– Marco Carvalho The globalization of the indifference towards the suffering of the others is a defining trait of our times and it is a challenge that can only be answered through a renewed sense of fraternity. The work developed…
Month: May 2019
PROCESSION OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA IN MACAU – Way of faith, prayer and reparation
– Miguel Augusto Macau was once again united around the celebrations of May 13, which marks the first apparition of Our Lady in Fatima (Portugal), in Cova da Iria, to the little shepherds Lúcia, Jacinta and Francisco Marto.
FAITH ILLUSTRATED – Creed 10: LAST THINGS (7)
THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY
FAITH ILLUSTRATED – Creed 10: LAST THINGS (6)
HEAVEN: SURPASSING ALL DESIRES
CHURCH FATHERS (55) – Saint Hilary of Arles
– Anastasios With Saint Hilary of Arles we find ourselves in the 5th century, a time when the Church was still organizing her structures after the freedom that was given to her in the previous century, but also facing evident…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (31) – Is it possible to have two Gods?
– Rev José Mario O Mandía In the last three essays of Bite-size Philosophy, we had spoken about how the human mind can discover not only the existence of God, but also his attributes (cf essays 78, 79, 80). Human…
WHY NOT GIVE IN TO WORLDLY RICHES AND PLEASURE? – 12TH May 2019, 4th Sunday Of Easter
Acts 13:14, 43-52; Revelation 7:9, 14b-17; John 10:27-30 – Shiu Lan www.FLL.cc Salvation and eternal life are for those who “continue in the grace of God.” (First reading, Acts 13:43) The good news is that salvation has no bounds. It…
ST DAMIEN OF MOLOKAI – Patron saint of lepers
The man who would become St. Damien of Molokai, was born in rural Belgium, on January 3, 1840. His name was Jozef De Veuster, and he was the youngest of seven children. Growing up on the farm, Jozef was prepared…
ONLY THE MAN WHO DECIDES NOT TO BE A MAN DOES WITHOUT THE NOSTALGIA OF THE DIVINE
– Corrado Gnerre “When a finite being feels that he ‘becomes God,’ it is because he is, like Vespasian, on the eve of his dissolution …” These words are by the Catholic philosopher Gustave Thibon and are inserted in one…
MOTHERHOOD – “Strongest antidote to self-centered individualism”
– Ross Belle Balatbat Selfishness is increasing; the secular world nurtures the “I, me and myself” mentality. And so, it is good to reflect upon what the Holy Father has said: “Mothers are the strongest antidote to the spread of…