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“Cast the nets”: Sunday’s thought

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time/C. The vocation, whatever it is, comes from God and must be responded to generously. Jesus asks Simon to cast the nets for fishing: he does so at His word. The success is miraculous and is, therefore, a divine work: it is the Lord who gives…...

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To live the Jubilee well

ā€œJubileeā€ is the name of a particular year: most likely this denomination originates from the instrument used to indicate its beginning, namely the yobel, the ramā€™s horn, whose sound announced the Day of Atonement. In the Bible we read that it had to be convened every 50 years, since it…...

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Merry Christmas

“Where God is born, hope is born: He brings hope. Where God is born, peace is born. And where peace is born, there is no longer room for hatred and war” (Pope Francis).   The Communities of the Sisters and Fathers of the Michaelites offer to every devotee of the…...

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Jubilee inaugurated

In the Editorial of Michael 195, the Rector writes: Ā«The ancient Sanctuary of San Michele, a place steeped in spirituality and history, has attracted faithful and pilgrims from all over the world for centuries. Since the beginning of its existence, within its thousand-year-old walls the meaning of the Jubilee has…...

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The Feast of Apparitions: meanings, events, images

The spiritual journey of preparation for theĀ Feast of the Apparitions of St. Michael began on April 29th. One of the specific functions of the Archangel is to exhort men to constantly search for the Most High, the only true Good and the final goal of earthly pilgrimage: the novena, thus,…...

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Happy Easter with Maria

The solemnity of Easter it is one of the most important events of the liturgical year: it is a time of joy, hope and deep reflection on the mystery of our salvation. One of the essential elements of this mystery is the silent presence of Mary, the Mother of the…...

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The two Archangel Mountains

ā€œMichael’s pathā€ is a project aimed at enhancing and promoting the cult of the Archangel in the world, which was born with the aim of aggregating the seven most important places dedicated to the Celestial Prince of the Old Continent, so as to obtain the recognition of Via MicaelicaĀ as a…...

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September celebrations: between words and images

The month of September holds the precious Feast of Saint Michael and all the Archangels: for the Sanctuary and for the City of Monte Sant’Angelo it takes on an even more significant value since the angelic Prince is celebrated as patron and defender. The liturgical functions and cultural events that…...

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Chapel of relics: open again to the faithful

At the end of the Angevin nave, next to the Baroque altar of San Giuseppe, preceded by a narrow threshold closed by a bronze door, stands the Chapel of the relics, also called “of the Holy Cross”. Originally this room was used as a sacristy, but during the 18th century…...

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Temporary limitation of streaming

Dear friends of the Shrine and assiduous participants in the liturgies broadcast from the Sacred Grotto of the Archangel, you will certainly have noticed the frequent disservices, which have become absence, of our broadcasts in recent weeks: they are due to problems related to the internet network and the image…...

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