Focolare Word of Life

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Looking for a way to live the Gospel in today's hectic world? Now available in podcast, here is the Focolare's Word of Life: one phrase of Scripture a month to guide and inspire our daily living. This commentary, translated into 96 different languages and reaching several millions worldwide, is also available online (livingcitymagazine.com) and in leaflet form.

Episode Date
DECEMBER 2025 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Dec 02, 2025
DECEMBER 2025 | “All the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God” (Is 52:10).
Nov 27, 2025
NOVEMBER 2025 | EXPERIENCES | "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God" (Mt 5:9).
Nov 19, 2025
NOVEMBER 2025 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Nov 04, 2025
NOVEMBER 2025 | "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God" (Mt 5:9).
Oct 29, 2025
OCTOBER 2025 | EXPERIENCES | “My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth” (Ps 121:2)
Oct 14, 2025
OCTOBER 2025 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Oct 06, 2025
OCTOBER 2025 | “My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth” (Ps 121:2).
Sep 28, 2025
SEPTEMBER 2025 | EXPERIENCES | “Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost” (Luke 15:6).
Sep 15, 2025
SEPTEMBER 2025 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Sep 03, 2025
SEPTEMBER 2025 | "Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost" (Lk 15:6)
Aug 27, 2025
AUGUST 2025 | EXPERIENCES | “For where your treasure is, there your heart will also be.” (Lk 12:34)
Aug 20, 2025
AUGUST 2025 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Aug 05, 2025
AUGUST 2025 | "For where your treasure is, there your heart will also be." (Lk 12:34)
Jul 29, 2025
JULY 2025 | EXPERIENCES | “But a Samaritan while traveling came near him; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity.” (Lk 10:33)
Jul 15, 2025
JULY 2025 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Jul 03, 2025
JULY 2025 | "But a Samaritan while traveling came near him; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity.” (Lk 10:33)
Jun 26, 2025
JUNE 2025 | EXPERIENCES | “You give them something to eat.” (Lk 9:13)
Jun 14, 2025
JUNE 2025 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Jun 03, 2025
JUNE 2025 | "You give them something to eat." (Lk 9:13)
May 29, 2025
MAY 2025 | EXPERIENCES | "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you." (Jn 21:17)
May 20, 2025
MAY 2025 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
May 03, 2025
MAY 2025 | “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” (Jn 21:17)
Apr 28, 2025
APRIL 2025 | EXPERIENCES | “I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?” (Is 43:19)
Apr 16, 2025
APRIL 2025 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Apr 06, 2025
APRIL 2025 | "I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?" (Is 43:19)
Mar 28, 2025
MARCH 2025 | EXPERIENCES | ‘Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye, But do not notice the log in your Own eye?’ Luke 6:41
Mar 15, 2025
MARCH 2025 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Mar 07, 2025
MARCH 2025 | "Why do you see the speck in your neighbor's eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye?" (Luke 6:41)
Feb 25, 2025
FEBRUARY 2025 | EXPERIENCES | "Test everything; hold fast to what is good." (1 Thes 5:21)
Feb 15, 2025
FEBRUARY 2025 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Feb 07, 2025
FEBRUARY 2025 | “Test everything; hold fast to what is good.” (1 Thes 5:21)
Jan 29, 2025
JANUARY 2025 | EXPERIENCES | "Do you believe this?" (Jn 11:26)
Jan 14, 2025
JANUARY 2025 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Jan 04, 2025
JANUARY 2025 | “Do you believe this?” (Jn 11:26)
Dec 27, 2024
DECEMBER 2024 | EXPERIENCES | "For nothing will be impossible with God" (Lk 1:37)
Dec 11, 2024
DECEMBER 2024 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Dec 03, 2024
DECEMBER 2024 | "For nothing will be impossible with God" (Lk 1:37)
Nov 27, 2024
NOVEMBER 2024 | EXPERIENCES | «But she [this widow] out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on» (Mk 12:44)
Nov 14, 2024
NOVEMBER 2024 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Nov 04, 2024
NOVEMBER 2024 | "But she [this widow] out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on" (Mk 12:44)
Oct 29, 2024
OCTOBER 2024 | EXPERIENCES | “Whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant..." (Mark 10:43-44).
Oct 16, 2024
OCTOBER 2024 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Oct 07, 2024
OCTOBER 2024 | “Whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all
Sep 28, 2024
SEPTEMBER 2024 | EXPERIENCES | “Be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.” (Jas 1:22)
Sep 15, 2024
SEPTEMBER 2024 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Sep 08, 2024
SEPTEMBER 2024 | “Be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.” (Jas 1:22)
Aug 29, 2024
AUGUST 2024 | EXPERIENCES | “Lord, it is good for us to be here” (Mt 17:4).
