30 SEPTEMBER 2018 – 26TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (B) NUM 11:25-29; JAS 5:1-6; MK 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau The disciples were surprised, disappointed and even irritated. They ask: how can one who…
Month: September 2018
FAITH ILLUSTRATED – Creed 07
Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son of God (9)
DICITE – Music by Aurelio Porfiri
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CHURCH FATHERS (27) – Saint Athanasius of Alexandria
– Anastasios In the 4th century all Christianity was shattered by an heretical doctrine, Arianism. This doctrine, among other things, taught that Jesus Christ was not the Son of God but only God’s most excellent creature. But there were lonely…
BITE-SIZE PHILOSOPHY (80) – So what if the First Cause is Pure Act?
PHOTO: Sagrada Familia (Barcelona) – Rev José Mario O Mandía The five ways of Saint Thomas conclude respectively as follows: (1) First Way: Unmoved Mover and Pure Act (2) Second Way: the First Efficient Cause (3) Third Way: the Necessarily…
THE ONE WHO SERVES IS MORE WORTHY – 23 September 2018, 25th Sunday In Ordinary Time (B)
WIS 2:12,17-20; JAS 3:16 – 4:3; MK 9:30-37 – Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau Right in the beginning of today’s gospel we are faced with the question: “He is about to be delivered,” by whom? The answer seems obvious:…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (20)
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro By the turn of the 17th century, numerous references to a Christian community of considerable size, certainly of “Firingi” origin, appeared in Rangamati on the banks of Brahmaputra. A text dating from 1682 and written…
TRUTH AND POST-TRUTH (2) – Knowing, saying and doing
PHOTO: Uroburos at Pixabay – FAUSTO GOMEZ OP A Christian philosopher writes: “Truth has too many preachers and few martyrs; hence our little credibility in the world” (Carlos Diaz). Proclaiming the truth in life – even up to martyrdom –…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH FATHER ENRICO FINOTTI – Culmen et fons
– Aurelio Porfiri The name of Father Enrico Finotti may ring familiar for the readers of this magazine (at least those of the English edition). For some months, we have been offering the translation of one of his books about…
MARIAN APPARITIONS (82) – Vera Cruz, Mexico
When Hitler’s armies defeated the French and entered the city of Paris during the latter part of 1939, a young woman, Maria Hendizabal, fled from France to live in Mexico. Arriving at Vera Cruz, she went to the Mexican capital…