Contemplating today's Gospel
Today's Gospel + homily (in 300 words)
Previous comments (November of 2008)
- 2008-11-30: First Sunday of Advent (B) Mc 13:33-37: “I say to all: ‘Watch!’” José Ángel SAIZ Meneses, (Sevilla, Spain)
- 2008-11-29: Saturday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 21:34-36: “Be vigilant at all times and pray” Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-11-28: Friday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 21:29-33: “When you see these things happening, know that the Kingdom of God is near” Evaldo PINA FILHO (Brasilia, Brazil)
- 2008-11-27: Thursday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 21:20-28: “Stand erect and raise your heads because your redemption is at hand.” Lluc TORCAL (Santa Maria de Poblet, Tarragona, Spain)
- 2008-11-26: Wednesday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 21:12-19: “By your perseverance you will secure your lives.” Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-11-25: Tuesday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 21:5-11: “There will not be left a stone upon another stone” Antoni ORIOL i Tataret (Vic, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-11-24: Monday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 21:1-4: “She, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood.” Àngel Eugeni PÉREZ i Sánchez (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-11-23: Sunday 34th in Ordinary Time: The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (A) Mt 25:31-46: “Whatever you did for one of the least brothers of mine, you did for me” Antoni POU OSB (Montserrat, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-11-22: Saturday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time Lc 20:27-40: “He is not God of the dead, but of the living” Ramon CORTS i Blay (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-11-21: Friday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time Lc 19:45-48: “My house shall be a house of prayer” Josep LAPLANA OSB (Montserrat, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-11-20: Thursday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time Lc 19:41-44: “If this day you only knew what makes for peace” Blas RUIZ i López (Ascó, Tarragona, Spain)
- 2008-11-19: Wednesday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time Lc 19:11-28: “Engage in trade with these until I return” Pere SUÑER i Puig SJ (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-11-18: Tuesday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time Lc 19:1-10: “The Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost.” Enric RIBAS i Baciana (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-11-17: Monday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time Lc 18:35-43: “Your faith has saved you” Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-11-16: Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Mt 25:14-30: “For to everyone who has, more will be given and he will grow rich” Antoni POU OSB (Montserrat, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-11-15: Saturday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time Lc 18:1-8: “Pray always without becoming weary” Joan FARRÉS i Llarisó (Rubí, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-11-14: Friday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time Lc 17:26-37: “They were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building” Austin NORRIS (Mumbai, India)
- 2008-11-13: Thursday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time Lc 17:20-25: "The kingdom of God is among you" Josep Mª MASSANA i Mola OFM (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-11-12: Wednesday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time Lc 17:11-19: «He fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him» Conrad J. MARTÍ i Martí OFM (Valldoreix, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-11-11: Tuesday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time Lc 17:7-10: “We have done what we were obliged to do.” Jaume AYMAR i Ragolta (Badalona, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-11-10: Monday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time Lc 17:1-6: “And if he wrongs you seven times in one day… you should forgive him” Pedro-José YNARAJA i Díaz (El Montanyà, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-11-09: Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Mt 25:1-13: “Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!” Anastasio URQUIZA Fernández MCIU (Monterrey, Mexico)
- 2008-11-08: Saturday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time Lc 16:9-15: "The person who is trustworthy in very small matters is also trustworthy in great ones" Joaquim FORTUNY i Vizcarro (Cunit, Tarragona, Spain)
- 2008-11-07: Friday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time Lc 16:1-8: “The children of this world are more prudent in dealing with their own generation than the children of light” Salvador CRISTAU i Coll (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-11-06: Thursday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time Lc 15:1-10: "There will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents" Francesc NICOLAU i Pous (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-11-05: Wednesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time Lc 14:25-33: «Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple» Joan GUITERAS i Vilanova (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-11-04: Tuesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time Lc 14:15-24: “Go out to the highways and hedgerows and make people come in that my home may be filled” Joan COSTA i Bou (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-11-03: Monday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time Lc 14:12-14: “Rather, when you hold a banquet, invite the poor… blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous." Austin Chukwuemeka IHEKWEME (Ikenanzizi, Nigeria)
- 2008-11-02: Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Mt 23:1-12: “Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted” Miquel PLANAS i Buñuel (Montornès del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-11-01: November 1st: Solemnity of All Saints Mt 5:1-12a: "Rejoice and be glad" F. Xavier CIURANETA i Aymí (Lleida, Spain)
December 9th
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Gospel and commentary video
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December 8th
Second Sunday of Advent (C)
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