Hosanna to the Son of David

With Palm Sunday the Holy Week begins. This day begins with the festive welcome given to Jesus in Jerusalem: the blessed olive branches recall those stirred up by the crowd that acclaimed him Master and Messiah.   That same crowd – the evangelical reading of the Passion reminds us –…...

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Love to the end

The liturgy of Holy Thursday is a splendid compendium of theology, symbolism and catechesis that “explains” the essence and meaning of being Christian. The solemn celebration was presided over by Fr. Ladislao Suchy. Faced with the numerous faithful present and alongside the concelebrating confreres, the Rector of the Shrine presented…...

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Easter vigil: times

“He is not here He has risen!” This evening, March 31, the Church calls the faithful to watch in prayer listening to the Word and participating in the Sacraments: it is the Easter Vigil, or rather a vigil spent in the firm hope of participating in the resurrection of Jesus,…...

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The cross, trust in Jesus

Good Friday recounts the passion, the crucifixion and the death of Jesus Christ: an extreme and total demonstration of God’s love for man. Many liturgical signs characterize this day of “extraordinary folly of love”: the church stripped of ornaments, the red color of the vestments, the silence of musical instruments,…...

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The streaming Sanctuary: the palimpsest

The Basilica of San Michele finally has its video channel. We could say that, thanks to modern and increasingly useful means of communication, the Shrine of the Archangel also becomes “2.0”. From the end of the month of March (during Holy Week), in fact, a new type of connection began…...

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Vigil with Saint Michael

Monthly appointment with San Michele. Thursday, February 7 at 8.30 pm: prayer vigil with exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. Live streaming...

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