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Word of God

The light of the Star of Bethlehem continues to shine in our time, wherever the Gospel takes root.

Take the Beam Out First: Why Sight Comes Before Correction

Today's first reading is a national funeral. Samaria falls, and the sacred writer does not blame Assyria's chariots; he blames a people who would not look at themselves. "They did not listen, but stif...

Bible Spirituality

Jun 22, 2026

Do Not Be Afraid: Three Times, Because We Need It Three Times

On this Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary Time we leave the Sermon on the Mount and join the Twelve at the moment Jesus sends them out — and the first thing he must do is deal with their fear. Three times in...

Bible Spirituality

Jun 20, 2026

Seek First: The Freedom of Those Who Carry Nothing

The week's first readings have followed the tragedy of the kings, and today it reaches its lowest point. Joash, the very child once hidden in the temple to save David's line, grows up, and after his p...

Bible Spirituality

Jun 19, 2026

Where Your Treasure Is: The Lamp They Could Not Steal

The first reading reads like a thriller. Queen Athaliah moves to destroy the entire royal line, but one infant, Joash, is hidden by his aunt in the house of the Lord and kept safe for six years while ...

Bible Spirituality

Jun 18, 2026

Teach Us to Say "Father": The Prayer That Needs No Many Words

In the first reading, Ben Sira sings the praises of Elijah, the prophet who "surged up like a fire," who shut the heavens, called down flame, and was carried off in a whirlwind of fire (cf. Sir 48:1-1...

Bible Spirituality

Jun 17, 2026

The Room with the Door Shut: A Father Who Sees in Secret

Today the Lord turns from how we treat our enemies to how we stand before God when no one is watching. The three pillars of Jewish piety — almsgiving, prayer, fasting — pass under his gaze, and to eac...

Bible Spirituality

Jun 16, 2026

Love of Enemies: The Sun That Refuses to Take Sides

The Sermon on the Mount reaches its summit today, and it is a hard one. Yesterday Jesus disarmed our revenge; today he asks for the one thing the human heart resists most of all. And the first reading...

Bible Spirituality

Jun 15, 2026

The Fire That Answers, and the Law Fulfilled

Wednesday of the tenth week of Ordinary Time. The first reading brings us to the great contest on Mount Carmel, where Elijah stands alone against four hundred and fifty prophets and lets God answer by...

Bible Spirituality

Jun 10, 2026

David Calls Him Lord: When the Messiah Outgrows Our Titles

Friday of the ninth week in Ordinary Time, and the Church remembers Saint Boniface, the monk from England who crossed the sea to become apostle to the peoples of the continent and died a martyr among ...

Bible Spirituality

Jun 4, 2026

Bread Given for the Life of the World

The solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ — in the Swiss calendar a feast of precept, kept this Thursday with processions through villages and city squares. After the desert of Lent and ...

Bible Spirituality

Jun 3, 2026

The God of the Living: Young Witnesses and a Fire to Rekindle

Wednesday of the ninth week in Ordinary Time, and the Church honours Saint Charles Lwanga and his companions, the young men of the Ugandan court who went to the fire singing. The Gospel meets a riddle...

Bible Spirituality

Jun 2, 2026

God So Loved the World: The Trinity Names the Sending

The Sunday after Pentecost is the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. The Church spends a whole year unfolding the mystery of Christ, week by week, and at Pentecost she receives the Spirit by whom the...

Bible Spirituality

May 30, 2026

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Each day of the year, this blog offers a short meditation on the Gospel of the day, read in the light of Bethlehem spirituality.

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