Contemplating today's Gospel
Today's Gospel + homily (in 300 words)
Previous comments (August of 2010)
- 2010-08-31: Tuesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time Lc 4,31-37: «They were astonished at the way He taught them, for his word was spoken with authority» Joan BLADÉ i Piñol (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2010-08-30: Monday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time Lc 4,16-30: «Today these prophetic words come true even as you listen» David AMADO i Fernández (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2010-08-29: Sunday 22nd (C) in Ordinary Time Lc 14,1.7-14: «He had noticed how they tried to take the places of honor» Enric PRAT i Jordana (Sort, Lleida, Spain)
- 2010-08-28: Saturday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time Mt 25,14-30: «Someone, before going abroad, summoned his servants to entrust his property to them» Albert SOLS i Lúcia (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2010-08-27: Friday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time Mt 25,1-13: «Truly, I do not know you» Joan Ant. MATEO i García (Tremp, Lleida, Spain)
- 2010-08-26: Thursday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time Mt 24,42-51: «So be alert» Albert TAULÉ i Viñas (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2010-08-25: Wednesday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time Mt 23,27-32: «Woe to you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees, you hypocrites!» Lluís ROQUÉ i Roqué (Manresa, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2010-08-24: August 24th: Feast of Saint Bartholomew, Apostle Jn 1,45-51: «Come and see» Christoph BOCKAMP (Bonn, Germany)
- 2010-08-23: Monday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time Mt 23,13-22: «Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You lock the Kingdom of heaven before men» Marc VAILLOT (París, France)
- 2010-08-22: Sunday 21st (C) in Ordinary Time Lc 13,22-30: «Lord, is it true that few people will be saved?» Pedro IGLESIAS Martínez (Rubí, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2010-08-21: Saturday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 23,1-12: «Whoever makes himself great shall be humbled, and whoever humbles himself shall be made great» Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2010-08-20: Friday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 22,34-40: «You shall love the Lord, your God... You shall love your neighbor as yourself» Pere CALMELL i Turet (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2010-08-19: Thursday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 22,1-14: «I have prepared a banquet, slaughtered my fattened calves and other animals, and now everything is ready; come then, to the wedding feast» David AMADO i Fernández (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2010-08-18: Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 20,1-16: «The last will be first, the first will be last» Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2010-08-17: Tuesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 19,23-30: «It will be hard for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven... Who, then, can be saved?» Fernando PERALES i Madueño (Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2010-08-16: Monday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 19,16-22: «What good work must I do to receive eternal life?» Óscar MAIXÉ i Altés (Roma, Italy)
- 2010-08-15: August 15th: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Lc 1,39-56: «My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my Savior» Josep ALEGRE (Tarragona, Spain)
- 2010-08-14: Saturday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 19,13-15: «Little children were brought to Jesus that He might lay his hands on them with a prayer» Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2010-08-13: Friday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 19,3-12: «Let no one separate what God has joined» Roger J. LANDRY (Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States)
- 2010-08-12: Thursday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 18,21—19,1: «Lord, how many times must I forgive the offenses of my brother or sister?» Joan BLADÉ i Piñol (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2010-08-11: Wednesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 18,15-20: «If your brother or sister has sinned against you, go and point out the fault (...). Where two or three are gathered in my Name, I am there among them» Pedro-José YNARAJA i Díaz (El Montanyà, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2010-08-10: August 10th: St. Lawrence, martyr Jn 12,24-26: «Whoever wants to serve me, let him follow me and wherever I am, there shall my servant be also» Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2010-08-09: Monday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 17,22-27: «When they were together in Galilee» Joaquim PETIT Llimona, L.C. (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2010-08-08: Sunday 19th (C) in Ordinary Time Lc 12,32-48: «You also must be ready, for the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect» Melcior QUEROL i Solà (Ribes de Freser, Girona, Spain)
- 2010-08-07: Saturday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 17,14-20: «If only you had faith the size of a mustard seed (...), nothing would be impossible to you» Fidel CATALÁN i Catalán (Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2010-08-06: August 6th: Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord (B) Mc 9,2-10: «Rabbi, it is good that we are here!» Ignasi NAVARRI i Benet (La Seu d'Urgell, Lleida, Spain)
- 2010-08-05: Thursday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 16,13-23: «You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do» Joaquim MESEGUER García (Rubí, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2010-08-04: Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 15,21-28: «Woman, how great is your faith!» Jordi CASTELLET i Sala (Sant Hipòlit de Voltregà, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2010-08-03: Tuesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 14,22-36: «Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you walking on the water» Lluc TORCAL (Santa Maria de Poblet, Tarragona, Spain)
- 2010-08-02: Monday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 14,13-21: «Raised his eyes to heaven» Xavier ROMERO i Galdeano (Cervera, Lleida, Spain)
- 2010-08-01: Sunday 18th (C) in Ordinary Time Lc 12,13-21: «Even though you have many possessions, it is not that which gives you life» Jordi PASCUAL i Bancells (Salt, Girona, Spain)