore, per sentir risuonare la parola forte di Dio: “Io sono con te per proteggerti” (Ger 1,8). L’incontro è stato condotto da Renata, consacrata secolare appartenente all’Istituto Maria Santissima Annunziata. La riflessione è disponibile in formato PDF in portoghese cliccando qui. Si può anche vedere il video dell’incontro.
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Moisés y Dios que siempre ve, llama e invita
El quinto encuentro mensual de Lectura orante de la Biblia, organizado por el Equipo vocacional de la Familia Paulina de Brasil, se ha desarrollado en compañía de Moisés. Los jóvenes fueron invitados a reflexionar sobre la CONFIANZA, profundizando y orando el texto de la vocación de Moisés (Ex 3,1-12). La meditación sobre el texto bíblico ha evidenciado cómo el Señor haya confirmado a Moisés con su Palabra y Presencia. El encuentro ha sido conducido por la Hna. Aneti y la Hna. Gleiciane, Hermanas Pastorcitas. La reflexión completa se encuentra en este link. Se encuentra disponible también en formato PDF en portugués con…
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María: Cuando la Palabra encuentra un corazón dócil… (en translation)
En el tercer encuentro de “Lectura orante de la Biblia” promovido por el equipo vocacional de la Familia Paulina de Brasil, se ha orado y reflexionado sobre la vocación de María con la ayuda de Nathanael y Vicente, miembros del Instituto San Gabriel Arcángel. En el centro del encuentro se encuentra el episodio bíblico de la Anunciación y la virtud de la docilidad, releída a la luz del “Aquí estoy” de María. Como siempre, el equipo nos ofrece el texto en portugués, que se puede descarga desde este link. La Palabra corre y llama…siempre.
