Contemplating today's Gospel
Today's Gospel + homily (in 300 words)
Previous comments (March of 2020)
- 2020-03-31: 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)
- 2020-03-30: Monday 5th (A & B) of Lent Jn 8,1-11: «Go, and from now on do not sin any more» Jordi PASCUAL i Bancells (Salt, Girona, Spain)
- 2020-03-29: Sunday 5th (A) of Lent Jn 11,1-45: «I am the resurrection» Johannes VILAR (Köln, Germany)
- 2020-03-28: Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent Jn 7:40-53: “Never before has anyone spoken like this man.” Fernand ARÉVALO (Bruxelles, Belgium)
- 2020-03-27: 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)
- 2020-03-26: 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)
- 2020-03-25: March 25th: Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord Lc 1:26-38: “Hail, full of grace!” Johannes VILAR (Köln, Germany)
- 2020-03-24: 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)
- 2020-03-23: Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent Jn 4:43-54: “Jesus left Samaria for Galilee” Ramon Octavi SÁNCHEZ i Valero (Viladecans, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2020-03-22: Sunday 4th (A) of Lent Jn 9,1-41: «Go and wash» Joan Ant. MATEO i García (Tremp, Lleida, Spain)
- 2020-03-21: Saturday of the Third Week of Lent Lc 18:9-14: “I tell you, the latter went home justified” Gavan JENNINGS (Dublín, Ireland)
- 2020-03-20: Friday of the Third Week of Lent Mc 12,28b-34: «There is no commandment greater than these two» Pere MONTAGUT i Piquet (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2020-03-19: March 19th: Solemnity of Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mt 1:16.18-21.24a: “His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph” Marc VAILLOT (París, France)
- 2020-03-18: 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)
- 2020-03-17: 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)
- 2020-03-16: 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)
- 2020-03-15: Sunday 3rd (A) of Lent Jn 4,5-42: «Give me a drink» Julio César RAMOS González SDB (Mendoza, Argentina)
- 2020-03-14: Saturday of the Second Week in Lent Lc 15,1-3.11-32: «I will get up and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against God and before you» Jordi POU i Sabater (Sant Jordi Desvalls, Girona, Spain)
- 2020-03-13: Friday of the Second Week in 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)
- 2020-03-12: Thursday of the Second Week in 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)
- 2020-03-11: Wednesday of the Second Week in Lent Mt 20:17-28: “Whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant” Francesc JORDANA i Soler (Mirasol, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2020-03-10: 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)
- 2020-03-09: Monday of the Second Week in Lent Lc 6:36-38: “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful” Zacharias MATTAM SDB (Bangalore, India)
- 2020-03-08: Sunday 2nd (A) of Lent Mt 17,1-9: «Jesus' appearance was changed before them» Jaume GONZÁLEZ i Padrós (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2020-03-07: 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)
- 2020-03-06: 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)
- 2020-03-05: 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)
- 2020-03-04: Wednesday of the First Week in 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)
- 2020-03-03: 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)
- 2020-03-02: Monday 1st 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)
- 2020-03-01: Sunday 1st (A) of Lent Mt 4,1-11: «The Spirit led Jesus into the desert that He be put to the test by the devil» Antoni BALLESTER i Díaz (Camarasa, Lleida, Spain)
January 25th
Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, Apostle
Gospel and commentary video
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Benedict XVI
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