Contemplating today's Gospel
Today's Gospel + homily (in 300 words)
Previous comments (July of 2017)
- 2017-07-31: Monday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 13:31-35: “He spoke to them only in parables” Josep Mª MANRESA Lamarca (Valldoreix, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2017-07-30: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Mt 13:44-52: “A treasure buried in a field; a merchant searching for fine pearls” Enric PRAT i Jordana (Sort, Lleida, Spain)
- 2017-07-29: July 29th: Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus Lc 10:38-42: "You are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing" Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2017-07-28: Friday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 13:18-23: “Hear the parable of the sower” Josep LAPLANA OSB (Montserrat, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2017-07-27: Thursday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 13:10-17: ”Blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear” Manel MALLOL Pratginestós (Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2017-07-26: Wednesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 13:1-9: “A sower went out to sow” Julio César RAMOS González SDB (Mendoza, Argentina)
- 2017-07-25: July 25th: Feast of Saint James, Apostle Mt 20:20-28: “Can you drink the chalice that I am going to drink?” Octavio RUIZ Arenas (Città del Vaticano, Vatican)
- 2017-07-24: Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 12:38-42: “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” Joel PIRES Teixeira (Faro, Portugal)
- 2017-07-23: Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Mt 13:24-43: “An enemy has done this” Ramón LOYOLA Paternina LC (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2017-07-22: July 22nd: Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene Jn 20:1-2.11-18: "Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”" Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2017-07-21: Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 12:1-8: "I desire mercy, not sacrifice" Josep RIBOT i Margarit (Tarragona, Spain)
- 2017-07-20: Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 11:28-30: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened…, and you will find rest” Julio César RAMOS González SDB (Mendoza, Argentina)
- 2017-07-19: Wednesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 11:25-27: “You have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike” Raimondo M. SORGIA Mannai OP (San Domenico di Fiesole, Florencia, Italy)
- 2017-07-18: Tuesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 11:20-24: "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!" Damien LIN Yuanheng (Singapore, Singapore)
- 2017-07-17: Monday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 10:34—11:1: “Whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me” Valentí ALONSO i Roig (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2017-07-16: Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Mt 13:1-23: “A sower went out to sow” Jorge LORING SJ (Cádiz, Spain)
- 2017-07-15: Saturday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 10:24-33: “No disciple is above his teacher” Raimondo M. SORGIA Mannai OP (San Domenico di Fiesole, Florencia, Italy)
- 2017-07-14: Friday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 10:16-23: “You will be hated by all because of my name” Josep LAPLANA OSB (Montserrat, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2017-07-13: Thursday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 10:7-15: “As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The Kingdom of heaven is at hand” Antonio BORDAS i Belmonte (L’Ametlla de Mar, Tarragona, Spain)
- 2017-07-12: Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 10:1-7: “As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.’” Fernando PERALES i Madueño (Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2017-07-11: Tuesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 9:32-38: “Ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest” Joan SOLÀ i Triadú (Girona, Spain)
- 2017-07-10: Monday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 9:18-26: “Your faith has saved you” Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2017-07-09: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Mt 11:25-30: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest” Antoni POU OSB (Montserrat, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2017-07-08: Saturday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 9:14-17: "Time will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them" Joaquim FORTUNY i Vizcarro (Cunit, Tarragona, Spain)
- 2017-07-07: Friday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 9:9-13: ”Follow me” Pere CAMPANYÀ i Ribó (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2017-07-06: Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 9:1-8: “Rise, pick up your stretcher, and go home.” Francesc NICOLAU i Pous (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2017-07-05: Wednesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 8,28-34: «They begged him to leave their district» Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2017-07-04: Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 8:23-27: “Then he stood up and ordered the wind and sea; and it became completely calm” Lluc TORCAL (Santa Maria de Poblet, Tarragona, Spain)
- 2017-07-03: July 3rd: Feast of Saint Thomas, Apostle Jn 20:24-29: "My Lord and my God!" Joan SERRA i Fontanet (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2017-07-02: Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Mt 10:37-42: “Whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. Whoever receives you receives me” Antoni POU OSB (Montserrat, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2017-07-01: Saturday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 8:5-17: “Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof; only say the word and my servant will be healed” Xavier JAUSET i Clivillé (Lleida, Spain)
December 15th
Third Sunday of Advent (C)
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