Contemplating today's Gospel
Today's Gospel + homily (in 300 words)
Previous comments (August of 2016)
- 2016-08-31: Wednesday 22nd in Ordinary Time Lc 4,38-44: «Laying his hands on each one, He healed them. Demons were driven out» Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2016-08-30: Tuesday 22nd in Ordinary Time Lc 4,31-37: «They were astonished at the way He taught them, for his word was spoken with authority» Joan BLADÉ i Piñol (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2016-08-29: August 29th: Beheading of John the Baptist, martyr Mc 6,17-29: «For John had told him, ‘It is not right for you to live with your brother's wife’» Josep Mª MASSANA i Mola OFM (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2016-08-28: Sunday 22nd (C) in Ordinary Time Lc 14,1.7-14: «He had noticed how they tried to take the places of honor» Enric PRAT i Jordana (Sort, Lleida, Spain)
- 2016-08-27: Saturday 21st in Ordinary Time Mt 25,14-30: «Someone, before going abroad, summoned his servants to entrust his property to them» Albert SOLS i Lúcia (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2016-08-26: Friday 21st in Ordinary Time Mt 25,1-13: «Truly, I do not know you» Joan Ant. MATEO i García (Tremp, Lleida, Spain)
- 2016-08-25: Thursday 21st in OrdinaryTime Mt 24,42-51: «So be alert» Albert TAULÉ i Viñas (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2016-08-24: August 24th: Bartholomew, apostle Jn 1,45-51: «Come and see» Christoph BOCKAMP (Bonn, Germany)
- 2016-08-23: Tuesday 21st in Ordinary Time Mt 23,23-26: «Purify the inside first, then the outside too will be purified» Austin NORRIS (Mumbai, India)
- 2016-08-22: Monday 21st in Ordinary Time Mt 23,13-22: «Woe to you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door to the kingdom of heaven in people's faces» Raimondo M. SORGIA Mannai OP (San Domenico di Fiesole, Florencia, Italy)
- 2016-08-21: Sunday 21st (C) in Ordinary Time Lc 13,22-30: «Lord, is it true that few people will be saved?» Pedro IGLESIAS Martínez (Rubí, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2016-08-20: Saturday 20th in Ordinary Time Mt 23,1-12: «Whoever makes himself great shall be humbled, and whoever humbles himself shall be made great» Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2016-08-19: Friday 20th in Ordinary Time Mt 22,34-40: «You shall love the Lord, your God... You shall love your neighbor as yourself» Pere CALMELL i Turet (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2016-08-18: Thursday 20th in Ordinary Time Mt 22,1-14: «I have prepared a banquet, slaughtered my fattened calves and other animals, and now everything is ready; come then, to the wedding feast» David AMADO i Fernández (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2016-08-17: Wednesday 20th in Ordinary Time Mt 20,1-16: «The last will be first, the first will be last» Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2016-08-16: Tuesday 20th in Ordinary Time Mt 19,23-30: «It will be hard for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven... Who, then, can be saved?» Fernando PERALES i Madueño (Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2016-08-15: August 15th: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Lc 1,39-56: «My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit exults in God my savior!» Josep ALEGRE (Tarragona, Spain)
- 2016-08-14: Sunday 20th (C) in Ordinary Time Lc 12,49-53: «Do you think that I have come to bring peace on earth?» Isidre SALUDES i Rebull (Alforja, Tarragona, Spain)
- 2016-08-13: Saturday 19th in Ordinary Time Mt 19,13-15: «Little children were brought to Jesus that He might lay his hands on them with a prayer» Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2016-08-12: Friday 19th in Ordinary Time Mt 19,3-12: «Let no one separate what God has joined» Roger J. LANDRY (Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States)
- 2016-08-11: Thursday 19th in Ordinary Time Mt 18,21—19,1: «Lord, how many times must I forgive the offenses of my brother or sister?» Joan BLADÉ i Piñol (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2016-08-10: August 10th: St. Lawrence, martyr Jn 12,24-26: «Whoever wants to serve me, let him follow me and wherever I am, there shall my servant be also» Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2016-08-09: Tuesday 19th in Ordinary Time Mt 18,1-5.10.12-14: «It is the same with your Father in heaven: there they don't want even one of these little ones to be lost» Valentí ALONSO i Roig (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2016-08-08: Monday 19th in Ordinary Time Mt 17,22-27: «When they were together in Galilee» Joaquim PETIT Llimona, L.C. (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2016-08-07: Sunday 19th (C) in Ordinary Time Lc 12,32-48: «You also must be ready, for the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect» Melcior QUEROL i Solà (Ribes de Freser, Girona, Spain)
- 2016-08-06: August 6th: Transfiguration of Our Lord (C) Lc 9,28-36: «Master, it is good that we are here; let us make three tents (…)» Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2016-08-05: Friday 18th in Ordinary Time Mt 16,24-28: «If you want to follow me, deny yourself, take up your cross and follow me» Pedro IGLESIAS Martínez (Rubí, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2016-08-04: Thursday 18th in Ordinary Time Mt 16,13-23: «You are their king not as God does, but as people do» Joaquim MESEGUER García (Rubí, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2016-08-03: Wednesday 18th in Ordinary Time Mt 15,21-28: «Woman, how great is your faith!» Jordi CASTELLET i Sala (Sant Hipòlit de Voltregà, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2016-08-02: Tuesday 18th in Ordinary Time Mt 14,22-36: «Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you walking on the water» Lluc TORCAL (Santa Maria de Poblet, Tarragona, Spain)
- 2016-08-01: Monday 18th in Ordinary Time Mt 14,13-21: «Raised his eyes to heaven» Xavier ROMERO i Galdeano (Cervera, Lleida, Spain)