Vic, Spain. The General Government had a few days of conviviality and work in our House of Spirituality in Vic (Spain) from October 18 to 30, 2021. From October 18 to 23, accompanied by Father Gonzalo Fernandez, the General Government worked on the discernment and practice of attitudes, principles, functions and competencies that can help […]
NOVEMBER 9 GOSPEL READING IS THE SAME AS 3rd SUNDAY OF LENT YEAR B Introduction The Basilica of St. John Lateran is the cathedral of the Pope as Bishop of Rome. It was built by Constantine and was for centuries the habitual residence of the Popes. Even today, although he lives in the […]
November 8, Monday Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time The First Reading in Year I will be taken for a whole week from the Book of Wisdom. It was written in Greek in Alexandria, the century before the Christian era. Although he hopes non-Jews to read it too, the author advises mainly his co-religionists […]
Reflection: Luke 17: 1-6 Evangelist Luke pays great attention on the command of Jesus to care for the poor and oppressed. He finds the social and economic situation of the poor of his community had a lot in common with the situation in the Jewish society, where Jesus lived. Although the members of the community […]
THIRTIETH-SECOND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME FORGIVE! Introduction The First Reading in Year I will be taken for a whole week from the Book of Wisdom. It was written in Greek in Alexandria, the century before the Christian era. Although he hopes non-Jews to read it too, the author advises mainly his co-religionists to […]
November 7, Sunday Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time How much do we Christians dare to live in the hands of God? Shouldn’t that be our trademark as Christians, together with love for one another? We are supposed to love God so much that we trust him completely, absolutely, without conditions, without fear or hesitation. […]
Reflection: Mark 12:38-44 From the beginning of his public life, Jesus came into conflict with the representatives of the religious institution, the scribes and the Pharisees. They called him a heretic and Jesus called them thieves and robbers who had turned the temple into a den of thieves. Today’s Gospel begins by presenting Jesus’ attack […]
Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time In the Hands of God The Poor Know How to Share Greeting (see Responsorial Psalm) Give praise to the Lord who gives bread to the hungry and raises up those who are bowed down. It is he who protects the stranger and upholds the widow and orphan. May […]
November 6, Saturday THIRTIETH-FIRST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Paul concludes his letter to the Romans with various greetings and a hymn of praise to God. After the Lord’s parable on the unjust steward, Luke adds several statements from various sources, some allegorical reflections of the early Christian communities, some his own comments, all rather remotely […]
Reflection: Luke 16:9-15 Today’s passage is a continuation of what we have reflected on yesterday where Jesus was praising the choice of the unfaithful steward to give up his dirty wealth and profits to gain friends. The friends to whom Jesus was referring to in the parable were obviously the poor. They had owed debts […]