SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION – YEAR B Mark 14:1–15:47 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version A good Sunday to all. Today, there is almost unanimous agreement among biblical scholars that the passion narratives of the four evangelists are based on an older, original […]
THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B Mark 13:24-32 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version A good Sunday to all. If we read the Gospel according to Mark, we get stuck when we reach chapter 13; we find obscure, mysterious, difficult language, different
THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B Mark 12:28-34 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version One of the scribes approached Jesus and asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?” A good Sunday to all. For the past three days, Jesus
THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B Mark 12:38-44 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version A good Sunday to all. The Gospel passage we are going to listen to in a moment must be placed in the context of the events of the
PALM SUNDAY – YEAR B Mark 11:1-11 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version When Jesus and his disciples drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples and said to them, ‘Go into
THIRTIETH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B Mark 10:46-52 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version A good Sunday to all. We often use the verb ‘to see’ and the term ‘blindness’ metaphorically and symbolically. We say, ‘There is no one more blind
TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B Mark 10:35-45 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version A good Sunday to all. In today’s Gospel passage, we will hear the account of an embarrassing, not very informative episode featuring two eminent disciples, the sons
TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B Mark 10:17-30 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt before him, and asked, ‘Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ A
TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B Mark 10:2-16 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version A good Sunday to all. If there is a topical issue worth reflecting on in light of the Gospel, it is the state of the family institution
TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B Mark 9:38-50 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version A good Sunday to all. The proud, arrogant, and somewhat vain person does not attract sympathy; it is evident that he acts to show off and assert
