Contemplating today's Gospel
Today's Gospel + homily (in 300 words)
Previous comments (May of 2024)
- 2024-05-31: May 31st: Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Lc 1:39-56: “The infant in my womb leaped for joy” F. Xavier CIURANETA i Aymí (Lleida, Spain)
- 2024-05-30: Thursday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Mc 10:46-52: “Jesus, son of David, have pity on me.” Ramón LOYOLA Paternina LC (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2024-05-29: Wednesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Mc 10:32-45: “For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many” René PARADA Menéndez (San Salvador, El Salvador)
- 2024-05-28: Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Mc 10:28-31: “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house (…) for my sake and for the sake of the Gospel who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age (…) and eternal life in the age to come” Jordi SOTORRA i Garriga (Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2024-05-27: Monday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Mc 10:17-27: “Go, sell what you have and give the money to the poor. Then come and follow me” Joaquim PETIT Llimona, L.C. (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2024-05-26: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity (B) Mt 28:16-20: “Make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit” F. Xavier CIURANETA i Aymí (Lleida, Spain)
- 2024-05-25: Saturday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Mc 10:13-16: “Let the children come to me” Josep Lluís SOCÍAS i Bruguera (Badalona, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2024-05-24: Friday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Mc 10:1-12: “As was his custom, He again taught them” Miquel VENQUE i To (Solsona, Lleida, Spain)
- 2024-05-23: Thursday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Mc 9:41-50: “Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward” Xavier PARÉS i Saltor (La Seu d'Urgell, Lleida, Spain)
- 2024-05-22: Wednesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Mc 9:38-40: “Whoever is not against us is for us” David CODINA i Pérez (Puigcerdà, Gerona, Spain)
- 2024-05-21: Tuesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Mc 9:30-37: “The Son of Man is to be handed over to men” Jordi PASCUAL i Bancells (Salt, Girona, Spain)
- 2024-05-20: Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church Jn 19:25-34: «Behold, your mother» Alexis MANIRAGABA (Ruhengeri, Rwanda)
- 2024-05-19: Pentecost Sunday Jn 20:19-23: “Receive the Holy Spirit” José Ángel SAIZ Meneses, (Sevilla, Spain)
- 2024-05-18: Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter Jn 21:20-25: “It is this disciple who testifies to these things and has written them, and we know that his testimony is true” Fidel CATALÁN i Catalán (Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2024-05-17: Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter Jn 21:15-19: “Do you love me more than these?” Habel JADERA (Bogor, Indonesia)
- 2024-05-16: Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter Jn 17:20-26: “I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word” Joaquim PETIT Llimona, L.C. (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2024-05-15: Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter Jn 17:11b-19: “They may share my joy completely” Thomas LANE (Emmitsburg, Maryland, United States)
- 2024-05-14: May 14th: Feast of Saint Matthias, Apostle Jn 15:9-17: “I have told you this so that my joy might be in you and your joy might be complete” Josep VALL i Mundó (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2024-05-13: Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter Jn 16:29-33: “Take courage, I have conquered the world.” Jordi CASTELLET i Sala (Vic, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2024-05-12: Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord (B) Mc 16:15-20: “The Lord Jesus, after he spoke to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God” Lluc TORCAL (Santa Maria de Poblet, Tarragona, Spain)
- 2024-05-11: Saturday of the Sixth Week of Easter Jn 16:23b-28: “I came from the Father (...). Now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father” Xavier ROMERO i Galdeano (Cervera, Lleida, Spain)
- 2024-05-10: Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter Jn 16:20-23: “Your grief will become joy” Joaquim FONT i Gassol (Igualada, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2024-05-09: Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter Jn 16:16-20: “You will grieve, but your grief will become joy” Joan Pere PULIDO i Gutiérrez (Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain)
- 2024-05-08: Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter Jn 16:12-15: “I have much more to tell you” Àlex SERRA (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2024-05-07: Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter Jn 16:5-11: "It is better for you that I go" Joseph A. PELLEGRINO (Tarpon Springs, Florida, United States)
- 2024-05-06: Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter Jn 15:26—16:4: “And you also testify” Higinio Rafael ROSOLEN (Cobourg, Ontario, Canada)
- 2024-05-05: Sixth Sunday of Easter (B) Jn 15:9-17: “I have called you friends” Francesc CATARINEU i Vilageliu (Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2024-05-04: Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter Jn 15:18-21: “They will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.” Ferran JARABO i Carbonell (Agullana, Girona, Spain)
- 2024-05-03: May 3rd: Feast of Saints Philip and James, Apostles Jn 14:6-14: “I am the way and the truth and the life. If you know me, then you will also know my Father” Joan SOLÀ i Triadú (Girona, Spain)
- 2024-05-02: Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter Jn 15:9-11: "As the Father loves me, so I also love you" Lluís RAVENTÓS i Artés (Tarragona, Spain)
- 2024-05-01: Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter Jn 15:1-8: "Remain in me, as I remain in you" Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
