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
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- 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/CMassimo 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
- Ash Wednesday
Massimo Palombella Today is the first day of Lent. In the Ambrosian Rite, Lent begins with the first Sunday and all Sundays of this liturgical season have a penitential character, - Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time/C
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Lk 6:39-45) Jesus, through the parable of the blind man who leads another blind man, the mote and beam in the eye and the tree
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
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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
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Thirty-third Sunday of Ordinary Time/B
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Mk 13, 24-32) Jesus, speaking to his disciples about the “last events” (“the sun will
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Thirty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time/B
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Mk 12, 38-44) Jesus speaks to his disciples about the widow who threw two coins
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Thirty First Sunday of Ordinary Time/B
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Mk 12, 28-34) Jesus, responding to one of the scribes, and citing the Old Testament,
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Solemnity of All Saints
Massimo Palombella Today’s solemnity, focusing on holiness, invites us to reflect on the quality of our lives. In fact, we
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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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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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