Thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary Time/B
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Mk 10, 46-52) in Jericho Jesus encounters Bartimaeus, blind, sitting by the roadside begging. Bartimaeus,
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- Solemnity of Christmas
Massimo Palombella In that frail and defenceless child that we contemplate today there are all our weaknesses, our unresolved issues, everything before which we “fail”, are afraid and tend to - Fourth Sunday of Advent/C
Massimo Palombella Today’s Gospel (Lk 1, 26-38), as Christmas approaches, presents us with the famous page of the Annunciation of the angel to Mary. I think it is interesting to - Third Sunday of Advent/C
Massimo Palombella The present Sunday is called “Gaudete” from the first word of the Introitus, whose text (Gaudete in Domino semper: iterum dico, gaudete. Dominus enim prope est) is taken - Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
Massimo Palombella The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Dogma of faith proclaimed by Pope Pius IX on 8 December 1854 with the Bull “Innefabilis Deus”, according - First Sunday of Advent/C
Massimo Palombella The time of Advent, which progressively started taking shape since the 4th century, has a twofold characteristic: it is a period of preparation for the solemnity of Christmas - Solemnity of Christ King of the Universe/B
Massimo Palombella Pope Pius XI on 11 December 1925 with the Encyclical ‘Quas Primas’ instituted today’s Solemnity. The kingship of Jesus is imbued with the weakness of a God insulted,
Twenty-ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time/B
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Mk 10, 35-45) Jesus, in simple language typical of the culture in which he lived,
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Twenty-Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time/B
Massimo Palombella Today’s Gospel (Mk 10:17-30) tells of the encounter between Jesus and the person who, kneeling before him, asks
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Twenty-seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time/B
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Mk 10, 2-16) Jesus speaks about marriage. If we strive to understand in depth and
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Twenty-Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time/B
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48) Jesus’ language seems harsh and perhaps even incomprehensible or “exaggerated”. In
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Twenty-fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time/B
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Mk 9:30-37) Jesus teaches the disciples about his passion, death and resurrection (‘The Son of
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Twenty-fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time/B
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Mk 8:27-35), Jesus questions his disciples about his identity. Starting with a generic question (‘People,
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Twenty-Third Sunday of Ordinary Time/B
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Mk 7:31-37) Jesus heals a deaf-mute by taking him away from the crowd, touching his
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Twenty-second Sunday of Ordinary Time/B
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Mk 7:1-8.14-15.21-23) the Pharisees and some scribes approach Jesus to ask him the reason why
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Twenty-First Sunday of Ordinary Time/B
In today’s Gospel (John 6:60-69), many of the people who followed Jesus perceive his Word as ‘hard’ and decide to
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