Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Joseph and Mary/A
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 All Saints
Massimo Palombella The Solemnity we celebrate today, with holiness at its heart, invites us to reflect upon the quality of our lives, their authenticity and their meaning. We are all - Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time/A
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Mt 22:34–40), Jesus brings together three fundamental dimensions of our lives: love of God, love of our neighbour, and love of ourselves. The Greek text - Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time/A
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Matthew 22:15–21), Jesus utters the familiar words: “Render to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” Yet perhaps we have become so - Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time/AMassimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Mt 22:1–14), Jesus continues to speak to us in parables. The kingdom of heaven is compared to a king who prepares a wedding feast —
- Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time/A
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Mt 21:33–43), Jesus returns once again to a parable whose defining image is that of the vineyard. This time, the vineyard is entrusted to tenants - Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time/A
Massimo Palombella In today’s Gospel (Mt 21:28–32), through the parable of the two sons who are called to go and work in the vineyard, Jesus draws our attention to the
Nativity of the Lord
Massimo Palombella “God, by assuming humanity, completed it when he united in his person two realities that are distant from
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Fourth Sunday of Advent/A
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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Third Sunday of Advent/A
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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Second Sunday of Advent/A
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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First Sunday of Advent and the New Liturgical Year
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/C
Massimo Palombella Pope Pius XI instituted today’s Solemnity on 11th December 1925 with the Encyclical “Quas Primas“. Beyond any historical
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Thirty-Third Sunday of Ordinary Time/C
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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Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
Massimo Palombella Emperor Constantine built a basilica on the Caelian Hill in Rome, on the site of the ancient Lateran
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