Mary, “Mother of the God of Peace”, by Bishop Francesco Follo – ZENIT – English

Mary Mother of the God of Peace by Bishop Francesco

“Today’s solemnity does not celebrate an abstract idea, but a mystery and a historical fact: Jesus Christ, divine person, born of the Virgin Mary who is his true Mother”. In his meditation on the texts of the liturgy for this Sunday, January 1, 2023, solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, Msgr. Francesco … Read more

Une invitation à la joie à partager, par Mgr Francesco Follo – ZENIT – Francais

Une invitation a la joie a partager par Mgr Francesco

De Mère Teresa, « nous apprenons que la joie entre dans le cœur de celui qui se met au service ses petits et des pauvres. Dieu prend sa demeure en Celui qui aime de cette façon et son âme est dans la joie. Si, au contraire, on fait de la joie une idole, on se trompe … Read more

Meditating on the End to Understand the Goal, by Archbishop Francesco Follo – ZENIT – English

Meditating on the End to Understand the Goal by Archbishop

XXXIII Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C – November 13, 2022 Roman Rite M1 3.19-20; Salt 97; 2Ts 3.7-12; Luke 21.5-19 I Advent Sunday (Year A) The coming of the Lord 1) Reflect on the end of the world to know its final end. On this last Sunday of the liturgical year, which gives … Read more

Life After Life, by Bishop Francesco Follo – ZENIT – English

Life After Life by Bishop Francesco Follo ZENIT

XXXII Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C – November 6, 2022 Roman Rite 2Mac 7.1-2.9-14; Ps 16; 2 Ts 2.16-3.5; Luke 20.27-38 Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King of the Universe The God of the living This Sunday’s Gospel passage speaks of life beyond death, telling us a surprising question that the … Read more

Francesco Montorsi, Memory of the Ancients. Literary traces from Antiquity to the 12th and 13th centuries

Francesco Montorsi Memory of the Ancients Literary traces from Antiquity

This essay addresses the question of how a past, that of the 12th and 13th centuries, represented, transmitted, used, lived another past, that of the Greek and Latin worlds. It then aims to identify and interpret the literary traces of the memory of Antiquity in a corpus of vernacular texts (ancient novels, chronicles, translations of … Read more

“The Power of Faith is the Power of Love”, by Msgr. Francesco Follo – ZENIT – English

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Here is the meditation of the readings of the mass of Sunday, October 2, 2022, by Mgr Francesco Follo, permanent observer of the Holy See at Unesco. The power of faith is the power of love XXVIII Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C – October 2, 2022 Hab 1,2-3;2, 2-4; Ps 94; 2Tm 1.6-8.13-14; … Read more

« Le fidèle est intelligent », par Mgr Francesco Follo – ZENIT – Francais

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Voici la méditation hebdomadaire de Mgr Francesco Follo, observateur permanent du Saint-Siège à l’Unesco.   Le fidèle est intelligent XXV Dimanche du Temps ordinaire – Année C – 18 septembre 2022 Am 8,4-7; Ps 112; 1Tm 2,1-8; Lc 16,1-13             1) Eloge de l’intelligence. Les dimanches passés, les morceaux choisis du récit évangélique de saint … Read more