Words of Joy and Hope

FOURTEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME   – YEAR A Matthew 11:25-30 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version Greetings to all.  To understand the prayer that Jesus offered to the Father and that is related to today’s Gospel passage, we must contextualize it within the […]

THIRTEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME   – YEAR A Matthew 10:37-42 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version A good Sunday to all.  The liturgy offers us today the final part of the discourse Jesus addressed to his disciples when he sent them to announce

TWELFTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME   – YEAR A Matthew 10:26-33 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version A good Sunday to all.  Today’s evangelical passage is part of the second sermon that the evangelist Matthew presents in his book. The first sermon is the

ELEVENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME   – YEAR A Matthew 9:36–10:8 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version A good Sunday to all.  There is a shared desire: the expectation that, in our world, something new will emerge because we are tired of hearing about

TENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR A Matthew 9:9-13 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI A Good Sunday to all! 9 As Jesus continued on his way, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at his booth in the customs house, and he said to him: “Follow me!” And

NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR A Matthew 7:21-27 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI A Good Sunday to all! It Is Not Enough to Say: “Lord, Lord!”  21 Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one

EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR A Matthew 6:24-34 COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Jesus said to his disciples: “No one can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore, I tell you, do

SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR A Matthew 5:38-48 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version A good Sunday to all.  In relationships with others, we expect reciprocity. So, instinctively, when we do something good for another person, we wait for a response,