Comments on the Liturgical Readings

Christmas of the Lord 1 In those days a decree of Caesar Augustus ordered that a census be taken of the whole…

Readings: Is 9:1-6; Tit 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14 In Luke's Gospel, while the birth of John the Baptist is narrated in…

Readings: Mi 5:1-4a; Heb 10:5-10; Lk 2:39-45 “Where will the Messiah be born?” all Israel wondered. The answer is…

IV Sunday of Advent C 39In those days Mary arose and went in haste to the mountainous region, to a town in…

Commentary on the Readings of the Day by Father Giordano Favillini Sunday 15/12 Luke 3: 16-17 John answered and…

Readings: Zeph 3:14-17; Phil 4:4-7; Lk 3:10-18 Luke, in accordance with the other synoptics, and John, opens the…

III Sunday of Advent C 10The crowds questioned him, “What shall we do? ‘11He answered them, ’He who has two…

Commentary on the Readings of the Day by Father Giordano Favillini Sunday 8/12 Luke 1: 28 and 31 Rejoice, full…

Gen 3:9-15,20; Phil 1:4-6,8-11; Lk 1:26-38 Monsignor Tonino Bello wrote: “I am sometimes concerned because in…

Immaculate Conception B. V. Mary 26 In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee,…