– Miguel Augusto (*) The Church celebrates on 15 August the Solemnity of the Assumption of Our Lady to Heaven. The Death/Dormition, Resurrection and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin form the threefold object of this celebration. In Macau, Bishop…
CHURCH FATHERS (69) – Saint John of Damascus
– Anastasios The monk John Damascene lived between the 7th and 8th century. His father was very careful in giving to him and to his adopted brother Cosmas a well rounded education in sacred and profane sciences. John would renounce…
QUEMADMODUM DESIDERAT – Music by Aurelio Porfiri
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BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (45) – What are the missions of the Son and the Holy Spirit?
– Rev José Mario O Mandía The word “mission” comes from Latin which means “to send.” When a Person proceeds from another, He is also sent. The Son proceeds from the Father; He is sent by the Father. The Holy…
THE PROPHETS SHARE A UNIQUE FATE – 18 August 2019, 20th Sunday In Ordinary Time (C)
– LUKE 12:49-57 – Fr Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau What is the fire that Jesus came to bring on earth (v. 49)? Why does he say of not coming to bring peace, but rather division (v. 51)? Today’s…
SAINT STEPHEN (975 –1038) – King of Hungary
On Aug. 16, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of King Saint Stephen of Hungary, the monarch who led his country to embrace the Christian faith during the 11th century. Before the future saint’s birth in 975, his mother,…
FAITH AND SCIENCE HAND IN HAND – 50 years of the conquest of the moon
Paul VI watched the lunar landing in Castel Gandolfo. When the astronauts returned, he received them, accompanied by with their wives. – José Maria C.S. André A friend sent me a WhatsApp message: “The greatest thing is not that man…
LICINIO REFICE (1883-1954) – Sacred Music’s two ways
– Aurelio Porfiri To understand certain developments that have occurred in the field of sacred music, one must go backwards. In other words, the present can only be understood by immersing yourself in the past and trying to untangle threads…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (66)
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Prior to an archery session, competitors are advised not to spend the night with their wives to achieve a higher level of concentration, and teams often resort to astrologers (armed with puppets symbolizing archers) who…
NEWS BRIEFS
– Tej Francis ROME After 6 years, family of kidnapped Jesuit is ‘in limbo’ (Crux) Family members of an Italian Jesuit priest who was kidnapped in Syria by members of ISIS in 2013, held a press conference in Rome on…