(Vatican News and Aleteia) Few words could sum up the emotions of Catholics and non-Catholics alike as they watched fire sweeping through the rooftops of Notre Dame in Paris, along the banks of the River Seine on Monday evening.
Day: April 19, 2019
PURIFIED AND RENEWED – We must become unleavened bread
Benedict XVI “Christ, our Paschal lamb, has been sacrificed!” (1 Cor 5:7). On this day, Saint Paul’s triumphant words ring forth, words that we have just heard in the second reading, taken from his First Letter to the Corinthians. It…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (28) – What are the characteristics of faith?
Rev José Mario O Mandía From what we have explained earlier, we can point out the characteristics of faith. (1) Faith is a gift. When Peter professed that Jesus is the Messiah, Jesus told him that he did not…
CHURCH FATHERS (52) – Marius Mercator
Today, in our scholarly environment, we are used to certain ways of dealing with a topic and referencing everything, as for example the Chicago Handbook of Style, the APA or other accepted systems. But certainly this is not the only…
BEFORE THE CROSS – What does Christ’s Passion mean for you?
Fausto Gomez OP Before the Blessed Sacrament, we pray often: O Sacred banquet, in which Christ is received, the memory of his Passion is recalled, the soul is filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory is given to…