Twenty-second Sunday of Ordinary Time
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Mt 16:21-27) Jesus reproaches Peter for his way of thinking. Peter does not “think according
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Massimo Palombella With today’s celebration the Church leads us into Holy Week, a week called ‘authentic’ in the Ambrosian Liturgy, in the sense of ‘eminent’ among all the weeks of - Fifth Sunday of Lent/C
Massimo Palombella Today’s Gospel (John 8, 1-11) narrates the encounter between the scribes, the Pharisees, the woman caught in adultery and Jesus. Each of us can identify simultaneously with those - Fourth Sunday of Lent/C
Massimo Palombella This Sunday is called “Laetare” Sunday from the first word of the Introit. Today it is possible to use pink vestments instead of purple ones (as in the - Third Sunday of Lent/C
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Lk 13,1-9) Jesus tells the parable of the fig tree that does not bear fruit and the master’s desire to cut it down. Each one - Second Sunday of Lent/C
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Lk 9,28b-36) Jesus is transfigured before Peter, John and James who, waking up from the sleep that oppressed them, “saw his glory”. To see the - First Sunday of Lent/C
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Lk 4,1-13) Jesus leaves the Jordan and spends forty days in the desert, guided by the Holy Spirit and tempted by the devil. The desert
Twenty-first Sunday of Ordinary Time
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Mt 16:13-20) Jesus poses an essential question to his disciples, “Who do you say that
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Twentyth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Massimo Palombella Today’s Gospel (Mt 15:21-28) recounts the story of the Canaanite woman who asks Jesus for help for her
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Solemnity of Mary Assumed into Heaven
Massimo Palombella Celebrating today’s feast means opening a fissure, letting some light into the deep inner room where we make
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Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Massimo Palombella Today’s Gospel (Mt 14:22-33) narrates the interesting story of the disciples in the boat agitated by the waves
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Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord
Massimo Palombella The origin of this feast can be traced back to the time when Empress Helena wanted the Church
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Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Mt 13:44-52) Jesus continues to speak in parables to describe the “kingdom of heaven”. The
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Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Mt 13, 24-43) Jesus once again speaks in parables to describe the “kingdom of heaven”
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Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Mt 13:1-23) Jesus tells the famous parable of the sower. Beyond any interpretation that favours
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Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Mt 11:25-30) Jesus speaks of the “wise and learned” and the “little ones” in relation
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