Contemplating today's Gospel
Today's Gospel + homily (in 300 words)
Previous comments (October of 2009)
- 2009-10-31: Saturday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 14:1.7-11: "Noticing how they were choosing the places of honor at the table" Josep FONT i Gallart (Getafe, Spain)
- 2009-10-30: 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)
- 2009-10-29: Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 13:31-35: “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, how many times I yearned to gather your children together, but you were unwilling!” Àngel Eugeni PÉREZ i Sánchez (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2009-10-28: 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)
- 2009-10-27: Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 13:18-21: “What is the kingdom of God like?” Francisco Lucas MATEO Seco (Pamplona, Navarra, Spain)
- 2009-10-26: 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)
- 2009-10-25: Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Mc 10:46-52: "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man replied to him, "Master, I want to see." Pere CAMPANYÀ i Ribó (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2009-10-24: 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)
- 2009-10-23: 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)
- 2009-10-22: 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)
- 2009-10-21: 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)
- 2009-10-20: 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)
- 2009-10-19: Monday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 12:13-21: “Though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions” Lluc TORCAL (Santa Maria de Poblet, Tarragona, Spain)
- 2009-10-18: Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Mc 10:35-45: “Whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant” Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2009-10-17: Saturday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 12:8-12: “Everyone who acknowledges me before others the Son of Man will acknowledge” Alexis MANIRAGABA (Ruhengeri, Rwanda)
- 2009-10-16: Friday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 12:1-7: “Do not be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows” Salomon BADATANA Mccj (Wau, South Sudan)
- 2009-10-15: Thursday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 11:47-54: “Woe to you who build the memorials of the prophets whom your fathers killed” Pedro-José YNARAJA i Díaz (El Montanyà, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2009-10-14: Wednesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 11:42-46: “These you should have done, without overlooking the others” Joaquim FONT i Gassol (Igualada, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2009-10-13: Tuesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 11:37-41: “But as to what is within, give alms, and behold, everything will be clean for you.” Pedro IGLESIAS Martínez (Ripollet, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2009-10-12: Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 11:29-32: “This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign” Raimondo M. SORGIA Mannai OP (San Domenico di Fiesole, Florencia, Italy)
- 2009-10-11: Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Mc 10:17-30: “He went away sad, for he had many possessions” Xavier SERRA i Permanyer (Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2009-10-10: Saturday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lc 11:27-28: “Blessed is the womb that carried you and the breasts at which you nursed.” Jaume AYMAR i Ragolta (Badalona, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2009-10-09: Friday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lc 11:15-26: “Some of the crowd said: “By the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he drives out demons.” Josep PAUSAS i Mas (Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain)
- 2009-10-08: Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lc 11:5-13: “How much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?” Josep Mª MASSANA i Mola OFM (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2009-10-07: 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)
- 2009-10-06: Tuesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lc 10:38-42: “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing” Josep RIBOT i Margarit (Tarragona, Spain)
- 2009-10-05: 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)
- 2009-10-04: Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Mc 10:2-16: “What God has joined together, no human being must separate” Fernando PERALES i Madueño (Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2009-10-03: Saturday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 10:17-24: “At that very moment he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, ‘I give you praise, Father, Lord of heaven and earth’” Josep VALL i Mundó (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2009-10-02: 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)
- 2009-10-01: Thursday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 10:1-12: “Ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest” Ignasi NAVARRI i Benet (La Seu d'Urgell, Lleida, Spain)
December 8th
Second Sunday of Advent (C)
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