Glimpses of the Gospel

Glimpses of the Gospel

By Fr. Rodrigo AguilarReligion & Spirituality
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Glimpses of the Gospel episodes

  • January 9th, 2022 - The Baptism of the Lord

    + Holy Gospel according to Saint Luke 3: 15 – 16, 21 – 22

     

    Now the people were filled with expectation, and all were asking in their hearts whether John might be the Messiah.

     

    John answered them all, saying, "I am baptizing you with water, but one mightier than I is coming. I am not worthy to loosen the thongs of his sandals. He will baptize you with the holy Spirit and fire.

     

    After all the people had been baptized and Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, heaven was opened and the holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased."

     

    The Gospel of the Lord

    9 min
  • January 8th - Christmas Weekday
    + Holy Gospel according to St. Mark 6: 34 – 44
    When he disembarked and saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things. By now it was already late and his disciples approached him and said, "This is a deserted place and it is already very late. Dismiss them so that they can go to the surrounding farms and villages and buy themselves something to eat."
    He said to them in reply, "Give them some food yourselves."
    But they said to him, "Are we to buy two hundred days' wages worth of food and give it to them to eat?"
    He asked them, "How many loaves do you have? Go and see."
    And when they had found out they said, "Five loaves and two fish."
    So he gave orders to have them sit down in groups on the green grass. The people took their places in rows by hundreds and by fifties. Then, taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to (his) disciples to set before the people; he also divided the two fish among them all. They all ate and were satisfied. And they picked up twelve wicker baskets full of fragments and what was left of the fish.
    Those who ate (of the loaves) were five thousand men.
    The Gospel of the Lord
    9 min
  • January 7th 2022 - Christmas Weekday

    + Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew 4: 12-17. 23-25


    When he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, that what had been said through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled: "Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way to the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, on those dwelling in a land overshadowed by death light has arisen." From that time on, Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."


    He went around all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness among the people. His fame spread to all of Syria, and they brought to him all who were sick with various diseases and racked with pain, those who were possessed, lunatics, and paralytics, and he cured them. And great crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan followed him.


    The Gospel of the Lord

    8 min
  • 6th January 2022 - Solemnity of The Epiphany of the Lord
    + Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew 2: 1 – 12
    When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod, behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, "Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage." When King Herod heard this, he was greatly troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. Assembling all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born. They said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it has been written through the prophet: 'And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; since from you shall come a ruler, who is to shepherd my people Israel.'"
    Then Herod called the magi secretly and ascertained from them the time of the star's appearance. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and search diligently for the child. When you have found him, bring me word, that I too may go and do him homage."
    After their audience with the king, they set out. And behold, the star that they had seen at its rising preceded them, until it came and stopped over the place where the child was. They were overjoyed at seeing the star, and on entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother. They prostrated themselves and did him homage. Then they opened their treasures and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed for their country by another way.
    The Gospel of the Lord
    9 min
  • January 5th 2022 - Christmas Weekday
    + Holy Gospel according to St. John 1: 43 – 51
    The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee, and he found Philip. And Jesus said to him, "Follow me."
    Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the law, and also the prophets, Jesus, son of Joseph, from Nazareth."
    But Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come from Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see."
    Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, "Here is a true Israelite. There is no duplicity in him."
    Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?"
    Jesus answered and said to him, "Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree."
    Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel."
    Jesus answered and said to him, "Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this." And he said to him, "Amen, amen, I say to you, you will see the sky opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."
    The Gospel of the Lord
    7 min
  • January 4th - Tuesday - Christmas Weekday

    + Holy Gospel according to St. John 1: 35 – 42 


    The next day John was there again with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by, he said, "Behold, the Lamb of God."  The two disciples heard what he said and followed Jesus.


    Jesus turned and saw them following him and said to them, "What are you looking for?" 


    They said to him, "Rabbi" (which translated means Teacher), "where are you staying?"


    He said to them, "Come, and you will see." So they went and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about four in the afternoon.  


    Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard John and followed Jesus. He first found his own brother Simon and told him, "We have found the Messiah" (which is translated Anointed). Then he brought him to Jesus. 


    Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon the son of John; you will be called Kephas" (which is translated Peter).


    The Gospel of The Lord

    10 min
  • January 3rd, 2022 - Monday - Christmas Weekday

    + Holy Gospel according to Saint John 1: 29 – 34


    The next day John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. He is the one of whom I said, 'A man is coming after me who ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.' I did not know him, but the reason why I came baptizing with water was that he might be made known to Israel."


    John testified further, saying, "I saw the Spirit come down like a dove from the sky and remain upon him. I did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, 'On whomever you see the Spirit come down and remain, he is the one who will baptize with the holy Spirit.' Now I have seen and testified that he is the Son of God."


    The Gospel of the Lord

    8 min
  • January 2nd 2022 - I Sunday after Christmas Day

    + Holy Gospel according to Saint John 1: 1 – 18


    In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be. What came to be through him was life, and this life was the light of the human race; the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. 


    A man named John was sent from God. He came for testimony, to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to testify to the light. The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. 


    He was in the world, and the world came to be through him, but the world did not know him. He came to what was his own, but his own people did not accept him. 


    But to those who did accept him he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name, who were born not by natural generation nor by human choice nor by a man's decision but of God. And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father's only Son, full of grace and truth.


    John testified to him and cried out, saying, "This was he of whom I said, 'The one who is coming after me ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.'" From his fullness we have all received, grace in place of grace, because while the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God. The only Son, God, who is at the Father's side, has revealed him.


    The Gospel of the Lord

    9 min
  • January 1st - Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
    + Holy Gospel according to Luke 2: 16 – 21
    The shepherds went in haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger. When they saw this, they made known the message that had been told them about this child. All who heard it were amazed by what had been told them by the shepherds. And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart. Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them.
    When eight days were completed for his circumcision, he was named Jesus, the name given him by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
    The Gospel of the Lord
    9 min
  • December 31st 2021 - VII Day in the Octave of Christmas
    + Holy Gospel according to St. John 1: 1 – 18
    In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be. What came to be through him was life, and this life was the light of the human race; the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
    A man named John was sent from God. He came for testimony, to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to testify to the light. The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.
    He was in the world, and the world came to be through him, but the world did not know him. He came to what was his own, but his own people did not accept him.
    But to those who did accept him he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name, who were born not by natural generation nor by human choice nor by a man's decision but of God. And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father's only Son, full of grace and truth.
    John testified to him and cried out, saying, "This was he of whom I said, 'The one who is coming after me ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.'" From his fullness we have all received, grace in place of grace, because while the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God. The only Son, God, who is at the Father's side, has revealed him.
    The Gospel of the Lord
    8 min

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Daily readings from the Gospel and a brief audio comment by Father Rodrigo Aguilar, Dioceses of San Miguel, Buenos Aires, Argentina.