Contemplating today's Gospel
Today's Gospel + homily (in 300 words)
Previous comments (February of 2016)
- 2016-02-29: 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)
- 2016-02-28: Third Sunday of Lent (C) Lc 13:1-9: “If you do not repent, you will all perish as they did!” Jorge MEJÍA (Città del Vaticano, Vatican)
- 2016-02-27: 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)
- 2016-02-26: 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)
- 2016-02-25: 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)
- 2016-02-24: 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)
- 2016-02-23: 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)
- 2016-02-22: February 22nd: Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, Apostle Mt 16:13-19: “And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church” Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2016-02-21: Second Sunday of Lent (C) Lc 9:28-36: “Jesus went up the mountain to pray” Jaume GONZÁLEZ i Padrós (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2016-02-20: 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)
- 2016-02-19: 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)
- 2016-02-18: 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)
- 2016-02-17: 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)
- 2016-02-16: 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)
- 2016-02-15: 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)
- 2016-02-14: First Sunday of Lent (C) Lc 4:1-13: “Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil” Josep LAPLANA OSB (Montserrat, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2016-02-13: 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)
- 2016-02-12: 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)
- 2016-02-11: 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)
- 2016-02-10: 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)
- 2016-02-09: Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Mc 7:1-13: “Why do your disciples not follow the tradition of the elders?” Iñaki BALLBÉ i Turu (Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2016-02-08: Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Mc 6:53-56: “And as many as touched it were healed” John GRIECO (Chicago, United States)
- 2016-02-07: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) Lc 5:1-11: “At your command I will lower the nets.” Blas RUIZ i López (Ascó, Tarragona, Spain)
- 2016-02-06: Saturday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Mc 6:30-34: “‘Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.’ People were coming and going in great numbers, and they had no opportunity even to eat” David COMPTE i Verdaguer (Manlleu, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2016-02-05: Friday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Mc 6:14-29: “King Herod heard about Jesus, for his fame had become widespread” Ferran BLASI i Birbe (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2016-02-04: Thursday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Mc 6:7-13: “Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two (…). So they went off and preached repentance” Josep VALL i Mundó (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2016-02-03: Wednesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Mc 6:1-6: “Where did this man get all this? What kind of wisdom has been given him? What mighty deeds are wrought by his hands” Miquel MASATS i Roca (Girona, Spain)
- 2016-02-02: February 2nd: Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Lc 2:22-40: “Now, Master, you may let your servant go in peace” Lluís RAVENTÓS i Artés (Tarragona, Spain)
- 2016-02-01: Monday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Mc 5:1-20: “Unclean spirit, come out of the man!” Ramon Octavi SÁNCHEZ i Valero (Viladecans, Barcelona, Spain)
