Contemplating today's Gospel
Today's Gospel + homily (in 300 words)
Previous comments (September of 2015)
- 2015-09-30: Wednesday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 9:57-62: “Follow me” Lluc TORCAL (Santa Maria de Poblet, Tarragona, Spain)
- 2015-09-29: September 29th: Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, archangels Jn 1:47-51: “You will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man” Jorge MEJÍA (Città del Vaticano, Vatican)
- 2015-09-28: Monday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 9:46-50: “The one who is least among all of you is the one who is the greatest” Lluís CLAVELL (Roma, Italy)
- 2015-09-27: Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Mc 9:38-43.45.47-48: “There is no one who performs a mighty deed in my name who can at the same time speak ill of me” Valentí ALONSO i Roig (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2015-09-26: Saturday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 9:43b-45: “The Son of Man is to be handed over to men.” Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2015-09-25: Friday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 9:18-22: “Who do the crowds say that I am? …. Who do you say that I am?” Pere OLIVA i March (Sant Feliu de Torelló, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2015-09-24: Thursday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 9:7-9: “And he kept trying to see him” Jorge R. BURGOS Rivera (Cataño, Puerto Rico)
- 2015-09-23: Wednesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 9:1-6: “Jesus summoned the Twelve and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases” Jordi CASTELLET i Sala (Vic, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2015-09-22: Tuesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 8:19-21: “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it.” Xavier JAUSET i Clivillé (Lleida, Spain)
- 2015-09-21: September 21st: Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and evangelist Mt 9:9-13: “I did not come to call the righteous but sinners” Joan PUJOL i Balcells (La Seu d'Urgell, Lleida, Spain)
- 2015-09-20: Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Mc 9:30-37: “The Son of Man is to be handed over to men and they will kill him, and three days after his death the Son of Man will rise.” Pedro-José YNARAJA i Díaz (El Montanyà, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2015-09-19: Saturday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 8:4-15: “The seed that fell on rich soil, they are the ones who bear fruit through perseverance” Lluís RAVENTÓS i Artés (Tarragona, Spain)
- 2015-09-18: Friday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 8:1-3: "Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God" Jordi PASCUAL i Bancells (Salt, Girona, Spain)
- 2015-09-17: Thursday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 7:36-50: “She stood behind him at his feet weeping” José Ignacio ALEMANY Grau, (Chachapoyas, Peru)
- 2015-09-16: Wednesday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 7:31-35: “To what shall I compare the people of this generation?” Xavier SERRA i Permanyer (Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2015-09-15: September 15th: Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows Lc 2:33-35: "You yourself a sword will pierce" Josep Mª SOLER OSB (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2015-09-14: September 14th: Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Jn 3:13-17: "So that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life" Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2015-09-13: Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Mc 8:27-35: “Whoever wishes to come after me... take up his cross, and follow me” Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2015-09-12: Saturday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time Lc 6:43-49: “Every tree is known by its own fruit” Raimondo M. SORGIA Mannai OP (San Domenico di Fiesole, Florencia, Italy)
- 2015-09-11: Friday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time Lc 6:39-42: “No disciple is superior to the teacher; but when fully trained, every disciple will be like his teacher” Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2015-09-10: Thursday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time Lc 6:27-38: “Be merciful, just as also your Father is merciful” Jaume AYMAR i Ragolta (Badalona, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2015-09-09: Wednesday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time Lc 6:20-26: “Blessed are you who are poor. Woe to you who are rich” Joaquim MESEGUER García (Rubí, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2015-09-08: September 8th: Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mt 1:1-16, 18-23: “Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel” Agustí ALTISENT i Altisent (Tarragona, Spain)
- 2015-09-07: Monday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time Lc 6:6-11: “Come up and stand before us… Stretch out your hand” Julio César RAMOS González SDB (Mendoza, Argentina)
- 2015-09-06: Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Mc 7:31-37: “The people begged him to lay his hand on him” Fernando MIGUENS Dedyn (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- 2015-09-05: Saturday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time Lc 6:1-5: “The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath” Austin Chukwuemeka IHEKWEME (Ikenanzizi, Nigeria)
- 2015-09-04: Friday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time Lc 5:33-39: “Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?” Frederic RÀFOLS i Vidal (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2015-09-03: Thursday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time Lc 5:1-11: “Put out into deep water” Pedro IGLESIAS Martínez (Ripollet, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2015-09-02: Wednesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time Lc 4:38-44: “He laid his hands on each of them and cured them” Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2015-09-01: Tuesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time Lc 4:31-37: “They were astonished at his teaching because he spoke with authority” Joan BLADÉ i Piñol (Barcelona, Spain)
December 9th
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Gospel and commentary video
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