Solemnity of Epiphany
Massimo Palombella In the 3rd century, Christians began to refer to the divine manifestations of Jesus by the term ‘Epiphany’.
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Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Mt 15:21–28), we are told the story of the Canaanite woman who turns to Jesus for help on behalf of her sick daughter. Two aspects - Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Massimo Palombella Man was created to see God. Everything else acquires its meaning in the light of this vocation. The Solemnity of the Assumption does not celebrate, first and foremost, - Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time/A
Massimo Palombella Today’s Gospel presents us with the celebrated account of Jesus walking upon the waters. There is one detail, however, which seems to me particularly worthy of attention, though - Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time/A
Massimo Palombella This Sunday’s Gospel opens with a movement of Jesus that deserves our careful attention. Having heard of the death of John the Baptist, “he withdrew by boat to - Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time/A
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Matthew 13:44–52), Jesus tells three brief parables woven together by a single thread: the discovery of something that radically transforms a person’s life. The first - Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time/A
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Matthew 13:24–43), Jesus tells a number of parables, among them that of the good seed and the weeds. Our first instinct when confronted with weeds
Solemnity of Mary Most Holy Mother of God
Massimo Palombella Today’s feast is closely related to the title of Theotokos given to Mary by the Council of Ephesus
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Solemnity of Christmas
Massimo Palombella A set of people and situations surround the birth of Jesus, people and situations where we can, in
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4th Sunday of Advent
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Mt 1:18-24) an angel appears to Joseph in a dream and says to him: “do
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IIIrd Sunday of Advent
Massimo Palombella The present Sunday is called “Gaudete” from the first word of the Introitus, whose text (Gaudete in Domino
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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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IInd Sunday of Advent
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Mt 3:1-12) John the Baptist, to the Pharisees and Sadducees who were coming to his
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Ist Sunday of Advent
Massimo Palombella Advent, as a period of preparation for the feast of Christmas, is witnessed in Gaul and Spain already
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XXXIVth Sunday of Ordinary Time, solemnity of Christ the King
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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XXXIIIth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Massimo Palombella Today’s Gospel (Lk 21:5-19) ends with an interesting phrase from Jesus: “By your perseverance you will save your
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