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Commentary to the 1st Sunday of Lent – Year C

by: Fr. Fernando Armellini in Homilies, Fri, Mar 8th 2019

Paul assures: “God is faithful and will not let you be tempted beyond your strength. He will give you, together with temptation, the strength to escape and to resist” (1 Cor 10:13). The author of the Letter to the Hebrews reminds of another consoling truth: Jesus experienced our own temptations, so “he is not indifferent to our weaknesses. Having been tested through suffering, he is able to help those who are tested” (Heb 4:15; 2:18).

Commentary to the 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C

by: Fr. Fernando Armellini in Homilies, Sat, Mar 2nd 2019

In today’s passage the recipients of the Lord’s dramatic warning are not, however, neither the Pharisees nor the Jews, but the disciples themselves. Even for them, there is a danger of acting like blind guides. In the Church of the first centuries, the baptized were called the enlightened ones because the light of Christ had opened their eyes.

Commentary to the 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C

by: Fr. Fernando Armellini in Homilies, Fri, Feb 22nd 2019

We could summarize the message of the Gospel by saying that there are three categories of people: on the lowest rung are the wicked (those who, while still receiving the good, they do evil); higher are the righteous (those who respond to the good with good and evil with evil); finally there are those who respond to evil with good. Only they are the children of God.

Commentary to the 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C

by: Fr. Fernando Armellini in Homilies, Sat, Feb 16th 2019

Those who has the money to invest, do not rely on the first sales pitch that is on the street. He asks for information, seeks advice from some experts, checks which actions are down and which are rising, which gives major reliability and which are on sale. Only at the end, after careful consideration, he chooses what to buy. Our life is a precious capital that God has placed in our hands and must be productive. What are the values at play? What are the actions that will bump up the capital?

Commentary to the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C

by: Fr. Fernando Armellini in Homilies, Fri, Feb 8th 2019

Today’s readings present some characters who are called to carry out a mission of proclaiming the Word of God. They all have the same reaction: they feel unworthy, incapable, inadequate. Isaiah declares to be a man of unclean lips. Peter asks Jesus to turn away from him because he knows he is a sinner. Paul says that the Risen One was manifested to him, but “as to an abortion,” that is, as an imperfect being, one born abnormally.

Commentary to the 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C

by: Fr. Fernando Armellini in Homilies, Sat, Feb 2nd 2019

The last verse: “But Jesus passed through their midst and went his way” (v. 30) does not refer to his miraculous disappearance. It is a message of consolation and hope that Luke wants to give to the Christians of his community who are facing opposition, misunderstandings, disagreements, and hostility... Luke ensures: Protected by God, they, too, will pass through the midst of persecution and will continue confidently along until they reach their goal.

Presentation of the Lord – February 2 – Year C

by: Fr. Fernando Armellini in Homilies, Sat, Feb 2nd 2019

Forty days have passed since Christmas and—perhaps with a bit of nostalgia—we remember the emotions aroused in us by that feast and, even more, the good news that the baby brought us, a star coming from Heaven to illuminate our nights, “rising Sun, shining on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death” (Lk 1:78-79). Why does the Church today make us contemplate again that child?

Commentary on the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C

by: Fr. Fernando Armellini in Homilies, Fri, Jan 25th 2019

Today—Jesus begins to proclaim—“these prophetic words come true” (v. 21). He does not comment on the text of the prophet but proclaims its fulfillment. Today begins the year of grace, the endless feast for everyone because to everyone, in God’s name, salvation, free and without conditions is announced.

Commentary to the 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C

by: Fr. Fernando Armellini in Homilies, Sat, Jan 19th 2019

Various symbols are used in the Bible to describe God’s love for his people. He is the liberator, ally, King, pastor … The prophet Hosea introduces another image—the most expressive of all—that of matrimony: the Lord is the bridegroom, his bride is Israel. The Israelites took a bit of time to apply it to their God (and the same happened to the image of “father”)

Commentary to the Baptism of the Lord – January 13, 2019 – Year C

by: Fr. Fernando Armellini in Homilies, Fri, Jan 11th 2019

Today’s Gospel opens with a significant finding, “the people were in expectation.” It is easy to imagine what they are waiting for: the slave expected freedom, the poor a new condition of life, the exploited laborer hoped for justice, the sick healing, and the humiliated and raped woman the recovery of dignity. All aspired a new world; they hoped that among people abuses, distortions, mistreatment would disappear and rapports of peace installed.

