Glimpses of the Gospel

Glimpses of the Gospel

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

  • September 20th, 2021 - XXV Monday in Ordinary Time
    + iHoly Gospel according to St. Luke 8: 16 – 18+
    Memorial of Saint Andrew Kim Taegon, priest and martyr, and Saint Paul Chong Hasang, catechist and martyr, and their companions, martyrs
    Jesus said to the crowd: “No one who lights a lamp conceals it with a vessel or sets it under a bed; rather, he places it on a lampstand so that those who enter may see the light. For there is nothing hidden that will not become visible, and nothing secret that will not be known and come to light. Take care, then, how you hear. To anyone who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he seems to have will be taken away.”
    The Gospel of the Lord.
    10 min
  • September 19th, 2021 - XXV Sunday in Ordinary Time

    + Holy Gospel according to Saint Mark 9: 30 – 37 


    They left from there and began a journey through Galilee, but he did not wish anyone to know about it. He was teaching his disciples and telling them, "The Son of Man is to be handed over to men and they will kill him, and three days after his death he will rise." But they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to question him.


    They came to Capernaum and, once inside the house, he began to ask them, "What were you arguing about on the way?" But they remained silent. They had been discussing among themselves on the way who was the greatest.

      

    Then he sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them, "If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all."


    Taking a child he placed it in their midst, and putting his arms around it he said to them,

    "Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but the one who sent me."

     

    The Gospel of the Lord

    10 min
  • September 18, 2021 - XXIV Saturday in Ordinary Time
    + Holy Gospel according to Luke 8: 4 – 15
    When a large crowd gathered, with people from one town after another journeying to him, he spoke in a parable. "A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path and was trampled, and the birds of the sky ate it up. Some seed fell on rocky ground, and when it grew, it withered for lack of moisture. Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it. And some seed fell on good soil, and when it grew, it produced fruit a hundredfold."
    After saying this, he called out, "Whoever has ears to hear ought to hear."
    Then his disciples asked him what the meaning of this parable might be.
    He answered, "Knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been granted to you; but to the rest, they are made known through parables so that 'they may look but not see, and hear but not understand.'
    "This is the meaning of the parable. The seed is the word of God. Those on the path are the ones who have heard, but the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts that they may not believe and be saved.
    Those on rocky ground are the ones who, when they hear, receive the word with joy, but they have no root; they believe only for a time and fall away in time of trial.
    As for the seed that fell among thorns, they are the ones who have heard, but as they go along, they are choked by the anxieties and riches and pleasures of life, and they fail to produce mature fruit.
    But as for the seed that fell on rich soil, they are the ones who, when they have heard the word, embrace it with a generous and good heart, and bear fruit through perseverance.
    The Gospel of the Lord.
    8 min
  • September 17th 2021 - XXIV Friday in ordinary time

    + Holy Gospel according to Luke 8: 1 – 3 


    Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God. Accompanying him were the Twelve and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their resources.


    The Gospel of the Lord

    8 min
  • September 14th, Memorial of Saint Cornelius, pope and martyr, and Saint Cyprian, bishop and martyr
    Holy Gospel according to Luke 7: 36 – 50
    A Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him, and he entered the Pharisee's house and reclined at table.
    Now there was a sinful woman in the city who learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee. Bringing an alabaster flask of ointment, she stood behind him at his feet weeping and began to bathe his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the ointment.
    When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner."
    Jesus said to him in reply, "Simon, I have something to say to you."
    "Tell me, teacher," he said.
    "Two people were in debt to a certain creditor; one owed five hundred days' wages and the other owed fifty. Since they were unable to repay the debt, he forgave it for both. Which of them will love him more?”
    Simon said in reply, "The one, I suppose, whose larger debt was forgiven."
    He said to him, "You have judged rightly."
    Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not give me water for my feet, but she has bathed them with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You did not give me a kiss, but she has not ceased kissing my feet since the time I entered. You did not anoint my head with oil, but she anointed my feet with ointment. So I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven; hence, she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little."
    He said to her, "Your sins are forgiven."
    The others at table said to themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?"
    But he said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace."
    The Gospel of the Lord
    9 min
  • September 15th 2021 - Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows:
    + Holy Gospel according to Saint John 19: 25 – 27
    Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.
    When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son." Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother." And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.
    The Gospel of the Lord
    8 min
  • September 13th, 2021 - XXIV Monday in Ordinary Time
    + Holy Gospel according to Saint Luke 7: 1 – 10
    When Jesus had finished all his words to the people, he entered Capernaum.
    A centurion there had a slave who was ill and about to die, and he was valuable to him. When he heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and save the life of his slave.
    They approached Jesus and strongly urged him to come, saying, "He deserves to have you do this for him, for he loves our nation and he built the synagogue for us."
    And Jesus went with them, but when he was only a short distance from the house, the centurion sent friends to tell him, "Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof. Therefore, I did not consider myself worthy to come to you; but say the word and let my servant be healed. For I too am a person subject to authority, with soldiers subject to me. And I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come here,' and he comes; and to my slave, 'Do this,' and he does it."
    When Jesus heard this he was amazed at him and, turning, said to the crowd following him, "I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith."
    When the messengers returned to the house, they found the slave in good health.
    The Gospel of The Lord
    9 min
  • September 12th, 2021 - XXIV Sunday in Ordinary Time
    + Holy Gospel according to St. Mark 8: 27 – 35
    Now Jesus and his disciples set out for the villages of Caesarea Philippi. Along the way he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that I am?"
    They said in reply, "John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others one of the prophets."
    And he asked them, "But who do you say that I am?"
    Peter said to him in reply, "You are the Messiah."
    Then he warned them not to tell anyone about him. He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and rise after three days. He spoke this openly.
    Then Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. At this he turned around and, looking at his disciples, rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do."
    Jesus summoned the crowd with his disciples and said to them, "Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the gospel will save it.”
    The Gospel of the Lord
    9 min
  • September 11th - XXIII Saturday in ordinary time
    + Holy Gospel according to St. Luke 6, 43-49
    "A good tree does not bear rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit. For every tree is known by its own fruit. For people do not pick figs from thornbushes, nor do they gather grapes from brambles. A good person out of the store of goodness in his heart produces good, but an evil person out of a store of evil produces evil; for from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks. "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' but not do what I command? I will show you what someone is like who comes to me, listens to my words, and acts on them. That one is like a person building a house, who dug deeply and laid the foundation on rock; when the flood came, the river burst against that house but could not shake it because it had been well built. But the one who listens and does not act is like a person who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against it, it collapsed at once and was completely destroyed."
    The Gospel of The Lord.
    7 min
  • September 10th – XXIII Friday in Ordinary Time
    + Holy Gospel according to Saint Luke 6: 39-42
    And he told them a parable, "Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit?
    No disciple is superior to the teacher; but when fully trained, every disciple will be like his teacher. Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own? How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me remove that splinter in your eye,' when you do not even notice the wooden beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! Remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter in your brother's eye.
    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.