Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Joseph and Mary/B
Massimo Palombella Today’s feast day has been celebrated locally since the 17th century. In 1895 Pope Leo XIII fixed the
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Solemnity of the Lord’s Christmas
Massimo Palombella “Everything has been assumed because everything has been redeemed” (cf. Leo I, Tomus ad Flavianum) So wrote Pope
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Fourth Sunday of Advent/B
Massimo Palombella Today’s Gospel (Lk 1:26-38), as Christmas approaches, presents us with the Annunciation of the angel to Mary. Mary’s
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Third Sunday of Advent/B
Massimo Palombella The present Sunday is called “Gaudete” from the first word of the Introitus, whose text (Gaudete in Domino
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Second Sunday of Advent/B
Massimo Palombella The Gospel proclaimed today contains the beginning of Mark’s Gospel (Mk 1:1-8), where the text of the prophet
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Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
Massimo Palombella The Immaculate Conception of Mary is a Dogma of faith proclaimed by Pope Pius IX on 8 December
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First Sunday of Advent/B
Massimo Palombella In the Roman Rite, the four weeks preceding the solemnity of Christmas took shape in Rome at the
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Thirty-fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time. Solemnity of Christ King of the Universe/A
Massimo Palombella Today’s feast, which concludes the Liturgical Year, was instituted by Pope Pius XI on 11 December 1925 with
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Thirty-Threeth Sunday of Ordinary Time/A
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Mt 25:14-30) Jesus, with the parable of the talents, silently challenges us to a very
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Thirty-Two Sunday of Ordinary Time/A
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Mt 25:1-13) Jesus, through the parable of the virgins, again defines the “kingdom of heaven”.
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