SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY – Most Holy Trinity: House of Love

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This Sunday we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. We can say that the Trinity is the House of love. Through it love overflows, the world made flesh and made His dwelling among us  and the human being is created us in the image and likeness of God’s love. However, due to his natural limitations and because he freely sinned, he lived partially distant from the Trinitarian communion. Even so, God did not abandon him, manifesting His grace to him in different ways until redemption was fully accomplished in the salvific life of Jesus Christ. In today’s Gospel, Jesus promises that He will send the Holy Spirit to teach us all the truth. This shows that we cannot have access to the fullness of truth nor know ourselves deeply without the help of the Trinity. This is because the human being is not self-referential. Creation and its existence are incomprehensible without the Trinity: “the mystery at its highest level, the mystery par excellence” (Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger). Based on Scripture and the Tradition of the Church, this mystery can be called “love.” Since he who loves must love something or someone, the very logic of love demands that – in divine life – there be plurality, authority, communication, reciprocity, that is, it is not just a gift of oneself, like a mirror that reflects its own image, but rather a gift in itself that, like glass, allows the ray of light to pass through it.

THE THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES (1) – Faith: The Fundamental Virtue

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The life of an authentic Christian is a virtuous life: following the Virtuous One Jesus Christ, God and Man.  A virtuous life is the life of a disciple of Christ who practices virtues: the seven virtues (and their respective allies) which according to St. Thomas Aquinas make a good Christian. The Magnificent Seven:  faith, hope and charity (the theological virtues), and prudence, justice, fortitude and temperance (the cardinal moral virtues). 

INDO-PAKISTANI CONFLICT OVER KASHMIR – The Vatican Inspires Peace

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In the wake of the recent military crisis between Pakistan and India – which has once again rekindled the threat of a nuclear apocalypse – Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, a Sikh MP, has urged Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to work with international organizations to begin a process of “adequate recognition” to find a city that can be presented as “a symbolic place of peace for humanity”. Amritsar, the holy city of Sikhism, near the border between India and Pakistan and home to the famous Golden Temple, is an ideal candidate for this purpose and should therefore be declared a “war-free zone” and receive international protection, as is the case with the Vatican.

A PURPOSE UNVEILED – A Journey of Brokenness, Blessings and Rediscovery

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Fr Ian Dacayanan, CMF was ordained to the  Order of Presbyters on May 31, 2025, in Quezon City Philippines. His vocation story is a tapestry of faith, struggles, dedication, and the extraordinary power of divine calling that unveils the inner workings of a heart and soul committed to the path of religious missionary life. It was an inspirational story that will resonate on a profound level with individuals who feel a calling to dedicate their lives to serving God in the path of religious life and missionary priesthood. O Clarim asked him to reflect on his journey to his priestly ordination.

PENTECOST SUNDAY – The Gift of the Spirit and the Birth of God’s Holy People

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The community of disciples, together with the Apostles and the Virgin Mary, gathered in expectation. The Lord Jesus, the master and teacher they cherished had returned to His glory with the Father, completing His “Passover”—the transition from death to life and the fulfilment of His redemptive mission. His resurrection was not merely a triumph over death but a revelation of the eternal glory He possessed from the beginning, which He fully enjoyed with his return to His Father. Before His departure, He reassured His followers, saying “But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper/Comforter, will not come to you” (Jn 16:7). At first, this seemed a paradox. How could His leaving be good? Would their Teacher and Savior not be more valuable to them in His visible presence?  This mystery puzzled me for a long time, but understanding the connection between the Jewish Feasts of Passover and Pentecost allowed me to have a deeper understanding of God’s plan for salvation.

An Interview with Fr. Ramon Abadicio Manalo, SSP – “A Missionary Should Walk with the People…Sharing their Joys and Struggles”

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For more than five decades, Fr. Ramon Abadicio Manalo has walked the path of priesthood with unwavering dedication. A Filipino religious priest of the Society of St. Paul, his ministry has taken him, through different missions, and into the hearts of the faithful. On May 17, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish in Taipa celebrated his fifty-fifth sacerdotal anniversary with a solemn Mass, presided by Fr. Manalo himself, joined by the assistant parish priests, Fr. José Marques and Fr. Eduardo Aguero, in the presence of the parish priest, Fr. Domingos Un. The celebration continued with a joyful community lunch, where parishioners and clergy gathered to honor his lifelong service.  

VOICE FOR THE POOR, FIERCE ADVOCATE FOR JUSTICE – Macau Mourns the Death of Father Domingos Soares

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A Requiem Mass in memory of Father Domingos Soares was held on Thursday, May 22nd at the Cathedral of the Nativity of Our Lady. The well-beloved Timorese priest, who ministered in Macau for almost a decade, passed away on May, 16th, at the Guido Valadares National Hospital, in Díli, following a long-term illness. 

ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES – The Apostolic Foundations of Missionary Cooperation

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Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle reminded the National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), gathered in Rome for their annual General Assembly, that the experience witnessed by the first disciples of Jesus during the early Church continues to be the point of reference for all authentic missionary work and initiative.

A HUB DEDICATED TO SERVE WITH LOVE – Catholic Centre Reconstruction Project Celebrates Topping-Out Ceremony

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 The Catholic Centre Reconstruction Project in Macau reached a significant milestone with a topping-out ceremony, on Thursday 22 May 2025, marking the completion of the building’s exterior structure. The ceremony was presided over by Bishop Stephen Lee Bun-sang, Bishop of Macau, accompanied by Fr Joao Lau, Procurator of the Diocese, along with distinguished guests, project workers, and representatives from the main contractor, Companhia de Fomento Predial Sam Yau, Limitada.