Contemplating today's Gospel
Today's Gospel + homily (in 300 words)
Previous comments (July of 2008)
- 2008-07-31: Thursday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 13:47-53: “They haul it ashore and sit down to put what is good into buckets. What is bad they throw away” Ferran JARABO i Carbonell (Agullana, Girona, Spain)
- 2008-07-30: Wednesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 13:44-46: “Out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.” Enric CASES i Martín (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-07-29: July 29th: Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus Lc 10:38-42: "You are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing" Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-07-28: Monday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 13:31-35: “He spoke to them only in parables” Josep Mª MANRESA Lamarca (Valldoreix, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-07-27: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Mt 13:44-52: “A treasure buried in a field; a merchant searching for fine pearls” Enric PRAT i Jordana (Sort, Lleida, Spain)
- 2008-07-26: Saturday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 13:24-30: “Let them grow together” Manuel SÁNCHEZ Sánchez (Sevilla, Spain)
- 2008-07-25: July 25th: Feast of Saint James, Apostle Mt 20:20-28: “Can you drink the chalice that I am going to drink?” Octavio RUIZ Arenas (Città del Vaticano, Vatican)
- 2008-07-24: Thursday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 13:10-17: ”Blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear” Manel MALLOL Pratginestós (Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-07-23: Wednesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 13:1-9: “A sower went out to sow” Julio César RAMOS González SDB (Mendoza, Argentina)
- 2008-07-22: July 22nd: Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene Jn 20:1-2.11-18: "Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”" Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-07-21: Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 12:38-42: “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” Joel PIRES Teixeira (Faro, Portugal)
- 2008-07-20: Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Mt 13:24-43: “An enemy has done this” Ramón LOYOLA Paternina LC (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-07-19: Saturday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 12:14-21: ”He cured them all” Josep Mª MASSANA i Mola OFM (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-07-18: Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 12:1-8: "I desire mercy, not sacrifice" Josep RIBOT i Margarit (Tarragona, Spain)
- 2008-07-17: Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 11:28-30: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened…, and you will find rest” Julio César RAMOS González SDB (Mendoza, Argentina)
- 2008-07-16: Wednesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 11:25-27: “You have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike” Raimondo M. SORGIA Mannai OP (San Domenico di Fiesole, Florencia, Italy)
- 2008-07-15: Tuesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 11:20-24: "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!" Damien LIN Yuanheng (Singapore, Singapore)
- 2008-07-14: Monday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 10:34—11:1: “Whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me” Valentí ALONSO i Roig (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-07-13: Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Mt 13:1-23: “A sower went out to sow” Jorge LORING SJ (Cádiz, Spain)
- 2008-07-12: Saturday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 10:24-33: “No disciple is above his teacher” Raimondo M. SORGIA Mannai OP (San Domenico di Fiesole, Florencia, Italy)
- 2008-07-11: Friday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 10:16-23: “You will be hated by all because of my name” Josep LAPLANA OSB (Montserrat, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-07-10: Thursday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 10:7-15: “As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The Kingdom of heaven is at hand” Antonio BORDAS i Belmonte (L’Ametlla de Mar, Tarragona, Spain)
- 2008-07-09: Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 10:1-7: “As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.’” Fernando PERALES i Madueño (Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-07-08: Tuesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 9:32-38: “Ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest” Joan SOLÀ i Triadú (Girona, Spain)
- 2008-07-07: Monday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 9:18-26: “Your faith has saved you” Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-07-06: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Mt 11:25-30: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest” Antoni POU OSB (Montserrat, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-07-05: Saturday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 9:14-17: "Time will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them" Joaquim FORTUNY i Vizcarro (Cunit, Tarragona, Spain)
- 2008-07-04: Friday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 9:9-13: ”Follow me” Pere CAMPANYÀ i Ribó (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-07-03: July 3rd: Feast of Saint Thomas, Apostle Jn 20:24-29: "My Lord and my God!" Joan SERRA i Fontanet (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-07-02: Wednesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 8,28-34: «They begged him to leave their district» Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-07-01: Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 8:23-27: “Then he stood up and ordered the wind and sea; and it became completely calm” Lluc TORCAL (Santa Maria de Poblet, Tarragona, Spain)
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Third Sunday of Advent (C)
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