Contemplating today's Gospel
Today's Gospel + homily (in 300 words)
Previous comments (March of 2012)
- 2012-03-31: Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent Jn 11:45-56: "Jesus was going to die for the nation, and not only for the nation, but also to gather into one the dispersed children of God" Xavier ROMERO i Galdeano (Cervera, Lleida, Spain)
- 2012-03-30: Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent Jn 10:31-42: “For which of these are you trying to stone me?” Carles ELÍAS i Cao (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2012-03-29: Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent Jn 8:51-59: “Abraham your father rejoiced to see my day; he saw it and was glad” Enric CASES i Martín (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2012-03-28: Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent Jn 8:31-42: “If God were your Father, you would love me” Givanildo dos SANTOS Ferreira (Brasilia, Brazil)
- 2012-03-27: Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent Jn 8:21-30: “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I AM” Josep Mª MANRESA Lamarca (Valldoreix, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2012-03-26: Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent (A and B) Jn 8:1-11: “Go, and from now on do not sin any more.” Jordi PASCUAL i Bancells (Salt, Girona, Spain)
- 2012-03-25: Fifth Sunday of Lent (B) Jn 12:20-33: “Whoever serves me must follow me” Vimal MSUSAI (Ranchi, Jharkhand, India)
- 2012-03-24: Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent Jn 7:40-53: “Never before has anyone spoken like this man.” Fernand ARÉVALO (Bruxelles, Belgium)
- 2012-03-23: Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30: “His hour had not yet come” Matthew J. ALBRIGHT (Andover, Ohio, United States)
- 2012-03-22: Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent Jn 5:31-47: “If I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is not true” Miquel MASATS i Roca (Girona, Spain)
- 2012-03-21: Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent Jn 5:17-30: “Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life” Francesc PERARNAU i Cañellas (Girona, Spain)
- 2012-03-20: Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent Jn 5:1-16: “Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been ill for a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be well?” Àngel CALDAS i Bosch (Salt, Girona, Spain)
- 2012-03-19: 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)
- 2012-03-18: Fourth Sunday of Lent (B) Jn 3:14-21: “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son” Joan Ant. MATEO i García (Tremp, Lleida, Spain)
- 2012-03-17: Saturday of the Third Week of Lent Lc 18:9-14: “I tell you, the latter went home justified” Gavan JENNINGS (Dublín, Ireland)
- 2012-03-16: Friday of the Third Week of Lent Mc 12:28-34: “There is no other commandment greater than these.” Pere MONTAGUT i Piquet (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2012-03-15: 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)
- 2012-03-14: 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)
- 2012-03-13: 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)
- 2012-03-12: 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)
- 2012-03-11: Third Sunday of Lent (B) Jn 2:13-25: “Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!” Lluís RAVENTÓS i Artés (Tarragona, Spain)
- 2012-03-10: 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)
- 2012-03-09: Friday of the Second Week of Lent Mt 21:33-43.45-46: “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone” Melcior QUEROL i Solà (Ribes de Freser, Girona, Spain)
- 2012-03-08: 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)
- 2012-03-07: 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)
- 2012-03-06: 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)
- 2012-03-05: Monday of the Second Week of Lent Lc 6:36-38: “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful” Zacharias MATTAM SDB (Bangalore, India)
- 2012-03-04: Second Sunday of Lent (B) Mc 9:2-10: “Jesus went up the mountain to pray” Jaume GONZÁLEZ i Padrós (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2012-03-03: Saturday of the First Week of Lent Mt 5:43-48: “Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you” Joan COSTA i Bou (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2012-03-02: 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)
- 2012-03-01: 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)