Contemplating today's Gospel
Today's Gospel + homily (in 300 words)
Previous comments (February of 2008)
- 2008-02-29: Friday of the Third Week of Lent Mc 12:28-34: “There is no other commandment greater than these.” Pere MONTAGUT i Piquet (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-02-28: Thursday of the Third Week of Lent Lc 11:14-23: “If it is by the finger of God that I drive out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come upon you” Josep GASSÓ i Lécera (Ripollet, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-02-27: Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent Mt 5:17-19: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.” Vicenç GUINOT i Gómez (Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain)
- 2008-02-26: Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent Mt 18:21-35: “Moved with compassion the master of that servant let him go and forgave him the loan.” Enric PRAT i Jordana (Sort, Lleida, Spain)
- 2008-02-25: Monday of the Third Week of Lent Lc 4:24-30: ”No prophet is accepted in his own native place” Higinio Rafael ROSOLEN (Cobourg, Ontario, Canada)
- 2008-02-24: Third Sunday of Lent (A) Jn 4:5-42: “Give me a drink” Julio César RAMOS González SDB (Mendoza, Argentina)
- 2008-02-23: Saturday of the Second Week of Lent Lc 15:1-3.11-32: “I shall get up and go to my father and I shall say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you’” Jordi POU i Sabater (Sant Jordi Desvalls, Girona, Spain)
- 2008-02-22: February 22nd: Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, Apostle Mt 16:13-19: “And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church” Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-02-21: Thursday of the Second Week of Lent Lc 16:19-31: “If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.” Xavier SOBREVÍA i Vidal (Sant Just Desvern, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-02-20: Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent Mt 20:17-28: “Whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant” Francesc JORDANA i Soler (Mirasol, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-02-19: Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent Mt 23:1-12: “You have but one teacher, you have but one Father, you have but one master, the Messiah” Gerardo GÓMEZ (Merlo, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- 2008-02-18: Monday of the Second Week of Lent Lc 6:36-38: “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful” Zacharias MATTAM SDB (Bangalore, India)
- 2008-02-17: Second Sunday of Lent (A) Mt 17:1-9: “And he was transfigured before them” Jaume GONZÁLEZ i Padrós (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-02-16: Saturday of the First Week of Lent Mt 5:43-48: “Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you” Joan COSTA i Bou (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-02-15: Friday of the First Week of Lent Mt 5:20-26: “Leave your gift there at the altar, go first and be reconciled with your brother” Thomas LANE (Emmitsburg, Maryland, United States)
- 2008-02-14: Thursday of the First Week of Lent Mt 7:7-12: “For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds” Joaquim MESEGUER García (Rubí, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-02-13: Wednesday of the First Week of Lent Lc 11:29-32: “Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation” Roger J. LANDRY (Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States)
- 2008-02-12: Tuesday of the First Week of Lent Mt 6:7-15: “In praying, do not babble; your Father knows what you need” Joaquim FAINÉ i Miralpech (Tarragona, Spain)
- 2008-02-11: Monday of the First Week of Lent Mt 25:31-46: “Whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.” Joaquim MONRÓS i Guitart (Tarragona, Spain)
- 2008-02-10: First Sunday of Lent (A) Mt 4:1-11: “Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil” Antoni BALLESTER i Díaz (Camarasa, Lleida, Spain)
- 2008-02-09: Saturday after Ash Wednesday Lc Lk 5:27-32: “I have not come to call the righteous to repentance but sinners.” Joan Carles MONTSERRAT i Pulido (Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-02-08: Friday after Ash Wednesday Mt 9:14-15: “The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast” Xavier PAGÉS i Castañer (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-02-07: Thursday after Ash Wednesday Lc 9:22-25: “If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me” Josep Mª MASSANA i Mola OFM (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-02-06: Ash Wednesday Mt 6:1-6.16-18: «Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them» Luis A. GALA Rodríguez (Campeche, Mexico)
- 2008-02-05: Tuesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Mc 5:21-43: “Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go in peace and be cured of your affliction.” Francesc PERARNAU i Cañellas (Girona, Spain)
- 2008-02-04: Monday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Mc 5:1-20: “Unclean spirit, come out of the man!” Ramon Octavi SÁNCHEZ i Valero (Viladecans, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-02-03: Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Mt 5:1-12: “Blessed are the poor in spirit...” Pablo CASAS Aljama (Sevilla, Spain)
- 2008-02-02: February 2nd: Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Lc 2:22-40: “Now, Master, you may let your servant go in peace” Lluís RAVENTÓS i Artés (Tarragona, Spain)
- 2008-02-01: Friday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time Mc 4:26-34: “This is how it is with the kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land… and the seed would sprout and grow” Jordi PASCUAL i Bancells (Salt, Girona, Spain)
