Comments on the Liturgical Readings

1 All the publicans and sinners came to him to hear him. 2 The Pharisees and scribes murmured, “He receives…

Commentary on the Readings of the Day by Father Giordano Favillini Sunday 23/03 Luke 13:7 Behold I have been…

Readings: Ex 3:1-8,13-15; 1 Cor 10:1-6,10-12; Lk 13:1-9 In this Gospel passage (Lk 13:1-9) Jesus rejects the…

1 At that same time some came and reported to him about those Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mixed with that…

Commentary on the Readings of the Day by Father Giordano Favillini Sunday 16/03 Luke 9:29 Jesus as he prayed his…

Readings: Gen. 15:5-12.17-18; Phil. 3:17-4:1; Lk. 9:28-36 “The Transfiguration narrative, originating in Easter…

28 About eight days after these speeches, Jesus took Peter, John and James with him and went up the mountain to…

Commentary on the Readings of the Day by Father Giordano Favillini Sunday 9/03 Luke 4:2 Jesus left the Jordan…

Readings: Deut. 26:4-10; Rom. 13:8-13; Lk. 4:1-13 “Temptation” is certainly a constant theme in the Bible: since…

1 Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit, departed from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness 2…