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: «Think of the Son of Man who has not come to be served but to serve and to give his life to redeem 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)
December 8th
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Gospel and commentary video
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