Contemplating today's Gospel
Today's Gospel + homily (in 300 words)
Previous comments (October of 2011)
- 2011-10-31: Monday 31st in Ordinary Time Lc 14,12-14: «When you give a feast, invite instead the poor (…). Fortunate are you then, because they can't repay you; you will be repaid at the Resurrection of the upright» Austin Chukwuemeka IHEKWEME (Ikenanzizi, Nigeria)
- 2011-10-30: Sunday 31st (A) in Ordinary Time Mt 23,1-12: «Whoever makes himself great shall be humbled, and whoever humbles himself shall be made great» 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: «He had noticed how they tried to take the places of honor» Josep FONT i Gallart (Getafe, Spain)
- 2011-10-28: October 28th: Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles Lc 6,12-19: «Went out into the hills 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 often have I tried to bring together your children, but you refused!» Àngel Eugeni PÉREZ i Sánchez (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2011-10-26: Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 13,22-30: «Do your best to enter by the narrow door» 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 ruler of the synagogue was indignant because Jesus had performed this healing on the Sabbath day...» Francesc JORDANA i Soler (Mirasol, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2011-10-23: Sunday 30th (A) in Ordinary Time 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: «Even though you have many possessions, it is not that which gives you life» Lluc TORCAL (Santa Maria de Poblet, Tarragona, Spain)
- 2011-10-16: Sunday 29th (A) in Ordinary Time Mt 22,15-21: «Return to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's» Antoni POU OSB (Montserrat, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2011-10-15: Saturday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 12,8-12: «Whoever acknowledges me before people, the Son of Man will also acknowledge» Alexis MANIRAGABA (Ruhengeri, Rwanda)
- 2011-10-14: Friday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 12,1-7: «So do not fear: are you not worth more than a flock of sparrows?» Salomon BADATANA Mccj (Wau, South Sudan)
- 2011-10-13: Thursday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 11,47-54: «A curse is on you, for you build memorials to the prophets your ancestors 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: «This ought to be practiced, without neglecting the other» Joaquim FONT i Gassol (Igualada, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2011-10-11: Tuesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 11,37-41: «But according to you, by the mere giving of alms everything is made clean» Pedro IGLESIAS Martínez (Rubí, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2011-10-10: Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 11,29-32: «People of the present time are evil people. They ask for a sign» Raimondo M. SORGIA Mannai OP (San Domenico di Fiesole, Florencia, Italy)
- 2011-10-09: Sunday 28th (A) in Ordinary Time Mt 22,1-14: «Go to the crossroads and invite everyone you find to the wedding feast» 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 one who bore you and nursed you!» 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 people said, “He drives out demons by the power of Beelzebul, the chief of the 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 then will the Father in heaven give 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 worry and are troubled about many things, whereas only one thing is needed» 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: Sunday 27th (A) in Ordinary Time Mt 21,33-43: «Finally, he sent his son, 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 time Jesus was filled with the joy of the Holy Spirit and said, ‘I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth’» Josep VALL i Mundó (Barcelona, Spain)
