Seafront of vanished things and those expected, those white houses, now far away. How much time lost in closed nights, elsewhere, in desolate lands like the heart. Instead now, small ripples, the waves are caresses, the clouds dissolved, like a…

L’amore meraviglioso di Gesù, il pastore, quello bello. Gesù è l’unico che nel suo amore meraviglioso e delicato sa come aprire il cuore di ciascuno. Io stesso non posso entrare nel mio cuore se non nel suo amore che mi…

Specchiavano raggi di sole le case per i colli, landa che portavi non so dove e chiedevo perché non vi fosse una luce, un rifugio, per me, perché quel dolore.

Lungomare delle cose svanite e di quelle attese, le bianche case, ormai lontane. Quanto tempo perso nelle notti chiuse, altrove, per lande desolate come il cuore. Ora invece, piccole increspature, le onde sono carezze, le nubi dileguate, come un prodigio…

Un dono fondamentale nella crescita è quello della sincerità del cuore. Senza la grazia non vi è luce per poter vedere dentro sé stessi e questa luce può essere sempre più profonda, giungere in un sempre più chiaro, sereno e…

Jesus taught us that the Spirit will lead us to the whole truth by reminding us of his own earthly life among others, in that story. Grace tends to guide the whole Church, all of humanity, the universe, towards its…

The gaze of Jesus on the people   Sometimes we hear that Europe has de-Christianized or that people have a “do-it-yourself faith”. It is always interesting to go and seek Jesus’ gaze in the Gospels in so many situations. For example, when…

At least in perspective, even in school there are two distinct moments: growth in the light of a freely chosen religious or philosophical identity; exchange with those who choose other identities. On the other hand, when they oppose each other…

The relationship between the search for truth and human interest and power touches upon a decisive question. Often it is power that facilitates, hinders, forbids the circulation of sharing. There may be great saints and prophets, and I know some…

About thirty years of hidden life but after the great grace of baptism it is still not the time to evangelize. Jesus needs to let the gift received enter the flesh. It helps a lot to see how in the…

The spiritual dynamics, decisive and little considered Little attention is sometimes paid to the dynamics of choices. A choice of closure, of withdrawal, all the more, in certain cases, if in a group, can lead, for example, to shutdowns that…

Si pone poco attenzione, talora, alle dinamiche delle scelte. Una scelta di chiusura, di ripiegamento, tanto più, in certi casi, se di gruppo, può portare per esempio a spegnimenti che mai si sarebbero immaginati all’inizio del percorso.

Come si concilia la pienezza virtuale della rivelazione con il crescere di Gesù in sapienza, età e grazia? La risposta forse risiede nell’essere Gesù sulla via delle adeguate impostazioni spirituali e umane di fondo. Per cui la strada che lui…

It is truly significant to observe that theology or philosophy of Jesus’ humanity have often considered in a very theoretical way at most the conscience. Philosophy, logic, psychology, concrete discernments, on the other hand, are often elaborated by the guides…

The dramatic point is that the technicality, the functioning and so on are solutions often proposed even by those who sincerely would like to innovate. But in this way man becomes more and more a puppet manipulated by the powerful,…

When the pivot of culture is an abstract reason, the soul and the emotional-corporal rest of man are placed in the background. This vivisection often leads to schematic discernments: intellectualistic or spiritualistic or enthusiastic or pragmatic… I know very good…

In https://gpcentofanti.altervista.org/maria-e-il-dono-delle-polarita-nello-spirito/ I observe that spiritual tendencies but also cultural philosophical ones, even non-believers, arise from our nature as children of a Triune God. A nature, however, partially understood certainly before but often in many respects even after the revelation…

Here are some points of reference for a renewal of personal, ecclesial, but hence also social and civil life. It’s not about doing everything right away, but it can be about gifts, seeds, great help. 1) Jesus lived 2000 years…

Is life a song, one day lost amid winter mists of tumultuous streets, and rediscovered a day in a cornfield in the May sun. Always hopes that Song and sings words never spoken for you only. From: The surprising song…

Among the guides there may be spiritualities that struggle to understand people, the authentic, tailor-made ways of their growth, even with their needs. It is not a question of theories, when one who understands people is left to work, if God…

The distant sirens call to work/but the work is not there,/are only memories that exhale/from asbestos clouds/of this red yet gray dawn/that remains inside like a wound./But i who see everything stranged/now by a sick thought,/i also hear an invincible…

The work of the Father As I have already observed in other interventions, the Gospel of John appears as the result of the author’s great desire for sincerity in reporting not what he himself, that the community, wanted to understand…

The marginality of the seeker of truth A sincere, lived-in search for the truth directs towards dialogue, sharing, with each person. Also towards a willingness to build together, in peace. At the same time it entails going as far as…

How much indeed moon came so sweet, that light celestine in a dream tonight. What was, who was? At dawn i see a new world indeed. From: The surprising song https://gpcentofanti.altervista.org/il-canto-che-sorprende-raccolta/

As I have shown in more detail elsewhere, the prevailing rationalism nourishes three main orientations among Christians: abstract, moralistic doctrinairism; disembodied spiritualism; the pragmatism. The first two orientations are not a little lacking in the approach to concrete life. The third throws himself into…

The distant sirens call to work/but the work is not there,/are only memories that exhale/from asbestos clouds/of this red yet gray dawn/that remains inside like a wound./But i who see everything stranged/now by a sick thought,/i also hear an invincible…

(A simple act of love arrives everywhere carried by the Spirit. Evil closes the person to this circularity). The nature of the wind At night in the silence the songs flew from hearts to the houses passing perhaps from cubbyholes…

