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Month: January 2020
IS THE “EXTRA ECCLESIAM NULLA SALUS” STILL VALID?
– Corrado Gnerre I am a very old woman (I am over eighty years old). When I studied the catechism, I remember that it was said that outside the Church there is no possibility of salvation. Now it seems that…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (65) – All baptized faithful are priests, prophets and kings: what does that mean?
[相片來源] JMO Mandia – Rev José Mario O. Mandía When we are baptized, we become members of Christ’s Mystical Body. At that moment, Christ who is Priest, Prophet, and King, makes us share in his three-fold office (in Latin, triplex…
THE CHURCH CHRIST FOUNDED – Christianity in the Fifth and Sixth Centuries
– Joni Cheng The fifth and sixth centuries were a high point for the monastic movement, particularly by the works of St Patrick and St Benedict, which had not only planted the seeds for monastic life in the Church history,…
A LIGHT TO THE GENTILES – 26th January 2020, 3rd Sunday In Ordinary Time (A)
MATTHEW 4:12-23 – Fr Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau The first part of today’s gospel narrates a scene after the conclusion of John the Baptist’s mission. Jesus moved from Nazareth to Capernaum. Capernaum, was a village of fishermen and…
SANTA CROCE A VIA FLAMINIA – Celebrating the freedom of Christianity
– Anastasios For Christianity, the most important event was the incarnation of Jesus. There is no doubt about this because, without the Lord Jesus, there will be no Christianity. But if we have to pick a second event that determined…
FROM THE BOOK OF PSALMS TO THE RESPONSORIAL PSALM (10) – The Gradual
– Aurelio Porfiri In previous parts of this series, we have seen the importance of Psalms in the life of the Church, not only for spiritual reasons but also the great importance that the psalmodic texts hold in the liturgy.…
CAN YOU SING?
THE DIOCESAN CHOIR OF MACAU. Regular practice will be held on Mondays at 5:30 pm at the Cathedral Parish Office. We encourage parishes, schools, and parents to recommend primary and secondary school pupils to join the Choir.
CONSTANT THEME – Francis, the ‘geographies’ of peace
– Carlos M. Frota If there is a topic common to all Popes’ New Year addresses to the diplomatic corps and to the world community at large, to Christians and non Christians, peace is that topic. And not by coincidence,…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (85)
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro After ten years of activity, the mission in Ngari, Western Tibet, had been deactivated, but that was not the reason why the courageous priests were defeated.