Contemplating today's Gospel
Today's Gospel + homily (in 300 words)
Previous comments (February of 2024)
- 2024-02-29: 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)
- 2024-02-28: 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)
- 2024-02-27: 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)
- 2024-02-26: Monday of the Second Week of Lent Lc 6:36-38: “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful” Zacharias MATTAM SDB (Bangalore, India)
- 2024-02-25: Second Sunday of Lent (B) Mc 9:2-10: “Jesus went up the mountain to pray” Jaume GONZÁLEZ i Padrós (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2024-02-24: 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)
- 2024-02-23: 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)
- 2024-02-22: 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)
- 2024-02-21: 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)
- 2024-02-20: 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)
- 2024-02-19: 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)
- 2024-02-18: First Sunday of Lent (B) Mc 1:12-15: “The Spirit drove him out into the desert, and tempted by Satan” Joan MARQUÉS i Suriñach (Vilamarí, Girona, Spain)
- 2024-02-17: 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)
- 2024-02-16: 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)
- 2024-02-15: 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)
- 2024-02-14: 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)
- 2024-02-13: Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Mc 8:14-21: “Watch out, guard against the leaven of the Pharisees” Juan Carlos CLAVIJO Cifuentes (Bogotá, Colombia)
- 2024-02-12: Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Mc 8:11-13: “Amen, I say to you, no sign will be given” Jordi POU i Sabater (Sant Jordi Desvalls, Girona, Spain)
- 2024-02-11: Sunday 6th (B) in Ordinary Time Mc 1:40-45: “If you so wish, you can make me clean” Ferran JARABO i Carbonell (Agullana, Girona, Spain)
- 2024-02-10: Saturday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Mc 8:1-10: “They have nothing to eat” Carles ELÍAS i Cao (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2024-02-09: Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Mc 7:31-37: “He has done all things well” Joan MARQUÉS i Suriñach (Vilamarí, Girona, Spain)
- 2024-02-08: Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Mc 7:24-30: “Soon a woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him. She came and fell at his feet.” Enric CASES i Martín (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2024-02-07: Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Mc 7:14-23: «Nothing that enters one from out¬side can make that person unclean» Norbert ESTARRIOL i Seseras (Lleida, Spain)
- 2024-02-06: 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)
- 2024-02-05: 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)
- 2024-02-04: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Mc 1:29-39: “Everyone is looking for you” Francesc CATARINEU i Vilageliu (Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2024-02-03: 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)
- 2024-02-02: 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)
- 2024-02-01: 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)
