Liturgical Mass Sheet
Day: May 17, 2019
CHURCH FATHERS (56) – Saint John Cassian
– Anastasios The monk John Cassian (360-435) was of great importance for the development of monasticism. He was indeed the first to introduce monasticism coming from the East (i.e., Egypt) in the West and in doing so he will have…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (32) – Where is God?
– Rev José Mario O Mandía The word “infinite” comes from Latin, composed of the negative prefix “in-” (“not”) and the noun “finis” (“boundary,” “limit,” “territory,” or “end”). It can be understood in a negative way or in a positive…
JOY! HOPE! MARANA THA! – 19th May 2019, 5th Sunday Of Easter
ACTS 14:21-27, REV 21:1-5, JN 13:31-35 – Edmond Lo The joy and hope of Easter have reached a new height as the Church enters her 5th Sunday of celebration: Jesus leaving his new commandment to love one another with his…
BLESSED ANTONIA MESINA – Patron of rape victims
Antonia was born in Sardinia, the second-born of ten children. She was forced to leave elementary school, only after taking four years of classes, in order to take over the household duties from her mother, Grazia. She often called Antonia…
SOON A BLESSED – Guadalupe: A Path to Heaven in Daily Life
– Msgr Fernando Ocáriz The servant of God Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri will be beatified on May 18th in Madrid. This news fills us with joy and hope because it confirms for us once more that God calls everyone to…
ASK THE LITURGIST (25) – Lectern in front of the presider’s seat
– Enrico Finotti The lectern in front of the presider seat: a problem or a need? If we consider the symbolic value of the presider’s seat, the lectern that normally stands before it raises some problems: a. the lectern not…
INTERVIEW WITH ALAIN DENEAULT – In medio (not always) stat virtus
– Aurelio Porfiri God has given us many talents and want us to be the best we can. Certainly, when we have to make decisions sometimes, virtue is in the middle, but as for our goals we always want to…
GREAT FIGURED OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (53)
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Fleeing religious persecution in Tibet in the seventeenth century, King Ngawang Namgyel (the real name of Shabdrung Rinpoche, literally “the one at whose feet all prostrate”) had the merit of creating a unified country with…
NEWS BRIEFS
– Tej Francis BEIJING, CHINA AFTER VATICAN-CHINA DEAL, CHINESE BISHOP IMPRISONED FOR 23 YEARS IS NOT YET RELEASED (CNA) The nephew of a Chinese bishop who was arrested 23 years ago has said he does not know where his uncle…