– José Mario O Mandía With José Miguel Encarnação “Filipinos know how to evangelize in a very very wonderful way, not only here but everywhere in the world,” Cardinal Fernando Filoni remarked in an interview last Monday, March 4, at…
Year: 2019
Cardinal Pell in prison － a view from Hong Kong
Pablo Elton Cardinal Pell is being held in a prison in Melbourne, Australia. He awaits his sentence on March 13. He has appealed against his conviction on five counts of sexual abuse, allegedly for acts committed in 1996 or 1997.…
FAITH ILLUSTRATED – Creed 09: God’s Church (3)
Christ’s Faithful – Hierarchy, Laity, Consecrated Life
THE LORD HEARS THE CRY OF THE POOR – Music by Aurelio Porfiri
Liturgical Mass Sheet
SOCIOLOGISTS ARE AMAZING!
– José Maria C.S. André I did not see the program, but my colleagues at the university told me about it: an uninteresting debate, devoted to horoscopes, divinations and spells of the type. The guests were all “professional” fortune tellers…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (21) – Are there layers of meaning in Scripture?
Image Caption: Lamb of God, Basilica of Sts Cosmas and Damian, Rome – Rev José Mario O Mandía “In Sacred Scripture, God speaks to man in a human way. To interpret Scripture correctly, the reader must be attentive to (1)…
REMOVING THE SPLINTER IN OUR EYE – 3rd March 2019, 8th Sunday In Ordinary Time (C)
Sir 27:4-7; 1 Cor 15:54-58; Lk 6:39-45 – John Paul II In different parts of the world there is a great neglect of the Sacrament of Penance. This is sometimes linked to an obscuring of the religious and moral conscience,…
ST DAVID – Patron Saint of Wales
March 1st is St David’s Day, the national day of Wales and has been celebrated as such since the 12th century. Today the celebrations usually involve the singing of traditional songs followed by a Te Bach, a tea with bara…
ORGAN TRANSPLANT AND DONATION (1) – Deceased donors
– FAUSTO GOMEZ OP One of the great advances of modern medicine is the progressive success of organ transplants. Organ transplantation requires organ donation: for a needy recipient there has to be a generous donor. Unfortunately, there is a great…
HIS INSCRUTABLE WAYS – Learning to follow God’s intentions
– Maria Kwak Recently I was offered a precious opportunity to contribute to O Clarim. It is a great honor to spread the words of Gospel to many. I started collecting information to be able to present the articles with…