Sunday XXXIV Year B – Lord Jesus, you are a very strange king!
Readings: Dan 7:13-14; Rev 1:5-8; Jn 18:33-37
Lord Jesus, you are a most strange king! The book of Daniel, in the…
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Gospel of Sunday, 24 November: John 18:33b-37
Feast of Christ the King Year B
33 Pilate then went back into the praetorium, summoned Jesus, and said to him,…
The Word every day: 17-23 November, 2024
Commentary on the Readings of the Day by Father Giordano Favillini
Sunday 17/11
Mark 13: 26-27
Jesus said, ‘Then…
Gospel for Sunday, November 17: Mark 13,24-32
XXXIII Sunday Year B
24 In those days, after that tribulation,
the sun shall be darkened
and the moon will no…
Sunday XXXIII Year B – Between the “already” and the “not yet”
Readings: Dan 12:1-3; Heb 10:11-14.18; Mk 13:24-32
The apocalyptic genre (from “apo-kaluptein” = “s-veil”, to…
The Word every day: 10-16 November, 2024
Commentary on the Readings of the Day by Father Giordano Favillini
Sunday 10 November
Mark 12: 42 and 44
Once a…
Gospel for Sunday, November 10: Mark 12:38-44
XXXII Sunday Year B
"38 He said to them as he taught, ”Beware of the scribes, who love to walk in long robes, to…
Sunday XXXII Year B – In the school of the poor
Readings: 1 Kings 17:10-16; Heb 9:24-28; Mk 12:38-44
The First Reading (1 Kings 17:10-16) presents us with a poor…
The Word every day: 3-9 November, 2024
Commentary on the Readings of the Day by Father Giordano Favillini
Sunday 3/11
Mark 12: 30-31
You shall love the…
Gospel for Friday, November 1: Mattew 5,1-12
The Beatitudes
1 Seeing the crowds, Jesus went up on the mountain and, having sat down, his disciples approached…