PSALM 50 (51) (penitential psalm) For many people, even today, Psalm 51 is minor key music, woven from sad melodies and gloomy echoes.

A full year passed, during which I taught courses on Franciscan spirituality to brothers and sisters, almost without pauses. Given the structure of the Weeks there was no opportunity to [...]

It was getting dark. The abutments of the desert cast their long shadows upon the Jordan Valley. While the crowd dispersed, the Poor One of Nazareth stood immobile for a [...]

“We Celebrating the 800th anniversary of the first Nativity scene that was installed in 1223 in the Italian town of Greccio by San Francisco” God Will Come Tonight

Let's take a look at Mary's behavior before God's silence.Nazareth is about 150 kilometers from Bethlehem on the modern highway. It is possible that, at that time, the distance was [...]

When the encounter with God is profound, it is eminently transformative. God assumes and consumes the egocentric “I” and forces man to enter the wide spaces of love.

The firts guide. I am, I have been the first Guide, veteran of all battles. Before anyone else I have been the first inhabitant of all the auroras. For years, [...]

It was a night of rare beauty and brilliance. The summer air in Alvernia was fresh and warm at the same time. The world slept in eternal peace. Everything was [...]

To enter, in true adoration we need to have previously achieved two conditions: First, isolate myself by silencing the interior and exterior clamors to reach the perception of my own mystery and identity.

With the suppression of the "I" we have achieved the tranquility of the mind. But it's not enough. We need to tap the released energies and crystallize them into love [...]