Fifth Sunday, Year A
One day or another, every community experiences times of crisis when nothing seems to work anymore. Some members are irritated, others are discouraged, others who …
Fourth Sunday, Year A
Jesus begins his preaching of the “Kingdom of heaven” being “at hand” after John the Baptists arrest. Concerning the beginning of the Lord’s ministry, Matthew limits himself to mentioning …
Third Sunday, Year A
This Sunday, the liturgy opens with a particularly solemn proclamation of a prophecy from Isaiah. In God’s name, the prophet announces that a glorious era …
Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year A
“let the clouds. Rain down the Just One;Let the earth be opened and bring forth a Saviour.” The liturgy of the Fourth Sunday of Advent “fills …
Third Sunday of Advent, Year A – Gaudete Sunday
“Rejoice in the Lord always, again I say rejoice. The Lord is near.” This antiphon, which every year opens the liturgy of the Third Sunday …
Second Sunday of Advent, Year A
The liturgy always celebrates the unique mystery of the Salvation of God: this mystery enters into its most important phase with the incarnation of the …
Thirty-Third Sunday, Year C
Once again this week, the Gospel is an account of a teaching given by Jesus in Jerusalem before his Passion. It is the last saying …
The Feast of The Dedication of the Basilica of the Lateran
The Basilica of the Lateran (and not Saint Peter’s) is the Cathedral Church of the diocese of Rome; the Pope is its bishop. It gets …
The Feast of All Saints
Today we celebrate the great Feast of All Saints. Saint John wrote the Book of Revelation in order to share with the faithful the revelation …
Thirtieth Sunday, Year C
The Book of Ecclesiasticus which we read today is like a traditional catechism, a compendium of received truths that never attempts to expand one’s reflection …