Contemplating today's Gospel
Today's Gospel + homily (in 300 words)
Previous comments (October of 2008)
- 2008-10-31: Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 14:1-6: «Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath or not?» Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-10-30: Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 13,31-35: «Jerusalem, Jerusalem! How often have I tried to bring together your children, but you refused!» Àngel Eugeni PÉREZ i Sánchez (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-10-29: Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 13:22-30: «Strive to enter through the narrow gate» Lluís RAVENTÓS i Artés (Tarragona, Spain)
- 2008-10-28: October 28th: Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles Lc 6:12-19: «Jesus went up to the mountain to pray» Albert TAULÉ i Viñas (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-10-27: Monday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 13:10-17: «But the leader of the synagogue, indignant that Jesus had cured on the sabbath...» Francesc JORDANA i Soler (Mirasol, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-10-26: Sunday 30th (A) in Ordinary Time Mt 22,34-40: «You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart (…). You shall love your neighbor as yourself» Johannes VILAR (Köln, Germany)
- 2008-10-25: Saturday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 13:1-9: «He came in search of fruit on it but found none» Antoni ORIOL i Tataret (Vic, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-10-24: Friday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 12,54-59: «Why do you not know how to interpret the present time? Why do you not judge for yourselves what is right?» Frederic RÀFOLS i Vidal (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-10-23: Thursday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 12,49-53: «I have come to set the earth on fire» Joan MARQUÉS i Suriñach (Vilamarí, Girona, Spain)
- 2008-10-22: Wednesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 12:39-48: «You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come» Josep Lluís SOCÍAS i Bruguera (Badalona, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-10-21: Tuesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 12:35-38: «Light your lamps and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding» Miquel VENQUE i To (Solsona, Lleida, Spain)
- 2008-10-20: Monday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 12,13-21: «Even though you have many possessions, it is not that which gives you life» Lluc TORCAL (Santa Maria de Poblet, Tarragona, Spain)
- 2008-10-19: Sunday 29th (A) in Ordinary Time Mt 22,15-21: «Return to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's» Antoni POU OSB (Montserrat, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-10-18: October 18th: Feast of Saint Luke, evangelist Lc 10:1-9: «The Kingdom of God is at hand for you» Lluc TORCAL (Santa Maria de Poblet, Tarragona, Spain)
- 2008-10-17: Friday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 12,1-7: «So do not fear: are you not worth more than a flock of sparrows?» Salomon BADATANA Mccj (Wau, South Sudan)
- 2008-10-16: Thursday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 11,47-54: «A curse is on you, for you build memorials to the prophets your ancestors killed» Pedro-José YNARAJA i Díaz (El Montanyà, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-10-15: Wednesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 11,42-46: «This ought to be practiced, without neglecting the other» Joaquim FONT i Gassol (Igualada, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-10-14: Tuesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 11,37-41: «But according to you, by the mere giving of alms everything is made clean» Pedro IGLESIAS Martínez (Rubí, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-10-13: Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 11,29-32: «People of the present time are evil people. They ask for a sign» Raimondo M. SORGIA Mannai OP (San Domenico di Fiesole, Florencia, Italy)
- 2008-10-12: Sunday 28th (A) in Ordinary Time Mt 22,1-14: «Go to the crossroads and invite everyone you find to the wedding feast» Julio César RAMOS González SDB (Mendoza, Argentina)
- 2008-10-11: Saturday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lc 11:27-28: «Blessed is the one who bore you and nursed you!» Jaume AYMAR i Ragolta (Badalona, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-10-10: Friday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lc 11:15-26: «Some of the people said, “He drives out demons by the power of Beelzebul, the chief of the demons» Josep PAUSAS i Mas (Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain)
- 2008-10-09: Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lc 11:5-13: «How much more then will the Father in heaven give holy spirit to those who ask him!» Josep Mª MASSANA i Mola OFM (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-10-08: Wednesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lc 11:1-4: «Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples» Austin Chukwuemeka IHEKWEME (Ikenanzizi, Nigeria)
- 2008-10-07: Tuesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lc 10:38-42: «Martha, Martha, you worry and are troubled about many things, whereas only one thing is needed» Josep RIBOT i Margarit (Tarragona, Spain)
- 2008-10-06: Monday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lc 10:25-37: «What must I do to inherit eternal life?» Ivan LEVYTSKYY CSsR (Lviv, Ukraine)
- 2008-10-05: Sunday 27th (A) in Ordinary Time Mt 21,33-43: «Finally, he sent his son, thinking: ‘They will respect my son’» Jorge LORING SJ (Cádiz, Spain)
- 2008-10-04: Saturday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 10,17-24: «At that time Jesus was filled with the joy of the Holy Spirit and said, ‘I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth’» Josep VALL i Mundó (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-10-03: Friday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 10,13-16: «Whoever listens to you listens to me» Jordi SOTORRA i Garriga (Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2008-10-02: Thursday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 10,1-12: «Ask the Lord of the harvest to send workers to his harvest» Ignasi NAVARRI i Benet (La Seu d'Urgell, Lleida, Spain)
- 2008-10-01: Wednesday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 9,57-62: «Follow me» Lluc TORCAL (Santa Maria de Poblet, Tarragona, Spain)