Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Joseph and Mary/C
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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- Second Sunday of Easter (Domenica in Albis)
Massimo Palombella Today’s day is also called “Domenica in Albis” (subtitled “deponendis”) because it is linked to the rite of Baptism (performed at the Easter Vigil). In this rite, the - Solemnity of the Resurrection of the Lord/C
Massimo Palombella “Who would not think the Lord Jesus of our human condition knowing that in his life there was room for food, rest, sleep, anxieties, sadness, compassion and tears? - Palm Sunday/C
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
Solemnity of Christmas
Massimo Palombella In that frail and defenceless child that we contemplate today there are all our weaknesses, our unresolved issues,
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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
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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
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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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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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