Solemnity of Epiphany
Massimo Palombella The term ‘epipháneia‘ was used by the Greeks to indicate the action or manifestation of a deity (through
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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, focuses on a fundamental question of our life. In fact, - 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 are all called to “life in abundance”, to the fullness - 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, after crying out “Son of David, have mercy on me!”, - 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, speaks of our aspirations, our needs. Jesus connects the need - 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 him “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal - 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 beyond any ideology, Jesus’ affirmation “let no man divide what
Solemnity of Mary Most Holy Mother of God
Massimo Palombella In the Roman Rite Calendar, the Solemnity of the Circumcision of Jesus was celebrated on this day until
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Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Joseph and Mary/B
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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Solemnity of the Lord’s Christmas
Massimo Palombella “Everything has been assumed because everything has been redeemed” (cf. Leo I, Tomus ad Flavianum) So wrote Pope
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Fourth Sunday of Advent/B
Massimo Palombella Today’s Gospel (Lk 1:26-38), as Christmas approaches, presents us with the Annunciation of the angel to Mary. Mary’s
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Third Sunday of Advent/B
Massimo Palombella The present Sunday is called “Gaudete” from the first word of the Introitus, whose text (Gaudete in Domino
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Second Sunday of Advent/B
Massimo Palombella The Gospel proclaimed today contains the beginning of Mark’s Gospel (Mk 1:1-8), where the text of the prophet
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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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First Sunday of Advent/B
Massimo Palombella In the Roman Rite, the four weeks preceding the solemnity of Christmas took shape in Rome at the
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Thirty-fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time. Solemnity of Christ King of the Universe/A
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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