Aug 11, 2024
AUGUST 2024 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Aug 05, 2024
AUGUST 2024 | “Lord, it is good for us to be here” (Mt 17:4).
Jul 31, 2024
JULY 2024| EXPERIENCES | “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.” (Ps 23:1)
Jul 13, 2024
JULY 2024 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Jul 05, 2024
JULY 2024 | “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” (Ps 23:1)
Jun 29, 2024
JUNE 2024 | EXPERIENCES | “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground... (Mk 4:26-27)
Jun 18, 2024
JUNE 2024 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Jun 11, 2024
JUNE 2024 | “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day... (Mk 4:26-27)
May 31, 2024
MAY 2024 | EXPERIENCES | “Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” (1 John 4:8)
May 11, 2024
MAY 2024 | REFLECTION BY FR TYLER MATTSON
May 06, 2024
MAY 2024 | Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love (1 John 4:8).
Apr 30, 2024
APRIL 2024 | EXPERIENCES | “With great power the apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus... (Acts 4:33)
Apr 16, 2024
APRIL 2024 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Apr 04, 2024
APRIL 2024 | “With great power the apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.”
Apr 01, 2024
MARCH 2024 | EXPERIENCES | “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and a steadfast spirit renew within me.” (Ps 51:10)
Mar 14, 2024
MARCH 2024 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Mar 11, 2024
MARCH 2024 | “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and a steadfast spirit renew within me.” (Ps 51:10)
Feb 29, 2024
FEBRUARY 2024 | EXPERIENCES | “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and a steadfast spirit renew within me.” (Ps 51:10)
Feb 27, 2024
FEBRUARY 2024 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Feb 07, 2024
FEBRUARY 2024 | “Let all that you do be done in love” (1 Cor. 16:14).
Jan 30, 2024
JANUARY 2024 | EXPERIENCES | “Love the Lord your God ... and your neighbor as yourself” (Luke 10:27).
Jan 15, 2024
JANUARY 2024 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Jan 05, 2024
JANUARY 2024 | “Love the Lord your God... and your neighbor as yourself” (Luke 10:27).
Dec 30, 2023
DECEMBER 2023 | EXPERIENCES | Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; (1 Thes 5:16-18)
Dec 14, 2023
DECEMBER 2023 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Dec 07, 2023
DECEMBER 2023 | Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Nov 29, 2023
NOVEMBER 2023 | EXPERIENCES | You are all children of light and children of the day; we do not belong to the night, nor to darkness (1 Thess
Nov 15, 2023
NOVEMBER 2023 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Nov 07, 2023
NOVEMBER 2023 | "You are all children of light and children of the day; we do not belong to the night, nor to darkness." (1 Thess 5:5)
Oct 29, 2023
OCTOBER 2023 | EXPERIENCES | Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. (Mt. 22:21)
Oct 13, 2023
OCTOBER 2023 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Oct 03, 2023
OCTOBER 2023 | "Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." (Mt. 22:21)
Sep 26, 2023
SEPTEMBER 2023 | EXPERIENCES | Every day I will bless you, and praise your name forever and ever. (Ps 145 [144]:2)
Sep 17, 2023
SEPTEMBER 2023 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Sep 11, 2023
SEPTEMBER 2023 | Every day I will bless you, and praise your name forever and ever. (Ps 145 [144]:2).
Aug 29, 2023
AUGUST 2023 | EXPERIENCES | “Woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish.” (Mt 15:28)
Aug 14, 2023
AUGUST 2023 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Aug 07, 2023
AUGUST 2023 | “Woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish.” (Mt 15:28)
Jul 31, 2023
JULY 2023 | EXPERIENCES | “I promise you that whoever gives a cup of cold water to one of these lowly ones..." (Mt 10:42))
Jul 14, 2023
JULY 2023 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Jul 07, 2023
JULY 2023 | “I promise you that whoever gives a cup of cold water to one of these lowly ones..." (Mt 10:42)
Jun 30, 2023
JUNE 2023 | EXPERIENCES | “Finally, brothers and sisters, farewell. Put things in order, listen to my appeal..." (2 Cor 13:11)
Jun 26, 2023
JUNE 2023 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Jun 07, 2023
JUNE 2023 | “Finally, brothers and sisters, farewell. Put things in order, listen to my appeal, agree with one another..."(2 Cor 13:11)
Jun 01, 2023
MAY 2023 | EXPERIENCES | "Love one another with mutual affection: outdo one another in showing honor." (Rom 12:10)
May 18, 2023
MAY 2023 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
May 05, 2023
MAY 2023 | "Love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor." (Rom 12:10)
May 01, 2023
APRIL 2023 | EXPERIENCES | "Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth." (Col 3:2)
Apr 15, 2023
APRIL 2023 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Apr 05, 2023
APRIL 2023 | "Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth." (Col 3:2)
Apr 01, 2023
MARCH 2023 | EXPERIENCES | "Live as children of light: for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true."
