– St Thomas Aquinas I thank you, holy Lord, almighty Father, eternal God, who deigned to feast me, sinful and unworthy servant, with the precious body and blood of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, not for any merit of…
Year: 2018
THERE IS BREAD THAT GIVES ETERNAL LIFE – 5TH August 2018, 18th Sunday In Ordinary Time (B)
Ex 16:2-4,12-15; Eph 4:117,20-24; Jn 6:24-35 Fr Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau After the multiplication of the bread the crowd tried to make him king. He knew that they were doing…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (15)
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro During the short trip to the riverside we came across two black wooden boats with high deck and a flat bottom stranded on the sand. On the whole, they did not seem to have a…
THE CHRISTIANS MARTYRS WERE SEEDS AND ROOTS THAT FLOWERED AND GIVE FRUIT – The work of God endures for all eternity
– Miguel Augusto Recently the Church celebrated the Solemnity of the Apostles St Peter and St Paul (June 29). Each with his mission, both are considered the pillars of the Roman Catholic Apostolic Church. In March of this year, we…
ASK THE LITURGIST (11) – “This is the Word of the Lord”?
– Enrico Finotti Why do some readers, among those more “committed,” end the reading by saying: “This is the word of the Lord?” Is there freedom of formulation? Already the change of the established formula is mistaken, because the Church…
INTERVIEW WITH GEN VERDE MANAGER SALLY MCALLISTER – Break the chain
– Jasmin Yiu The Focolare Movement Community in Macau and Macau Diocesan Social Communications Centre invited “Gen Verde” to host a three-day workshop on July 18 to 20, with an evening concert on July 21 to end the whole programme.…
BEYOND ALL BORDERS – 11th Genfest Brings Hope to the World “Beyond All Borders”
– Ben Lei The 11th Genfest has concluded with sharing, joy and hope in Manila, the first non-European city to host this international youth gathering. Organized by Focolare Movement, Genfest 2018 was held from the 6th to the 8th of…
ON PILGRIMAGE (4) – Blessed Mary of the Passion
– Sr Margaret Fung Although on the second day of our arrival, we went to the French provincial house of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary and also attended Mass there. We did not go to the places most important in…
GOD’S ARCHITECT – Antoni Gaudi , the architect of the Basilica of Sagrada Familia – A Holy Man
– Fr Leonard E Dollentas Twice, I have visited the Basilica of Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, in Spain. The first was with a group of pilgrims, and it was brief with just few souvenir photos at the sight. The second…
NOT MUSIC BUT PRAYER – Blessed Paul VI, Gregorian chant and the snuffed candle
– Aurelio Porfiri In the years of the post-conciliar period, one of the themes that most occupied the polemicists’ pens was that of the loss of Gregorian chant. This repertoire that the Church recognizes as its own had been ousted…