Contemplating today's Gospel
Today's Gospel + homily (in 300 words)
Previous comments (March of 2011)
- 2011-03-31: Thursday of the Third Week of Lent Lc 11:14-23: “If it is by the finger of God that I drive out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come upon you” Josep GASSÓ i Lécera (Ripollet, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2011-03-30: Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent Mt 5:17-19: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.” Vicenç GUINOT i Gómez (Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain)
- 2011-03-29: Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent Mt 18:21-35: “Moved with compassion the master of that servant let him go and forgave him the loan.” Enric PRAT i Jordana (Sort, Lleida, Spain)
- 2011-03-28: Monday of the Third Week of Lent Lc 4:24-30: ”No prophet is accepted in his own native place” Higinio Rafael ROSOLEN (Cobourg, Ontario, Canada)
- 2011-03-27: Third Sunday of Lent (A) Jn 4:5-42: “Give me a drink” Julio César RAMOS González SDB (Mendoza, Argentina)
- 2011-03-26: Saturday of the Second Week of Lent Lc 15:1-3.11-32: “I shall get up and go to my father and I shall say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you’” Jordi POU i Sabater (Sant Jordi Desvalls, Girona, Spain)
- 2011-03-25: March 25th: Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord Lc 1:26-38: “Hail, full of grace!” Johannes VILAR (Köln, Germany)
- 2011-03-24: Thursday of the Second Week of Lent Lc 16:19-31: “If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.” Xavier SOBREVÍA i Vidal (Sant Just Desvern, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2011-03-23: Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent Mt 20:17-28: “Whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant” Francesc JORDANA i Soler (Mirasol, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2011-03-22: Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent Mt 23:1-12: “You have but one teacher, you have but one Father, you have but one master, the Messiah” Gerardo GÓMEZ (Merlo, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- 2011-03-21: Monday of the Second Week of Lent Lc 6:36-38: “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful” Zacharias MATTAM SDB (Bangalore, India)
- 2011-03-20: Second Sunday of Lent (A) Mt 17:1-9: “And he was transfigured before them” Jaume GONZÁLEZ i Padrós (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2011-03-19: March 19th: Solemnity of Saint Joseph, spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mt 1:16.18-21.24a: “His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph” Marc VAILLOT (París, France)
- 2011-03-18: Friday of the First Week of Lent Mt 5:20-26: “Leave your gift there at the altar, go first and be reconciled with your brother” Thomas LANE (Emmitsburg, Maryland, United States)
- 2011-03-17: Thursday of the First Week of Lent Mt 7:7-12: “For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds” Joaquim MESEGUER García (Rubí, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2011-03-16: Wednesday of the First Week of Lent Lc 11:29-32: “Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation” Roger J. LANDRY (Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States)
- 2011-03-15: Tuesday of the First Week of Lent Mt 6:7-15: “In praying, do not babble; your Father knows what you need” Joaquim FAINÉ i Miralpech (Tarragona, Spain)
- 2011-03-14: Monday of the First Week of Lent Mt 25:31-46: “Whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.” Joaquim MONRÓS i Guitart (Tarragona, Spain)
- 2011-03-13: First Sunday of Lent (A) Mt 4:1-11: “Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil” Antoni BALLESTER i Díaz (Camarasa, Lleida, Spain)
- 2011-03-12: Saturday after Ash Wednesday Lc Lk 5:27-32: “I have not come to call the righteous to repentance but sinners.” Joan Carles MONTSERRAT i Pulido (Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2011-03-11: Friday after Ash Wednesday Mt 9:14-15: “The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast” Xavier PAGÉS i Castañer (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2011-03-10: Thursday after Ash Wednesday Lc 9:22-25: “If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me” Josep Mª MASSANA i Mola OFM (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2011-03-09: Ash Wednesday Mt 6:1-6.16-18: «Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them» Luis A. GALA Rodríguez (Campeche, Mexico)
- 2011-03-08: Tuesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Mc 12:13-17: “Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God." Manuel SÁNCHEZ Sánchez (Sevilla, Spain)
- 2011-03-07: Monday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Mc 12:1-12: “He sent a servant to the tenants to obtain from them some of the produce of the vineyard” Alphonse DIAZ (Nairobi, Kenya)
- 2011-03-06: Thursday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 7,21-27: «The will of my heavenly Father» Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2011-03-05: Saturday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Mc 11:27-33: “By what authority are you doing these things?” Antoni BALLESTER i Díaz (Camarasa, Lleida, Spain)
- 2011-03-04: Friday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Mc 11:11-25: “All that you ask for in prayer, believe that you will receive it” Agustí BOADAS Llavat OFM (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2011-03-03: Thursday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Mc 10:46-52: “Jesus, son of David, have pity on me.” Ramón LOYOLA Paternina LC (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2011-03-02: Wednesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Mc 10:32-45: “For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many” René PARADA Menéndez (San Salvador, El Salvador)
- 2011-03-01: Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Mc 10:28-31: “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house (…) for my sake and for the sake of the Gospel who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age (…) and eternal life in the age to come” Jordi SOTORRA i Garriga (Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain)
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Third Sunday of Advent (C)
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