Contemplating today's Gospel
Today's Gospel + homily (in 300 words)
Previous comments (October of 2023)
- 2023-10-31: Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 13:18-21: “What is the kingdom of God like?” Francisco Lucas MATEO Seco (Pamplona, Navarra, Spain)
- 2023-10-30: Monday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 13:10-17: "But the leader of the synagogue, indignant that Jesus had cured on the Sabbath..." Francesc JORDANA i Soler (Mirasol, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2023-10-29: Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Mt 22:34-40: "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart… You shall love your neighbor as yourself” Johannes VILAR (Köln, Germany)
- 2023-10-28: October 28th: Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles Lc 6:12-19: “Jesus went up to the mountain to pray” Albert TAULÉ i Viñas (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2023-10-27: Friday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 12:54-59: "Why do you not know how to interpret the present time? Why do you not judge for yourselves what is right?" Frederic RÀFOLS i Vidal (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2023-10-26: Thursday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 12:49-53: «I have come to set the earth on fire» Joan MARQUÉS i Suriñach (Vilamarí, Girona, Spain)
- 2023-10-25: Wednesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 12:39-48: “You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come” Josep Lluís SOCÍAS i Bruguera (Badalona, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2023-10-24: Tuesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 12:35-38: «Light your lamps and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding» Miquel VENQUE i To (Solsona, Lleida, Spain)
- 2023-10-23: Monday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 12:13-21: “Though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions” Lluc TORCAL (Santa Maria de Poblet, Tarragona, Spain)
- 2023-10-22: Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Mt 22:15-21: “Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God” Antoni POU OSB (Montserrat, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2023-10-21: Saturday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 12:8-12: “Everyone who acknowledges me before others the Son of Man will acknowledge” Alexis MANIRAGABA (Ruhengeri, Rwanda)
- 2023-10-20: Friday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 12:1-7: “Do not be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows” Salomon BADATANA Mccj (Wau, South Sudan)
- 2023-10-19: Thursday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 11:47-54: “Woe to you who build the memorials of the prophets whom your fathers killed” Pedro-José YNARAJA i Díaz (El Montanyà, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2023-10-18: October 18th: Feast of Saint Luke, evangelist Lc 10:1-9: “The Kingdom of God is at hand for you.” Lluc TORCAL (Santa Maria de Poblet, Tarragona, Spain)
- 2023-10-17: Tuesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 11:37-41: “But as to what is within, give alms, and behold, everything will be clean for you.” Pedro IGLESIAS Martínez (Ripollet, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2023-10-16: Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 11:29-32: “This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign” Raimondo M. SORGIA Mannai OP (San Domenico di Fiesole, Florencia, Italy)
- 2023-10-15: Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Mt 22:1-14: “Go out, therefore, into the main roads and invite to the feast whomever you find” Julio César RAMOS González SDB (Mendoza, Argentina)
- 2023-10-14: Saturday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lc 11:27-28: “Blessed is the womb that carried you and the breasts at which you nursed.” Jaume AYMAR i Ragolta (Badalona, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2023-10-13: Friday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lc 11:15-26: “Some of the crowd said: “By the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he drives out demons.” Josep PAUSAS i Mas (Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain)
- 2023-10-12: Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lc 11:5-13: “How much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?” Josep Mª MASSANA i Mola OFM (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2023-10-11: Wednesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lc 11:1-4: “Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples” Austin Chukwuemeka IHEKWEME (Ikenanzizi, Nigeria)
- 2023-10-10: Tuesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lc 10:38-42: “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing” Josep RIBOT i Margarit (Tarragona, Spain)
- 2023-10-09: Monday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lc 10:25-37: “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” Ivan LEVYTSKYY CSsR (Lviv, Ukraine)
- 2023-10-08: Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Mt 21:33-43: “Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, 'They will respect my son.'” Jorge LORING SJ (Cádiz, Spain)
- 2023-10-07: Saturday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 10:17-24: “At that very moment he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, ‘I give you praise, Father, Lord of heaven and earth’” Josep VALL i Mundó (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2023-10-06: Friday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 10:13-16: “Whoever listens to you listens to me” Jordi SOTORRA i Garriga (Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2023-10-05: Thursday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 10:1-12: “Ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest” Ignasi NAVARRI i Benet (La Seu d'Urgell, Lleida, Spain)
- 2023-10-04: Wednesday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 9:57-62: “Follow me” Lluc TORCAL (Santa Maria de Poblet, Tarragona, Spain)
- 2023-10-03: Tuesday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lc 9:51-56: “He resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem” Félix LÓPEZ SHM (Alcalá de Henares, Spain)
- 2023-10-02: 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)
- 2023-10-01: Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Mt 21:28-32: “Which of the two did his father's will?" Josef ARQUER (Berlin, Germany)
