Category: Gospel commentary

Commentary on the readings of Sunday, July 19, 2026: Wisdom 12:13.16-19, Romans 8:26-27, Matthew 13:24-43 The reading from Wisdom 12:13.16-19 offers us…

SUNDAY 16 (A) (Mt 13, 24-43) Like all parables, it is an innocuous and harmless story in itself, but it can lead…

It is striking to see how often Jesus addresses his disciples to warn them against a false “messianic impatience” that does not…

JULY 19, 2026 Although we comment on it briefly, the Word always gives us some thought to enrich the heart. The text…

July 19 Mt 13, 24-30 Perhaps because the mind is, by its own nature, dualistic—seeing reality as a sum of separate objects—humans…

SUNDAY 15 OT. CYCLE A A crisis with five questions and seven parables (Mt 13) The liturgy devotes this Sunday and the…

July 12 Mt 13, 1-23 At times, particularly as we grow more attentive to our inner world, it happens that listening to…

SUNDAY 15 (A) (Mt 13,1-23) Parables are remarkably suited for discussing transcendence. By starting with simple concepts drawn from everyday life that…

In a few short years, we have moved from a deeply religious society, where Christianity played a decisive role in people’s lives…

July 12, 2026 The Word always comes to our aid to make us more Christian, more human. In the parable of the…