Gospel Commentary
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The Gospels for each Sunday and Solemnity of the year, commented upon with unique insight by Msgr. João
On a Mystical Night… the Saviour of Humanity Is Born!
What must have been the supernatural ambience that enveloped the most important event in history? Let us raise our hearts beyond the human circumstances...
King of Eternity
Before being scourged, crowned with thorns and crucified, Our Lord Jesus Christ declared before Pilate His sovereignty over all creation: “I am a King.”
Solemnity...
The Loftiest Horizon
Christ’s majesty coming in the clouds to judge the earth, as well as the formidable grandeur of the end of the world, banishes worldly...
Wisdom Grants Us the Treasures of Heaven
The attitude of the rich young man has recorded for history the great error of those who, through selfishness, despise the heavenly treasure and...
The Secret of True Success!
The human heart longs for self-realization in the most brilliant manner, but disordered passions fill it with vain illusions. What should we do? Jesus...
The Defining Moment
The radical attitude taken by Our Lord in the face of His Apostles’ perplexity at the revelation of the Eucharist shows us the need...
God Always “multiplies the loaves”
In these troubled days, the scene of the multiplication of the loaves reminds us of an ever-present truth: we need only give God our...
“Just Have Faith!”
In performing the miraculous cure of the woman with haemorrhages and the resurrection of Jairus’ daughter, Jesus teaches that great graces are granted to...
The Best Way to Remain in Jesus
In the true vine there is a sublime conduit through which the sap of grace flows abundantly to us, without risk of being lost.
Gospel...
A King of Utmost Goodness
The best incentive to embark enthusiastically on the path of holiness is to understand the immeasurable love of the Good Shepherd for each of...
The Transfiguration: “Listen to Him”
Entrenched in a false conception of Jesus’ mission, the Apostles failed to heed His voice. Let us be vigilant so that the same does...
God Manifests His Mercy Even in Chastisement!
Even when humanity rejects the saving help God offers it, He still guides it as a Father, pouring out His goodness whether in warning...
Unfathomable Divine Plans and Faulty Human Criteria
From all eternity, the Son planned to erect the infallible chair of His Church in the person of a mortal man. In the glorious...
Two Standards… Only One Choice!
To win the battle of our spiritual life we must seek complete and perfect union with the Supreme Captain, making use of all the...
Time Should Not Be Spent on Time, But on Eternity
The call to conversion and the proclamation of the Kingdom put us in the perspective of a “brief time” that should be lived with...
Where Does Jesus Live?
When the disciples who followed Him wanted to know where He was staying, Our Lord affectionately said to them: “Come and you will see.”...
Hierarchy or Equality?
Through the thirty years of His family life, the God-Man offers the example of perfect obedience, to a world pervaded by an egalitarian mentality...
Christ the King and the Secret of Mary
The Blessed Trinity guards an extraordinary Secret, the revelation of which will manifest to the world the supreme royalty of Christ on this earth....
The Power of the Word!
Today’s world has become an immense Nazareth. To save it, the Word of God must be presented in all of its power so that...
An Invitation to Restore the Harmony of Paradise
Irreconcilable enemies unite to put Incarnate Wisdom to the test. In confronting them, Our Lord shows the relationship that should exist between the temporal...
Let Us Love God’s Generosity!
Nothing is as difficult for human pride as accepting God’s gratuitous benevolence, by which He distributes His gifts unequally, being just towards all but...
Five Loaves, Two Fish and Jesus…
In performing the miracle of the multiplication of loaves, Jesus not only desired to feed the great multitude, but also had a much higher...
God’s Kingdom, a Kingdom of Warfare!
The children of light, wary of the enemy who sows weeds around and within them, must above all trust in the power of grace,...
Grafted in Christ
Are we grafted in Christ or in the world? Where can we find peace of soul and how can we fulfil the supernatural end...