THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES (1)
Day: August 2, 2019
EGO SUM PANIS VIVUS – Music by Aurelio Porfiri
Liturgical Mass Sheet
CHURCH FATHERS (67) – Anastasius Sinaita
– Anastasios As we might guess from the sobriquet that was given to him, Sinaita, this seventh-century monk and writer lived in the monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai. We don’t know much about his life, but we know…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (43) – In what way does the Son proceed from the Father, and the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son?
– Rev José Mario O Mandía PROCESSION OF THE WORD Last time we have seen how Saint Thomas explains that there are two processions in God: “the procession of the Word” and “the procession of love” (S Th I q…
MACAU PRAYS FOR HONG KONG
On July 26, Bishop Stephen Lee celebrated Mass to pray for Hong Kong. Using Pope Francis’ Encyclical Lodato Si’, he encouraged one and all to work for “the good of the common home.” Bishop Lee encouraged the faithful who turned…
TO ACCUMULATE GOOD FOR ONESELF IS MADNESS – 4th August 2019, 18th Sunday In Ordinary Time
LUKE 12:13-21 – Fr Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications Macau One day Jesus was chosen as mediator to solve a family feud. Despite some bickering between brothers, in general, they love each other. Until when? Until the day they talk…
ASK THE LITURGIST (34) – Christian initiation for children
– Don Enrico Finotti Which is the most suitable itinerary for the Christian initiation of children already baptized, and which is the most suitable moment for the first Communion and Confirmation? It is necessary to reiterate the difference between the…
PETER JULIAN EYMARD – Apostle of the Eucharist
Peter Julian Eymard was born on February 4, 1811 in La Mure, France. He grew up in a poor family after the French Revolution, at a time when Catholicism was not looked upon kindly.
CHURCH CELEBRATES SAINT JOHN MARY VIANNEY NEXT SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 – Cura d’Ars, patron and model of priests
【圖片說明】Image of St John Maria Vianney at the Se Cathedral Church in Macau – Miguel Augusto (*) This year, the liturgical feast of St John Mary Vianney, known as Cure d’Ars (‘Cure’ means ‘Parish Priest’), is celebrated on Sunday, the…
IMAGINARY DIALOGUES – Agatha & Frederic (5)
– Carlos M. Frota Surprisingly, the conference room was packed with students, listening in absolute silence to what Professor Stevenson was saying. The subject was uncommon, almost alien, to the universe of students’ immediate interests: “Wisdom and memory , a…