PURGATORY: FIRE THAT PURIFIES
Day: May 3, 2019
REGINA COELI – Music by Aurelio Porfiri
Liturgical Mass Sheet
9th LANG-AY FESTIVAL FROM THE PHILIPPINES’ MOUNTAIN PROVINCE – Developing the pillars for a secure tomorrow
– Ross Belle Balatbat Last April 28, the Mountain Province Philippine Association (MPPA) organized the 9th Lang-ay Festival in Macau. In the Igorot dialect, “Lang-ay” means a fellowship where local folks gather to celebrate the harvest while at the same…
4TH YEAR CELEBRATION OF MYANMAR NEW YEAR WATER FESTIVAL – An experience of joy and kindness
– Ross Belle Balatbat The Myanmar Social Club of Macau (MSM) organized for the fourth consecutive year their country’s biggest traditional event – the Myanmar New Year Festival. The gathering was not only an opportunity to observe a tradition but…
ASK THE LITURGIST (24) – Comments
– Enrico Finotti There are several priests who explain the readings before their proclamation. At other times the commentator introduces the individual readings. What to think about it? It is necessary to distinguish between the anticipated homily and the comments…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (30) – How do we grow in faith?
– Rev José Mario O. Mandía How do we grow in faith? To answer this question, we have to go back to Bite-Size Theology, no 26, where we have distinguished two senses of “faith.” One subjective, the other objective. The…
THE MYSTERY OF THE RESURRECTION CANNOT BE UNDERSTOOD BY THE INTELLECT OR EMPIRICALLY EXPLAINED – 5th May 2019, 3rd Sunday of Easter
Acts 5:27-32; 40b-41, Rev 5:11-14, Jn 21:1-19 – May Tam www.FLL.cc One detail we might notice in today’s Gospel is the mysteriousness of Jesus’ appearance. Pope Benedict XVI in his book, Jesus of Nazareth (Holy Week), has dealt with this…
OBITUARY: Sister Natividad Mugarza Mecolalde, FMM
The Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (FMM) wishes to announce that Sister Natividad Mugarza Mecolalde has returned to the Father’s house on 23 April 2019 and requests our brothers and sisters in Christ to pray for the repose of her soul.
ST JAMES THE LESSER – The ‘Just one’
James was one of the 12 disciples, and was Jesus’ own cousin—his mother was sister or cousin to Mary. Legend says that he looked so much like Jesus that Mary herself could have confused them, and this is why Judas…
CHURCH FATHERS (54) – Salvian
– Anastasios In our short portraits of early Christian writers, quite often we have seen most of them were dealing with theories that attacked Christianity from the outside, what we call “heresies.” When I say outside I mean “outside its…