“Coraggio” ~ "Courage" ~ Msgr. Daniel Hoye

Readings for Today's Homily

“Coraggio” is an Italian word that we translate as “courage,” but it seems to mean more to the Italians – at least in Church circles.  When you’re describing something that’s very difficult and you don’t know where the solution is, an Italian would say “coraggio” but it doesn’t help; it just basically says let’s go on – we may not know the answer, but we’ll get through it.

Maybe that’s what Jesus is saying to the disciples in the Gospel today.  In the world we’ll have trouble but it takes courage.  Just look at your own life – or the life of a friend of yours, or a loved one – it seems so difficult.  Perhaps we could hear Jesus whispering to us, “coraggio.”