Glimpses of the Gospel

Glimpses of the Gospel

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

  • April 12th, 2021 - II Monday of Easter

    † Holy Gospel according to St. John 3: 1 – 8


    Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. He came to Jesus at night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can do these signs that you are doing unless God is with him."


    Jesus answered and said to him, "Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above."


    Nicodemus said to him, "How can a person once grown old be born again? Surely he cannot reenter his mother's womb and be born again, can he?"


    Jesus answered, "Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. What is born of flesh is flesh and what is born of spirit is spirit. Do not be amazed that I told you, 'You must be born from above.' The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."


    The Gospel of the Lord

    9 min
  • April 11th, 2021 -II Sunday of Easter (Sunday of Divine Mercy)
    + Holy Gospel according to St. John: 20, 19 – 31
    On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, "Peace be with you."
    When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
    (Jesus) said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you." And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained."
    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."
    Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of (his) disciples that are not written in this book. But these are written that you may (come to) believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through this belief you may have life in his name.
    The Gospel of the Lord
    10 min
  • April 10th, 2021 - Saturday in the Octave of Easter

    + Holy Gospel according to Saint Mark 16: 9 – 15 


    When Jesus had risen, early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons.

    She went and told his companions who were mourning and weeping.

    When they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe.

    After this He appeared in another form to two of them walking along on their way to the country.

    They returned and told the others; but they did not believe them either.

    (But) later, as the eleven were at table, he appeared to them and rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart because they had not believed those who saw him after he had been raised.

    He said to them, "Go into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to every creature.”


    The Gospel of the Lord

    9 min
  • April 9th, 2021 - Friday in the Octave of Easter
    + Holy Gospel according to St. John 21: 1 – 14
    After this, Jesus revealed himself again to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias. He revealed himself in this way.
    Together were Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, Zebedee's sons, and two others of his disciples. Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing."
    They said to him, "We also will come with you." So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.
    When it was already dawn, Jesus was standing on the shore; but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them, "Children, have you caught anything to eat?"
    They answered him, "No."
    So he said to them, "Cast the net over the right side of the boat and you will find something."
    So they cast it, and were not able to pull it in because of the number of fish.
    So the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord."
    When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he tucked in his garment, for he was lightly clad, and jumped into the sea.
    The other disciples came in the boat, for they were not far from shore, only about a hundred yards, dragging the net with the fish. When they climbed out on shore, they saw a charcoal fire with fish on it and bread.
    Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish you just caught."
    So Simon Peter went over and dragged the net ashore full of one hundred fifty-three large fish. Even though there were so many, the net was not torn.
    Jesus said to them, "Come, have breakfast."
    And none of the disciples dared to ask him, "Who are you?" because they realized it was the Lord.
    Jesus came over and took the bread and gave it to them, and in like manner the fish. This was now the third time Jesus was revealed to his disciples after being raised from the dead.
    The Gospel of the Lord
    11 min
  • April 8th, 2021 - Thursday in the Octave of Easter

    + Holy Gospel according to St. Luke 24: 35 – 48


    Then the two disciples recounted what had taken place on the way and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread. 


    While they were still speaking about this, he stood in their midst and said to them, "Peace be with you." 


    But they were startled and terrified and thought that they were seeing a ghost. Then he said to them, "Why are you troubled? And why do questions arise in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have." 


    And as he said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. While they were still incredulous for joy and were amazed, he asked them, "Have you anything here to eat?" They gave him a piece of baked fish; he took it and ate it in front of them. 


    He said to them, "These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and in the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled." 


    Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures. And he said to them, "Thus it is written that the Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things."


    The Gospel of the Lord

    8 min
  • April 7th, 2021 - Wednesday in the Octave of Easter
    + Holy Gospel according to St. Luke 24: 13 – 35
    Now that very day two of the disciples were going to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus, and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred.
    And it happened that while they were conversing and debating, Jesus himself drew near and walked with them, but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him.
    He asked them, "What are you discussing as you walk along?"
    They stopped, looking downcast. One of them, named Cleopas, said to him in reply, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know of the things that have taken place there in these days?"
    And he replied to them, "What sort of things?"
    They said to him, "The things that happened to Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, how our chief priests and rulers both handed him over to a sentence of death and crucified him. But we were hoping that he would be the one to redeem Israel; and besides all this, it is now the third day since this took place. Some women from our group, however, have astounded us: they were at the tomb early in the morning and did not find his body; they came back and reported that they had indeed seen a vision of angels who announced that he was alive. Then some of those with us went to the tomb and found things just as the women had described, but him they did not see."
    And he said to them, "Oh, how foolish you are! How slow of heart to believe all that the prophets spoke! Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and enter into his glory?" Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them what referred to him in all the scriptures.
    As they approached the village to which they were going, he gave the impression that he was going on farther. But they urged him, "Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over."
    So he went in to stay with them. And it happened that, while he was with them at table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them. With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight.
    Then they said to each other, "Were not our hearts burning (within us) while he spoke to us on the way and opened the scriptures to us?" So they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem where they found gathered together the eleven and those with them who were saying, "The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!"
    Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.
    The Gospel of the Lord
    9 min
  • April 6th, 2021 - Tuesday in the Octave of Easter
    + Holy Gospel according to St. John 20: 11 – 18
    Mary stayed outside the tomb weeping. And as she wept, she bent over into the tomb and saw two angels in white sitting there, one at the head and one at the feet where the body of Jesus had been.
    And they said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?"
    She said to them, "They have taken my Lord, and I don't know where they laid him." When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus there, but did not know it was Jesus.
    Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?"
    She thought it was the gardener and said to him, "Sir, if you carried him away, tell me where you laid him, and I will take him."
    Jesus said to her, "Mary!"
    She turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rabbouni," which means Teacher.
    Jesus said to her, "Stop holding on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am going to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
    Mary of Magdala went and announced to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord," and what he told her.
    The Gospel of the Lord
    10 min
  • April 5th, 2021 - Monday in the Octave of Easter
    + Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew 28: 8 – 15
    Then the women went away quickly from the tomb, fearful yet overjoyed, and ran to announce this to his disciples. And behold, Jesus met them on their way and greeted them. They approached, embraced his feet, and did him homage.
    Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me."
    While they were going, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had happened. They assembled with the elders and took counsel; then they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, telling them, "You are to say, 'His disciples came by night and stole him while we were asleep.' And if this gets to the ears of the governor, we will satisfy (him) and keep you out of trouble."
    The soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has circulated among the Jews to the present (day).
    The Gospel of the Lord
    8 min
  • April 4th, 2021 - Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord
    + Holy Gospel according to St. John 20: 1 – 9
    On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, "They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they put him."
    So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first; he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in.
    When Simon Peter arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there, and the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place.
    Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed. For they did not yet understand the scripture that he had to rise from the dead.
    The Gospel of the Lord
    9 min
  • April 3rd, 2021 - Holy Saturday (Easter Vigil)
    + Holy Gospel according to St. Mark 16: 1 – 7
    When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary, the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go and anoint Jesus. Very early when the sun had risen, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb. They were saying to one another, “Who will roll back the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?”
    When they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back; it was very large. On entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a white robe, and they were utterly amazed.
    He said to them, “Do not be amazed! You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Behold the place where they laid him. But go and tell his disciples and Peter, 'He is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him, as he told you.'”
    Then they went out and fled from the tomb, seized with trembling and bewilderment. They said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.
    The Gospel of the Lord
    6 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.