Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time/B
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Mk 4:35-41) Jesus says to his disciples “Let us go to the other shore”. In
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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,
Eleventh Sunday of Ordinary Time/B
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Mk 4:26-34) Jesus, using parables, explains the ‘kingdom of God’. To give concreteness to the
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Tenth Sunday of Ordinary Time/B
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Mk 3:20-35) Jesus states that ‘whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not have forgiveness
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Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ/B
Massimo Palombella On 11 August 1264, in Orvieto, Pope Urban IV with the bull ‘Transiturus de hoc mundo’ (When he
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Solemnity of the Holy Trinity/B
Massimo Palombella Today’s Celebration, focused on the identity of God, leads us to reflect on our identity as created in
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Solemnity of Pentecost
Massimo Palombella Today’s celebration, 50 days after Easter, concludes the Easter Season. Pentecost is the fulfilment of the Incarnation, the
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Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord
Massimo Palombella The correct liturgical placement of today’s Solemnity would be on Thursday of the 6th week of Easter (exactly
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Sixth Sunday of Easter/B
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Jn 15:9-17) the word ‘love’ is recurrent. In our relationship with God there are those
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Fifth Sunday of Easter/B
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Jn 15:1-8), Jesus identifies Himself with the “vine” to illustrate the need for a deep
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Fourth Sunday of Easter/B
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (John 10: 11-18) Jesus calls himself the “good shepherd” who “lays down his life for
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