Contemplating today's Gospel
Today's Gospel + homily (in 300 words)
Previous comments (October of 2011)
- 2011-10-31: Monday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time Lc 14:12-14: “Rather, when you hold a banquet, invite the poor… blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous." Austin Chukwuemeka IHEKWEME (Ikenanzizi, Nigeria)
- 2011-10-30: Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Mt 23:1-12: “Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted” Miquel PLANAS i Buñuel (Montornès del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2011-10-29: 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)
- 2011-10-28: 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)
- 2011-10-27: 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)
- 2011-10-26: Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 13:22-30: “Strive to enter through the narrow gate” Lluís RAVENTÓS i Artés (Tarragona, Spain)
- 2011-10-25: 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)
- 2011-10-24: 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)
- 2011-10-23: Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Mt 22:34-40: "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart… You shall love your neighbor as yourself” Johannes VILAR (Köln, Germany)
- 2011-10-22: 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)
- 2011-10-21: 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)
- 2011-10-20: 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)
- 2011-10-19: 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)
- 2011-10-18: October 18th: Feast of Saint Luke, evangelist Lc 10:1-9: “The Kingdom of God is at hand for you.” Lluc TORCAL (Santa Maria de Poblet, Tarragona, Spain)
- 2011-10-17: 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)
- 2011-10-16: Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Mt 22:15-21: “Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God” Antoni POU OSB (Montserrat, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2011-10-15: 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)
- 2011-10-14: 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)
- 2011-10-13: 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)
- 2011-10-12: 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)
- 2011-10-11: 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)
- 2011-10-10: 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)
- 2011-10-09: Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Mt 22:1-14: “Go out, therefore, into the main roads and invite to the feast whomever you find” Julio César RAMOS González SDB (Mendoza, Argentina)
- 2011-10-08: 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)
- 2011-10-07: 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)
- 2011-10-06: 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)
- 2011-10-05: 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)
- 2011-10-04: 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)
- 2011-10-03: 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)
- 2011-10-02: Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Mt 21:33-43: “Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, 'They will respect my son.'” Jorge LORING SJ (Cádiz, Spain)
- 2011-10-01: 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)