Commentary to the Epiphany of the Lord – January 6, 2019 – Year C

by: Fr. Fernando Armellini in Homilies, Sat, Jan 5th 2019

Matthew writes in the A.D. 80s and what does he verify? He notes that the heathens entered en masse in the church. They recognized and adored the star, while the Jews, who were waiting for so many centuries, refused him. The story of the magi is, therefore, a “parable” of what was happening in the Christian community at the end of the first century. The pagans who sought the truth with honesty and perseverance have received from God the light to find it.

Commentary to the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God – January 1

by: Fr. Fernando Armellini in Homilies, Mon, Dec 31st 2018

The readings reflect a variety of themes: the blessing to begin well the New Year (First Reading); Mary, model of every mother and disciple (Gospel); peace (First Reading and the Gospel); the divine sonship (Second Reading); amazement before God’s love (Gospel); the name with which God wishes to be identified and invoked (First Reading and the Gospel).

Commentary to the Feast of the Holy Family – December 30

by: Fr. Fernando Armellini in Homilies, Sat, Dec 29th 2018

The family is the privileged place for training and education, but not the only one. There is a community in which the child is integrated into so that in it he grows, matures, meets brothers and sisters, and learns acceptance, free availability, collaboration, tolerance, and forgiveness. The family wanted by God is open, is a step towards the ultimate goal. It is a springboard from which to project oneself into the family of the heavenly Father.

Commentary to the THE BIRTH OF THE LORD (Mass of the day)

by: Fr. Fernando Armellini in Homilies, Mon, Dec 24th 2018

At Christmas, God reveals the immensity of His unconditional love. This is his justice. All people are invited to contemplate with wonder and let themselves be free from fear because "there is no fear in love. Perfect love drives away fear, for fear has to do with punishment: those who fear do not know perfect love"(1 Jn 4:18).

Commentary to the 4th Sunday of Advent – Year C –

by: Fr. Fernando Armellini in Homilies, Fri, Dec 21st 2018

Today’s readings present us with a series of situations and insignificant characters in which God has done wonders. They are an invitation to recognize—as Mary did—our poverty and to dispose ourselves to receive the work of salvation which the Lord comes to realize.

Commentary to the 3rd Sunday of Advent -C-

by: Fr. Fernando Armellini in Homilies, Fri, Dec 14th 2018

Last Sunday the Baptist invited us to review our relationship with God if we want to prepare for the coming of the Messiah. He called for a change in thinking and acting for the forgiveness of sins (Lk 1:3). Today he focuses on the new relationship that must be established with the neighbor. Love, solidarity, sharing, removal of inequities and abuses of power are the key words of his speech.

Commentary to the Second Sunday of Advent - C -

by: Fr. Fernando Armellini in Homilies, Sat, Dec 8th 2018

The transformation of mourning into joy—says Baruch—will be visible to all. God will make manifest the glory of Jerusalem renewed “to every creature under heaven” and this will be the sign that nothing is impossible for his love. Hosea—the prophet who first used the image of Israel as the bride of the Lord—alluded to another prodigy.

Feast if the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary – December 8

by: Fr. Fernando Armellini in Homilies, Fri, Dec 7th 2018

The dogma of the Immaculate Conception—defined by Pope Pius IX on December 8, 1854—has been formulated with a language linked to the philosophical and theological categories of time, a difficult to understand language for the twenty-first century man and woman. If the dogma wants to have something to say to us today, we must re-read it in the light of biblical revelation.

Commentary to the First Sunday of Advent – Year C –

by: Fr. Fernando Armellini in Homilies, Sat, Dec 1st 2018

Today’s Gospel invites everyone “to lift up the head.” There’s no chaos from which God cannot obtain a new and wonderful world. This world is born the instant we allow God to fulfill his Advent in our lives. In the face of evil forces that seem to always get the better, in addition to discouragement there is the danger of escape, the search for palliatives, bogus solutions (vv. 34-35).

Commentary to the Solemnity of CHRIST THE KING, the Triumph of the Defeated.

by: Fr. Fernando Armellini in Homilies, Sat, Nov 24th 2018

Jesus is there, at the top, for all to contemplate, lit by the sun shining in all its glory; he is silent, does not add a word because he has already explained everything. He waits for everyone to rule and make their choice. One can bet on the greatness, the majesty of this world, or follow him, giving up all goods and preferring defeat for love. The success or failure of a life depends on this choice.

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