– 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…
Month: August 2019
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…
DIGNITY AND RIGHTS OF THE HUMAN EMBRYO – Respect the dignity and rights of the embryo (2)
[照片說明] A six-week human embryo. – FAUSTO GOMEZ OP The word “person” is the name of dignity (“nomen dignitatis”). St Thomas Aquinas explains that the word “dignity” is reserved exclusively to the most excellent beings, namely, God, angels and humans:…
LUIGI ANTINORI – The forgotten Italian master
– Aurelio Porfiri The musical history of Macau is a largely unexplored field. In the last decades, some studies have started to bring to the attention of the musicological community some names, some places, some events. But still there is…