Daily Gospel Exegesis
This is a short daily podcast, where we go through an exegesis of the gospel reading from the current day's Mass. The Catholic Church teaches that in order to understand the Scriptures, we must start with the literal sense - in other words, how the original hearers of the text would have understood it. That is our aim in this podcast - to help understand what the gospel writers (and more importantly, Jesus) were intending to communicate in today's reading, as well as providing links to the Catechism. Each episode is short and designed to be listened to before or...
Saturday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time - Luke 13: 1-9
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Luke 13: 1-9 - 'Leave the fig tree one more year.'
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Friday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time - Luke 12: 54-59
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Luke 12: 54-59 - 'Do you not know how to interpret these times?'
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Thursday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time - Luke 12: 49-53
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Luke 12: 49-53 - 'How I wish it were blazing already!'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 696 (in 'Symbols of the Holy Spirit') - Fire. While water signifies birth and the fruitfulness of life given in the Holy Spirit, fire symbolizes the transforming energy of the Holy Spirit's actions. the prayer of the prophet Elijah, who "arose like f...
Wednesday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time - Luke 12: 39-48
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Luke 12: 39-48 - 'The Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 2849 (in 'And lead us not into temptation') - The Holy Spirit constantly seeks to awaken us to keep watch. Finally, this petition takes on all its dramatic meaning in relation to the last temptation of ou...
Tuesday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time - Luke 12: 35-38
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Luke 12: 35-38 - 'Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 2849 (in 'And lead us not into temptation') - The Holy Spirit constantly seeks to awaken us to keep watch. Finally, this petition takes on all its dramatic meaning in relation to the last temptation of our earthly battle; it as...
Monday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time - Luke 12: 13-21
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Luke 12: 13-21 - 'Fool! This very night your soul will be demanded of you.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 549 (in 'The Signs of the Kingdom of God') - By freeing some individuals from the earthly evils of hunger, injustice, illness and death, Jesus performed messianic signs. Nevertheless he did not come to abolish all evils here be...
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) - Matt 22: 15-21
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Matthew 22: 15-21 - 'Give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 2242 (in 'The Duties of Citizens') - The citizen is obliged in conscience not to follow the directives of civil authorities when they are contrary to the demands of the moral order, to the fundamental rights of persons or the teac...
Saturday of Week 28 in Ordinary Time - Luke 12: 8-12
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Luke 12: 8-12 - 'If you declare yourselves for me, I will declare myself for you.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 333 (in 'Christ with all his angels') - Again, it is the angels who "evangelize" by proclaiming the Good News of Christ's Incarnation and Resurrection. They will be present at Christ's return, which they will announce...
Friday of Week 28 in Ordinary Time - Luke 12: 1-7
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Luke 12: 1-7 - 'Not one sparrow is forgotten in God's sight.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 678 (in 'To Judge the Living and the Dead') - Following in the steps of the prophets and John the Baptist, Jesus announced the judgement of the Last Day in his preaching. Then will the conduct of each one and the se...
Thursday of Week 28 in Ordinary Time - Luke 11: 47-54
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Luke 11: 47-54 - 'You have not gone in yourselves and have prevented other who wanted to.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 579 (in 'Jesus and the Law') - This principle of integral observance of the Law not only in letter but in spirit was dear to the Pharisees. By giving Israel this principle they had led many J...
Wednesday of Week 28 in Ordinary Time - Luke 11: 42-46
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Luke 11: 42-46 - 'You overlook justice and the love of God.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 579 (in 'Jesus and the Law') - This principle of integral observance of the Law not only in letter but in spirit was dear to the Pharisees. By giving Israel this principle they had led many Jews of Jesus' time to an extreme re...
Tuesday of Week 28 in Ordinary Time - Luke 11: 37-41
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Luke 11: 37-41 - 'Give thanks for what you have and it will all be clean.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 588 (in 'Jesus and Israel's Faith in the One God and Saviour') - Jesus scandalized the Pharisees by eating with tax collectors and sinners as familiarly as with themselves (abbreviated).
- 2447 (in 'Love for the Po...
Monday of Week 28 in Ordinary Time - Luke 11: 29-32
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Luke 11: 29-32 - 'As Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be a sign.'
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28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) - Matt 22: 1-14
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Matthew 22: 1-14 - 'Invite everyone you can to the wedding.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 546 (in 'The Proclamation of the Kingdom of God') - Jesus' invitation to enter his kingdom comes in the form of parables, a characteristic feature of his teaching. Through his parables he invites people to the feast of the kingdom, but he...
Saturday of Week 27 in Ordinary Time - Luke 11: 27-28
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Luke 11: 27-28 - 'Happy the womb that bore you and the breasts you sucked.'
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Friday of Week 27 in Ordinary Time - Luke 11: 14-26
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Luke 11: 15-26 - 'The finger of God has overtaken you.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 700 (in 'Symbols of the Holy Spirit') - The finger. "It is by the finger of God that [Jesus] cast out demons." If God's law was written on tablets of stone "by the finger of God," then the "letter from Christ"...
Thursday of Week 27 in Ordinary Time - Luke 11: 5-13
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Luke 11: 5-13 - 'Ask, and it will be given to you.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 2613 (in 'Jesus teaches us how to pray') - Three principal parables on prayer are transmitted to us by St. Luke: the importunate friend," invites us to urgent prayer: "Knock, and it will be opened to you." To the one who pray...
Wednesday of Week 27 in Ordinary Time - Luke 11: 1-4
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Luke 11: 1-4 - 'How to pray.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 2759-2856 - Entire section of the Catechism which covers the Our Father.
