EASTER VIGIL – YEAR A Matthew 28:1-10 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version When the Sabbath was past, at the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went with the other Mary to examine the tomb. Happy Easter! The Gospel text begins […]
Good Friday John 18:28–19:16 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version Greetings to all, sisters and brothers. On this Good Friday, the liturgy brings us to reflect on the passion of Jesus, as narrated by the evangelist John. We are going to comment on
Holy Thursday John 13:1-15 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version Greetings to all, sisters and brothers. The synoptic Gospels devote few verses to the telling of the Last Supper. The Evangelist John dedicates to the Last Supper 5 chapters, almost a quarter of
PALM SUNDAY – YEAR A Matthew 26:14–27:66 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version A good Sunday for everyone. The evangelists dedicate a similar space to the account of the passion and death of Jesus. And the facts they tell are fundamentally the same,
FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT – YEAR A John 11:1-45 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version A good Sunday to all. What happens to those who find Christ in their lives? He told us in last Sunday’s Gospel: They open their eyes, and they
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT – YEAR A John 9:1-41 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version A good Sunday for everyone. The description of the healing of the man born blind, narrated only by the evangelist John is placed in the context of the
THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT – YEAR A John 4:1-42 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version A good Sunday to all. One is always a little puzzled when one hears the story of Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman. One immediately notices details that
SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT – YEAR A Matthew 17:1-9 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version A good Sunday to all. Every year, on the second Sunday of Lent, we are offered the story of the transfiguration of Jesus on the mountain. What was it about?
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT – YEAR A Matthew 4:1-11 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. A good Sunday to all. The Devil has always been
Ash Wednesday Matthew 6:1-6.16-18 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version “Jesus said to his disciples: “Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father.When you give alms, do not
