SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER – YEAR A, B & C John 20:19-31 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version 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 […]
SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD – YEAR B Mark 14:1–15:17 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
FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT – YEAR B John 12:20-33 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version A good Sunday to all. The background picture helps us understand the context of today’s gospel passage. We see a large crowd of pilgrims atop the Mount of
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT – YEAR B John 3:1-21 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 gospel passage must be placed in the context of the dialogue between Jesus and Nicodemus. We know this character very well; we
THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT – YEAR B John 2:13-25 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version A good Sunday for everyone. The Gospel reading for this third Sunday of Lent presents us with a somewhat uncomfortable scene, especially for the devout, who are used
SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT – YEAR B Mark 9:2-10 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version A good Sunday for everyone. As every year, on the second Sunday of Lent, the story of the transfiguration of Jesus is proposed to us; this year, we
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT – YEAR B Mark 1:12-15 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version A good Sunday to all. The narrative of the temptations of Jesus is one of the best-known passages in the Gospels. Even those who do not attend church
NINTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B Mark 2:23-3:6 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI One Sabbath, he was walking through grain fields. As his disciples walked alongside him, they began picking the heads of grain and crushing them in their hands. Then the Pharisees said to
EIGHTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B Mark 2:18-22 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Among all ancient peoples, fasting was a well-known practice. Plagues, natural disasters, and droughtwere the circumstances in which large collective fasts were organized. It was believed that torn clothes, severe penance, emaciated faces due to deprivation, abstaining from sexual pleasures, and vigils served to move the gods to pity, appease their anger, and convince
SEVENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME – Year B Mark 2:1-12 THE TEXT BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE VIDEO COMMENTARY BY FR. FERNANDO ARMELLINI Video Text Download version After several days, Jesus returned to Capernaum. As word spread that he was in the house, so many people gathered that there was no room left, not
