Glimpses of the Gospel

Glimpses of the Gospel

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

  • July 11th 2021 - XV Sunday in Ordinary Time
    + Holy Gospel according to St. Mark 6: 7 – 13
    Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over unclean spirits. He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick - no food, no sack, no money in their belts. They were, however, to wear sandals but not a second tunic.
    He said to them, "Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave from there. Whatever place does not welcome you or listen to you, leave there and shake the dust off your feet in testimony against them." So they went off and preached repentance. They drove out many demons, and they anointed with oil many who were sick and cured them.
    The Gospel of the Lord.
    10 min
  • July 10, 2021 - XIV Saturday in Ordinary Time
    + Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew 10: 24 – 33
    Jesus said to his apostles:
    No disciple is above his teacher, no slave above his master. It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, for the slave that he become like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household! "Therefore do not be afraid of them. Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known. What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.
    And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
    Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father's knowledge. Even all the hairs of your head are counted. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
    Everyone who acknowledges me before others I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father. But whoever denies me before others, I will deny before my heavenly Father.
    The Gospel of the Lord.
    8 min
  • July 09, 2021 - XIV Friday in the Ordinary Time
    + Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew 10: 16 – 23
    Jesus said to His apostles:
    "Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves.
    But beware of people, for they will hand you over to courts and scourge you in their synagogues, and you will be led before governors and kings for my sake as a witness before them and the pagans. When they hand you over, do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say. You will be given at that moment what you are to say. For it will not be you who speak but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
    Brother will hand over brother to death, and the father his child; children will rise up against parents and have them put to death. You will be hated by all because of my name, but whoever endures to the end will be saved.
    When they persecute you in one town, flee to another. Amen, I say to you, you will not finish the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.”
    The Gospel of the Lord
    8 min
  • July 8th 2021 - XIV Thursday in Ordinary Time
    + Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew 10: 7 – 15
    Jesus said to his apostles:
    “As you go, make this proclamation: 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.' Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give. Do not take gold or silver or copper for your belts; no sack for the journey, or a second tunic, or sandals, or walking stick. The laborer deserves his keep.
    Whatever town or village you enter, look for a worthy person in it, and stay there until you leave. As you enter a house, wish it peace. If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; if not, let your peace return to you.
    Whoever will not receive you or listen to your words - go outside that house or town and shake the dust from your feet. Amen, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.”
    The Gospel of the Lord
    9 min
  • July 7th 2021 - XIV Wednesday in Ordinary Time

    + Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew 10: 1 – 7 

     

    Then Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness.


    The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus; Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him. 


    Jesus sent out these twelve after instructing them thus, "Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town. Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As you go, make this proclamation: 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'”


    The Gospel of the Lord

    8 min
  • July 6, 2021 - XIV Tuesday in Ordinary Time
    † Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew 9: 32 – 38
    A demoniac who could not speak was brought to Jesus, and when the demon was driven out the mute man spoke.
    The crowds were amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.”
    But the Pharisees said, “He drives out demons by the prince of demons.”
    Jesus went around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom, and curing every disease and illness. At the sight of the crowds, His heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.”
    The Gospel of the Lord
    8 min
  • July 5th, 2021 - XIV Monday in Ordinary Time
    + Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew 9: 18 – 26
    “While Jesus was saying these things to them, an official came forward, knelt down before Him, and said, “My daughter has just died. But come, lay your hand on her, and she will live.” Jesus rose and followed him, and so did his disciples.
    A woman suffering hemorrhages for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the tassel on His cloak. She said to herself, “If only I can touch His cloak, I shall be cured.” Jesus turned around and saw her, and said, “Courage, daughter! Your faith has saved you.” And from that hour the woman was cured.
    When Jesus arrived at the official's house and saw the flute players and the crowd who were making a commotion, He said, “Go away! The girl is not dead but sleeping.” And they ridiculed Him. When the crowd was put out, He came and took her by the hand, and the little girl arose. And news of this spread throughout all that land.”
    The Gospel of the Lord.
    9 min
  • July 4th, 2021 - XIV Sunday in Ordinary Time
    + Holy Gospel according to St. Mark 6: 1 – 6
    Jesus departed from there and came to his native place, accompanied by his disciples. When the sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished.
    They said, "Where did this man get all this? What kind of wisdom has been given him? What mighty deeds are wrought by his hands! Is he not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?" And they took offense at him.
    Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and among his own kin and in his own house."
    So he was not able to perform any mighty deed there, apart from curing a few sick people by laying his hands on them.
    He was amazed at their lack of faith. He went around to the villages in the vicinity teaching.
    The Gospel of the Lord
    10 min
  • July 3, 2021 - Feast of Saint Thomas, Apostle

    + Holy Gospel according to St. John 20: 24 – 29


    Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples said to him, "We have seen the Lord."


    But he said to them, "Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nailmarks and put my hand into his side, I will not believe."


    Now a week later his disciples were again inside and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, although the doors were locked, and stood in their midst and said, "Peace be with you." Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe."


    Thomas answered and said to him, "My Lord and my God!"


    Jesus said to him, "Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed."


    The Gospel of the Lord

    8 min
  • July 2nd, 2021 - XIII Friday in Ordinary Time
    + Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew 9: 9 – 13
    As Jesus passed by, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post. He said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him.
    While he was at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat with Jesus and his disciples. The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
    He heard this and said, "Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. Go and learn the meaning of the words, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' I did not come to call the righteous but sinners."
    The Gospel of the Lord
    10 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.