• Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord/C
    Massimo Palombella Today’s feast is a memorial of Jesus’ ascension into heaven 40 days after Easter. The episode is narrated mainly in the Gospel of Luke (Lk 24, 50-53) and
  • Sixth Sunday of Easter/C
    Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (John 14: 23-29), Jesus connects love for Him and peace, the true peace that Jesus Himself gives us. If we strive to understand the essence
  • Fifth Sunday of Easter/C
    Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (John 13: 31-33a. 34-35) Jesus gives the Apostles the “new commandment”, that of loving one another as he himself has loved them. Jesus’ ‘new’ commandment
  • Fourth Sunday of Easter time/C
    Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Jn 10:27-30) Jesus claims to know his sheep, and that the same sheep will never be lost because no one will snatch them from his
  • Third Sunday of Easter/C
    Massimo Palombella Today’s Gospel (Jn 21:1-19) recounts Jesus’ encounter with the apostles after the resurrection with Peter’s triple manifestation of love for Jesus. Peter and the other apostles, confused by
  • Second Sunday of Easter (Domenica in Albis)
    Massimo Palombella Today’s day is also called “Domenica in Albis” (subtitled “deponendis”) because it is linked to the rite of Baptism (performed at the Easter Vigil). In this rite, the