Pope Francis, in decreeing the celebration of the Jubilee Year 2025, arranged for the opening rite of this holy time in churches outside Rome to be held on the Sunday following Christmas, coinciding with the feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Although...
On this fourth Sunday of Advent, the Church, through the readings proposed to us for Mass, invites us to meditate on the person and mission of Jesus. Christmas is the liturgical celebration that fosters the desire and motivates the will to know Jesus better, for in...
“Be always joyful in the Lord; I repeat, be always joyful.” The Lord is near. With these words began today’s second reading, and that phrase was the entrance antiphon of the Mass. Today is the third Sunday of Advent. On this Sunday, the Church always...
On this last Sunday of Ordinary Time we celebrate the Solemnity of our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. This Solemnity was formerly celebrated on the Sunday before All Saints’ Day to signify that the reign of Christ brings about the sanctification of...
Today’s Gospel presents a series of features that should be highlighted. It is an encounter between Jesus and a teacher of the law, but it is not a polemical encounter or one motivated by bad intentions on the part of the Pharisee, but a friendly encounter, in...
