Contemplating today's Gospel
Today's Gospel + homily (in 300 words)
Previous comments (August of 2026)
- 2026-08-18: Tuesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 19:23-30: “It will be hard for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of heaven... Who then can be saved?” Fernando PERALES i Madueño (Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2026-08-17: Monday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 19:16-22: “Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?” Enrique AMAT i Busquets (Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2026-08-16: Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Mt 15:21-28: “Lord, even the dogs eat the scraps that fall from the table of their masters." Joan SERRA i Fontanet (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2026-08-15: August 15th: Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Lc 1:39-56: "My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my Savior" Josep ALEGRE (Tarragona, Spain)
- 2026-08-14: Friday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 19:3-12: “What God has joined together, man must not separate.” Roger J. LANDRY (Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States)
- 2026-08-13: Thursday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 18:21—19:1: “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him?” Joan BLADÉ i Piñol (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2026-08-12: Wednesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 18:15-20: "If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault… Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” Pedro-José YNARAJA i Díaz (El Montanyà, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2026-08-11: Tuesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14: “In just the same way, it is not the will of your heavenly Father that one of these little ones be lost.” Valentí ALONSO i Roig (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2026-08-10: August 10th: Feast of Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr Jn 12:24-26: “Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there also will my servant be” Antoni CAROL i Hostench (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2026-08-09: Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Mt 14:22-33: “Beginning to sink, he cried out, ‘Lord, save me!’” Joaquim MESEGUER García (Rubí, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2026-08-08: Saturday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 17:14-20: “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed… Nothing will be impossible for you” Fidel CATALÁN i Catalán (Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2026-08-07: Friday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 16:24-28: “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me” Pedro IGLESIAS Martínez (Ripollet, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2026-08-06: August 6th: Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord (A) Mt 17:1-9: “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased” Joan SERRA i Fontanet (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2026-08-05: Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 15:21-28: “O woman, great is your faith!” Jordi CASTELLET i Sala (Vic, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2026-08-04: Tuesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 15:1-2.10-14: “Why do your disciples not follow the tradition of the elders?” Iñaki BALLBÉ i Turu (Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2026-08-03: Monday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 14:22-36: “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.” Lluc TORCAL (Santa Maria de Poblet, Tarragona, Spain)
- 2026-08-02: Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Mt 14,13-21: «Bring them here to me» Roger J. LANDRY (Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States)
- 2026-08-01: Saturday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time Mt 14:1-12: “Herod the tetrarch heard of the reputation of Jesus” Joan Pere PULIDO i Gutiérrez (Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain)