- 520 (in 'Our Communion in the mysteries of Jesus') - In all of his life Jesus presents himself as our model. He is "the perfect man", who invites us to becom...
October 2026 Q&A
This is a bonus episode, where we respond to some recent listener questions.
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Tuesday of Week 27 in Ordinary Time - Luke 10: 38-42
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Luke 10: 38-42 - 'Martha works; Mary listens.'
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Monday of Week 27 in Ordinary Time - Luke 10: 25-37
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Luke 10: 25-37 - 'The good Samaritan.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 2083 (in 'You Shall love to Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind') - Jesus summed up man's duties toward God in this saying: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and...
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) - Matt 21: 33-46
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Matthew 21: 33-43 - 'This is the landlord's heir: come, let us kill him.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 755-756 (in 'Symbols of the Church') - "The Church is a cultivated field, the tillage of God. On that land the ancient olive tree grows whose holy roots were the prophets and in which the reconcili...
Saturday of Week 26 in Ordinary Time - Luke 10: 17-24
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Luke 10: 17-24 - 'Rejoice that your names are written in heaven.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 787 (in 'The Church is communion with Jesus') - From the beginning, Jesus associated his disciples with his own life, revealed the mystery of the Kingdom to them, and gave them a share in his mission, joy, and suffering...
Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels - Matt 18: 1-5, 10
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Matthew 18: 1-5, 10 - 'Anyone who welcomes in a little child in my name welcomes me.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 526 (in 'The Christmas Mystery') - To become a child in relation to God is the condition for entering the kingdom. For this, we must humble ourselves and become little. Even more: to become "child...
Thursday of Week 26 in Ordinary Time - Luke 10: 1-12
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Luke 10: 1-12 - 'Your peace will rest on that man.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 765 (in 'The Church - Instituted by Christ Jesus') - The Twelve and the other disciples share in Christ's mission and his power, but also in his lot (abbreviated).
- 2611 (in 'Jesus teaches us how to pray') - The...
Wednesday of Week 26 in Ordinary Time - Luke 9: 57-62
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Luke 9: 57-62 - 'I will follow you wherever you go.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 544 (in 'The Proclamation of the Kingdom of God') - Jesus shares the life of the poor, from the cradle to the cross; he experiences hunger, thirst and privation (abbreviated).
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Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels - John 1: 47-51
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John 1: 47-50 - 'You will see heaven laid open, and the Son of Man.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 878 (in 'Why the Ecclesial Ministry?') - Finally, it belongs to the sacramental nature of ecclesial ministry that it have a personal character. Although Christ's ministers act in communion with one another, they also always act in...
Monday of Week 26 in Ordinary Time - Luke 9: 46-50
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Luke 9: 46-50 - 'The least among you all is the greatest.'
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26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) - Matt 21: 28-32
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Matthew 21: 28-32 -'Tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 546 (in 'The Proclamation of the Kingdom of God') - Jesus' invitation to enter his kingdom comes in the form of parables, a characteristic feature of his teaching. Through his parables he invites people to the feast...
Saturday of Week 25 in Ordinary Time - Luke 9: 43b-45
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Luke 9: 43b-45 - 'They were afraid to ask him what he meant.'
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Friday of Week 25 in Ordinary Time - Luke 9: 18-22
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Luke 9: 18-22 - 'You are the Christ of God.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 2600 (in 'Jesus prays') - The Gospel according to St. Luke emphasizes the action of the Holy Spirit and the meaning of prayer in Christ's ministry. Jesus prays before the decisive moments of his mission: before his Father's witness to him during his baptism and T...
Thursday of Week 25 in Ordinary Time - Luke 9: 7-9
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Luke 9: 7-9 - 'John? I beheaded him: so who is this?'
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Wednesday of Week 25 in Ordinary Time - Luke 9: 1-6
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Luke 9: 1-6 - 'Take nothing for the journey.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 551 (in 'the Keys of the Kingdom') - From the beginning of his public life Jesus chose certain men, twelve in number, to be with him and to participate in his mission. He gives the Twelve a share in his authority and...
Tuesday of Week 25 in Ordinary Time - Luke 8: 19-21
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Luke 8: 19-21 - 'My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God.'
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Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - Matt 9: 9-13
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Matthew 9: 9-13 - 'It is not the healthy who need the doctor, but the sick.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 581 (in 'Jesus and the Law') - The Jewish people and their spiritual leaders viewed Jesus as a rabbi. He often argued within the framework of rabbinical interpretation of the Law. Yet Jesus could not...
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) - Matt 20: 1-16
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Matthew 20: 1-16 - 'Why be envious because I am generous?'
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Saturday of Week 24 in Ordinary Time - Luke 8: 4-15
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Luke 8: 4-15 - 'The parable of the sower.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 2731 (in 'Facing Difficulties in Prayer') - Another difficulty, especially for those who sincerely want to pray, is dryness. Dryness belongs to contemplative prayer when the heart is separated from God, with no taste for thoughts, memories, and feelings, even spiritual one...
Friday of Week 24 in Ordinary Time - Luke 8: 1-3
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Luke 8: 1-3 - 'The women who accompanied Jesus.'
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Thursday of Week 24 in Ordinary Time - Luke 7: 36-50
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Luke 7: 36-50 - 'Her many sins have been forgiven, or she would not have shown such great love.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 575 (in 'Jesus and Israel') - To be sure, Christ's relations with the Pharisees were not exclusively polemical. Some Pharisees warn him of the danger he was courting; Jesus praises some of them, like the scribe o...
Wednesday of Week 24 in Ordinary Time - Luke 7: 31-35
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Luke 7: 31-35 - 'We played the pipes, and you wouldn't dance.'
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