John the Baptist announced the imminent coming of the Messiah who would put everyone in line. But when he recognizes Christ, his open heart lets itself be taken aback: it is in the delicacy of a dove that the true…

In the Gospels we see that even Jesus’ disciples tend to relate to him on the level of dignity. Get away from me that I am a sinner says Peter to Christ after the miraculous catch. And again Peter says…

Nei vangeli vediamo che anche i discepoli di Gesù tendono a rapportarsi con lui sul piano della dignità. Allontanati da me che sono un peccatore dice Pietro a Cristo dopo la pesca miracolosa. E ancora Pietro dice a Gesù: tu…

The most frequent definition of Jesus about himself is that of Son. Son of God and Son of man. And although all of his life is in the Father, in the Spirit, the title most used by him is that…

La definizione più frequente di Gesù circa se stesso è quella di Figlio. Figlio di Dio e Figlio dell’uomo. E benché tutta la sua vita sia nel Padre, nello Spirito, il titolo da lui più usato è quello di Figlio…

Another reading of The Rich Young Man Jesus looks far in the words of that young man who desires, as he can guess, the fullness of life. That young man, in his own way, intuits something even in the good…

Gesù guarda lontano nelle parole di quel giovane che desidera, per come può intuire, la pienezza di vita. Quel giovane a modo suo intuisce qualcosa anche nel maestro buono, qualcosa di più grande del solo umano. Infatti solo Dio è…

Seeds of Mary for these centuries Our Lady at Fatima affirmed that in the end her immaculate heart will triumph, Father Kolbe prophesied an era of the Immaculate Conception. He strikes that the last two councils were preceded by the…

Society: a leap in quality as necessary as bread Perhaps with regard to the leap in quality there will be those who think of the usual chatter but more and more people in politics will understand the difference between proposals,…

The path of real absorption of Vatican II Sometimes there is talk of resistance to the reception of the Second Vatican Council and certainly every valid renewal can lead to this type of problem. But as Jesus says that the…

A key point: the papacy In the Church there is talk of solidarity, ecumenism, brotherhood, synodality, but there is a big problem that does not facilitate these paths. It is the question of the papacy. How to stimulate a free…

Not introducing us into the trial, with the meaning also of temptation, seems to me the most faithful translation. In the Our Father Jesus teaches us to ask for every spiritual, human and material gift and he too tells us…

Ratzinger’s recent letter Our Lady at Fatima affirmed that in the end her immaculate heart will triumph, Father Kolbe prophesied an era of the Immaculate Conception. He strikes that the last two councils were preceded by the gift of two…

Isn’t there still a prophet of the Lord here to consult? The pope expresses words out of the box on the war in Europe and unmasks the prevailing single thought, without nuances. But in a society of all-out technicalism, the…

Solidarity spreads and develops much less than it could because it is homogenized, technicized, a mere doing. It could become an aspect more freely matured in the life of many if formation in freely chosen identities and in exchange with…

The power of finance and big tech is really great, to the point that, as I had long predicted, many purely ideological, intellectualist oppositions have been engulfed by it, as shown in Italy by the standardized parliament, where by now…

Le nubi stasera come stimmate del cielo cantano un amore vero che dà pace. E ti senti leggero, libero da fantasmi che ieri ti facevano prigioniero, da false croci frutto di un vecchio pensiero. Ora tutto è sereno e il…

In history we can observe an aspect that heralds a change: the progressive loss of prestige of the ruling class. The mentality that previously imposed in various ways, even with its system of political correctness, labeling, mockery, debasement and even…

The awareness of the new fourth estate In the speech https://gpcentofanti.altervista.org/le-due-nuove-classi-sociali/ I note the possible formation of a small caste of new clerics, intellectuals, senior officials, in fact at the service of single individualist-consumerist thinking of finance, of a few…

Le due nuove classi sociali

Metanoeite: Greek meaning of “repent” After John was arrested, Jesus went to Galilee preaching the gospel of God and said: “The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel” (Mk 1:14-15).…

Metanoeite: Greek meaning of “repent” After John was arrested, Jesus went to Galilee preaching the gospel of God and said: “The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel” (Mk 1:14-15).…

To the sources of communication At that time, [Jesus, Peter, James and John came down from the mountain] and arriving at the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and some scribes discussing with them. And immediately all the…

A specter prowls the world: free participation Perhaps the path of the future is that of free participation which presses and will be less and less hampered by power because otherwise others would have room for it. See for example:…

Uno spettro si aggira per il mondo: la libera partecipazione Forse la via del futuro è quella della libera partecipazione che preme e sarà sempre meno frenabile dal potere perché altrimenti altri le sarebbero spazio. Si veda per esempio: https://gpcentofanti.altervista.org/ecco-un-social-rivoluzionario-non-ancora-creato/…

46. Secondo le nostre esperienze, tuttavia, né l’uno né l’altro è il caso normale dell’esistenza umana. Nella gran parte degli uomini – così possiamo supporre – rimane presente nel più profondo della loro essenza un’ultima apertura interiore per la verità,…

46. Yet we know from experience that neither case is normal in human life. For the great majority of people—we may suppose—there remains in the depths of their being an ultimate interior openness to truth, to love, to God. In…

The authentic love of God frees, does not cage Only the light of serene love, to measure, heals, gives life. Five loaves and two fish. Not doing who knows what but trying to live what grace matures, in a path…

At the sources of logic and the existence of God In the Trinity there is the origin from the Father but he himself cannot exist without the love of the Son in the Spirit which allows them to be totally…

I have discovered in the field that when husband and wife, beyond normal nervousness and contrasts, in the end try to accept each other by going beyond their differences, the children can tend to grasp the good of both. If…