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Cycle of Catechesis – Jubilee 2025. Jesus Christ our Hope. III. The Passover of Jesus. 7. Death. “In the garden was a new tomb, in which no one had yet been buried.”
Dear brothers and sisters,
In our journey of catechesis on Jesus our hope, today we will contemplate the mystery of Holy Saturday. The Son of God lies in the tomb… Read more »
Dear brothers and sisters, today we reflected more deeply on the gift of hope. Like children digging in the earth, we are called to dig beneath the surface of life with curiosity and trust to discover the hidden treasure of God’s Kingdom. Once freed from persecution, the early Christians began to excavate the land in places connected to Jesus’ passion, death, and resurrection. Among them was the mother of Emperor Constantine, Empress Helena, who, motivated by her humble faith, found Jesus’ cross in Jerusalem… Read more »
Cycle of Catechesis – Jubilee 2025. Jesus Christ our Hope. III. The Passover of Jesus. 5. The Crucifiction. «I thirst» (Jn 19:28)
Dear brothers and sisters,
At the heart of the account of the Passion, in the most luminous and at the same time darkest moment of Jesus’ life, the Gospel of John gives us two words that contain an immense mystery: “I thirst” (19:28), and immediately afterwards: “It is finished” (19:30)… Read more »
Cycle of Catechesis – Jubilee 2025. Jesus Christ our Hope. III. The Passover of Jesus. 2. The betrayal. “Surely it is not I?” (Mk 14,19)
Dear brothers and sisters,
Let us continue our journey in the school of the Gospel, following Jesus’ steps in the final days of his life. Today we will pause at an intimate, dramatic, yet also profoundly true scene: the moment at which, during the Passover supper, Jesus reveals that one of the Twelve is about to betray him: “Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me” (Mk 14:18)… Read more »
Homily by Pope Leo XIV
Cycle of Catechesis – Jubilee 2025. Jesus Christ our Hope. III. The Passover of Jesus. 1. The preparation of the supper. “Make the preparations for us there” (Mk 14:15)
Dear brothers and sisters,
Let us continue our Jubilee journey in the discovery of the face of Christ, in whom our hope takes shape and consistency… Read more »
Cycle of Catechesis – Jubilee 2025. Jesus Christ our hope. II. The life of Jesus. 12. The healing of a deaf man with a speech impediment. They were exceedingly astonished and they said, “He has done all things well; he even makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak.” (Mk 7:37)
Dear brothers and sisters,
With this catechesis, we conclude our journey through the public life of Jesus, marked by encounters, parables, and healings… Read more »
Cycle of Catechesis – Jubilee 2025. Jesus Christ our Hope. II. The life of Jesus. The encounters 5. The merciful father. He was lost and has been found (Lk 15:32)
Dear brothers and sisters,
After reflecting on Jesus’ encounters with some figures from the Gospel, I would like to pause, starting with this catechesis, on some parables… Read more »
Dear brothers and sisters,
Today we will look at another of Jesus’ encounters, narrated by the Gospels. This time, however, the person encountered does not have a name. The evangelist Mark presents him simply as “a man” (10:17). He is a man who has observed the commandments ever since his youth but who, despite this, has not yet found the meaning of his life… Read more »
Vatican News
Dear brothers and sisters,
Today we will continue to contemplate Jesus’ encounters with some figures from the Gospel. This time, I would like to focus on Zacchaeus: an episode that is particularly close to my heart, because it has a special place in my spiritual journey.
The Gospel of Luke presents Zacchaeus to us and one who seems irredeemably lost… Read more »
File photo of one of Pope Francis’ General Audience (Vatican Media)
Dear brothers and sisters,
After contemplating the encounter between Jesus and Nicodemus, who went in search of Jesus, today we will reflect on those moments in which it seems that He is in fact waiting right there, at that crossroads in our life. They are encounters that surprise us, and at the beginning we are perhaps even a little diffident; we try to be prudent and to understand what is happening… Read more »
