Contemplating today's Gospel
Today's Gospel + homily (in 300 words)
Previous comments (May of 2009)
- 2009-05-31: Pentecost Sunday Jn 20:19-23: “Receive the Holy Spirit” José Ángel SAIZ Meneses, (Sevilla, Spain)
- 2009-05-30: Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter Jn 21:20-25: “It is this disciple who testifies to these things and has written them, and we know that his testimony is true” Fidel CATALÁN i Catalán (Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2009-05-29: Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter Jn 21:15-19: “Do you love me more than these?” Habel JADERA (Bogor, Indonesia)
- 2009-05-28: Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter Jn 17:20-26: “I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word” Joaquim PETIT Llimona, L.C. (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2009-05-27: Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter Jn 17:11b-19: “They may share my joy completely” Thomas LANE (Emmitsburg, Maryland, United States)
- 2009-05-26: Tuesday of the Seventh Week of Easter Jn 17:1-11a: “Father, the hour has come” Pere OLIVA i March (Sant Feliu de Torelló, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2009-05-25: Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter Jn 16:29-33: “Take courage, I have conquered the world.” Jordi CASTELLET i Sala (Vic, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2009-05-24: Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord (B) Mc 16:15-20: “The Lord Jesus, after he spoke to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God” Lluc TORCAL (Santa Maria de Poblet, Tarragona, Spain)
- 2009-05-23: Saturday of the Sixth Week of Easter Jn 16:23b-28: “I came from the Father (...). Now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father” Xavier ROMERO i Galdeano (Cervera, Lleida, Spain)
- 2009-05-22: Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter Jn 16:20-23: “Your grief will become joy” Joaquim FONT i Gassol (Igualada, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2009-05-21: Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter Jn 16:16-20: “You will grieve, but your grief will become joy” Joan Pere PULIDO i Gutiérrez (Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain)
- 2009-05-20: Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter Jn 16:12-15: “I have much more to tell you” Àlex SERRA (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2009-05-19: Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter Jn 16:5-11: "It is better for you that I go" Joseph A. PELLEGRINO (Tarpon Springs, Florida, United States)
- 2009-05-18: Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter Jn 15:26—16:4: “And you also testify” Higinio Rafael ROSOLEN (Cobourg, Ontario, Canada)
- 2009-05-17: Sixth Sunday of Easter (B) Jn 15:9-17: “I have called you friends” Francesc CATARINEU i Vilageliu (Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2009-05-16: Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter Jn 15:18-21: “They will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.” Ferran JARABO i Carbonell (Agullana, Girona, Spain)
- 2009-05-15: Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter Jn 15:12-17: “This is my commandment: love one another as I love you” Carles ELÍAS i Cao (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2009-05-14: May 14th: Feast of Saint Matthias, Apostle Jn 15:9-17: “I have told you this so that my joy might be in you and your joy might be complete” Josep VALL i Mundó (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2009-05-13: Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter Jn 15:1-8: "Remain in me, as I remain in you" Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2009-05-12: Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter Jn 14:27-31a: “My peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you” Enric CASES i Martín (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2009-05-11: Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter Jn 14:21-26: “The Advocate, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name — he will teach you everything and remind you of all that I told you.” Norbert ESTARRIOL i Seseras (Lleida, Spain)
- 2009-05-10: Fifth Sunday of Easter (B) Jn 15,1-8: “By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit” Joan MARQUÉS i Suriñach (Vilamarí, Girona, Spain)
- 2009-05-09: Saturday of the Fourth Week of Easter Jn 14:7-14: “I am in the Father and the Father is in me” Jacques PHILIPPE (Cordes sur Ciel, France)
- 2009-05-08: Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter Jn 14:1-6: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” Josep Mª MANRESA Lamarca (Valldoreix, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2009-05-07: Thursday of the Fourth Week of Easter Jn 13:16-20: “When Jesus had washed the disciples’ feet...” David COMPTE i Verdaguer (Manlleu, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2009-05-06: Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter Jn 12:44-50: “Whoever believes in me believes not only in me but also in the one who sent me” Julio César RAMOS González SDB (Mendoza, Argentina)
- 2009-05-05: Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter Jn 10:22-30: “The Father and I are one.” Miquel MASATS i Roca (Girona, Spain)
- 2009-05-04: Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter Jn 10:1-10: “But whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep (…) the sheep follow him, because they recognize his voice” Francesc PERARNAU i Cañellas (Girona, Spain)
- 2009-05-03: Fourth Sunday of Easter (B) Jn 10:11-18: “I am the good shepherd” José Ángel SAIZ Meneses, (Sevilla, Spain)
- 2009-05-02: Saturday of the Third Week of Easter Jn 6:60-69: “You have the words of eternal life” Jordi PASCUAL i Bancells (Salt, Girona, Spain)
- 2009-05-01: Friday of the Third Week of Easter Jn 6:52-59: “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the Flesh of the Son of Man and drink his Blood, you do not have life within you.” Àngel CALDAS i Bosch (Salt, Girona, Spain)