Mar 15, 2023
MARCH 2023 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Mar 08, 2023
MARCH 2023 | "Live as children of light: for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good, and right and true." (Eph. 5:8-9)
Mar 01, 2023
FEBRUARY 2023 | EXPERIENCES | "You are the God who sees me." (Gen 16:13)
Feb 15, 2023
FEBRUARY 2023 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Feb 09, 2023
FEBRUARY 2023 | "You are the God who sees me." (Gen 16:13)
Feb 01, 2023
JANUARY 2023 | EXPERIENCES | "Learn to do good; seek justice." (Is 1:17)
Jan 19, 2023
JANUARY 2023 | REFLECTION BY FR. TYLER MATTSON
Jan 19, 2023
JANUARY 2023 |"Learn to do good; seek justice." (Is 1:17)
Jan 01, 2023
DECEMBER 2022 | EXPERIENCES | "Trust in the Lord forever, for in the Lord God you have an everlasting rock." (Is 26:4)
Dec 15, 2022
DECEMBER 2022 | "Trust in the Lord forever, for in the Lord God you have an everlasting rock." (Is 26:4)
Dec 01, 2022
NOVEMBER 2022 | EXPERIENCES | "Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy." (Mt 5:7)
Nov 14, 2022
NOVEMBER 2022 | "Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy." (Mt 5:7)
Nov 01, 2022
OCTOBER 2022 | EXPERIENCES | “For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline
Oct 14, 2022
OCTOBER 2022| "For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline." (2 Tim 1:7)
Oct 01, 2022
SEPTEMBER 2022 | EXPERIENCES | "...I made myself a slave to all, so that I might win more of them." (1 Cor 9:19)
Sep 15, 2022
SEPTEMBER 2022 | "For though I am free with respect to all, I made myself a slave to all, so that I might win more of them." (1 Cor 9:19)
Sep 01, 2022
AUGUST 2022 | EXPERIENCES| "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?" (Mt 18:21)
Aug 09, 2022
AUGUST 2022 | "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?" (Mt 18:21)
Aug 01, 2022
JULY 2022 | EXPERIENCES| "There is need of only one thing." (Lk 10:42)
Jul 14, 2022
JULY 2022 | "There is need of only one thing." (Lk 10:42)
Jul 01, 2022
JUNE 2022 | EXPERIENCES| "You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you." (Ps 16[15]:2
Jun 15, 2022
JUNE 2022 | "You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you." (Ps 16[15]:2
Jun 01, 2022
MAY 2022 | "I give you a new commandment, that you love one another." (Jn 13:34)
Apr 29, 2022
APRIL 2022 | "Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation." (Mk. 16:15)
Mar 31, 2022
MARCH 2022 | "Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors." (Mt 6:12)
Feb 28, 2022
FEBRUARY 2022 | "Anyone who comes to me I will never drive away." (Jn 6:37)
Jan 31, 2022
JANUARY 2022 | "We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him." (Mt 2:1-2)
Jan 01, 2022
DECEMBER 2021 | “And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord.” (Lk 1:45)
Dec 02, 2021
NOVEMBER 2021 | “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” (Mt 5:9)
Nov 01, 2021
OCTOBER 2021 | “We know that all things work together for good for those who love God.” (Rom 8:28)
Oct 01, 2021
September 2021 | “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.” (Mk 9:35)
Sep 01, 2021
August 2021 | “Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” (Mt 18:4)
Aug 01, 2021
July 2021 | “Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well.” (Mt 9:22)
Jul 01, 2021
June 2021 | “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord’, will enter the kingdom of heaven..." (Mt 7:21)
Jun 01, 2021
May 2021 | “God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.” (1 Jn 4:15)
May 01, 2021
April 2021 - "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” (Jn 10:11)
Mar 31, 2021
March 2021 - Make me know your ways, O Lord: teach me your paths. (Ps 25 [24]:4)
Mar 01, 2021
February 2021 - Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful (Lk 6:36)
Feb 01, 2021
January 2021 - Remain in my love: you will bear much fruit. (Jn 15:5–9)
Jan 01, 2021
December 2020 - The Lord is my light and my salvation: whom shall I fear? (Ps. 27 [26]:1)
Dec 01, 2020
November 2020 - "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted" (Mt. 5:4)
Nov 01, 2020
October 2020 - "For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted."( Lk 14:11)
Oct 01, 2020
September 2020 - “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over will be put into your lap.”
Sep 04, 2020
August 2020 - “Who will separate us from the love of Christ?” (Rm 8:35)
Jul 31, 2020
July 2020 - “For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.” (Mt 12:50)
Jun 30, 2020
June 2020 - “Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.” (Mt. 10:40)
May 22, 2020
May 2020 - “You have already been cleansed by the word I have spoken to you.” (Jn 15:3)
May 15, 2020