BACK TO CHURCH, WITH PROPER SAFETY PROTOCOLSLet us return to the Eucharist with joy! Cardinal Robert Sarah Letter on the celebration of the liturgy during and after the COVID 19 pandemic to the Presidents of the Episcopal Conferences of the…
Year: 2020
Filipino Pastoral Center celebrates Migrants’ Day
Fr Leonard Dollentas Foreign workers in Macau celebrated “Migrants’ Day” last Sunday, September 27, 2020 without much fanfare. Unlike past year celebrations with abundant merriment and cultural exhibitions, this year focused on invoking God’s intercession and comfort in the midst…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (98) – What happens when death comes?
Rev José Mario O Mandíajmom.honlam.org Death is certain. It is a fact. Life is short: “in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers (Psalm 90:6).” Everyone knows this. But we Christians have an…
Need of patience in dangerous times
Fausto Gomez OP During the quarantine, or confinement at home, hospital or hotel, people, psychologists, pastors and friends invite us to be patient. The pandemic is part of our fragile life and will pass. And tomorrow will be better –…
Do Not Pretend to be the Masters of the Lord’s Vineyard
04 October 2020 – 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year AMatthew 21:33-43 Fr. Fernando Armellini SCJClaretian Publications In the gospel, Jesus uses the image of the vineyard: a master plants, with a hedge around it, digs a mill there,…
Missionaries of Charity celebrates the Feast Day of Mother Teresa
The Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity celebrated the feast day of their founder Saint Mother Teresa on the Sunday of September 6 this year at 10 am in the sisters’ community near Ilha Verde. The Mass was presided over…
SANTA TERESA D’AVILA – The glories of Carmelites
Anastasios We know that the Catholic Church is blessed in its history with countless religious congregations, men and women who have chosen to give their life in answer to a radical call from the Lord, to serve him sacrificing their…
MISSIONARIES FROM MACAU TO THE WORLD – St Lazarus Island (18)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro A few years ago, a Filipino researcher visiting Portugal said that the inhabitants of Cebu associate all foreigners with the Portuguese, “even if they are Austrians.” I did not stay long enough in that city to…
TREASURES OF SACRED MUSIC – Ego Sum Panis Vivus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Aurelio Porfiri Anyone who has some familiarity with the musical tradition of the Catholic Church knows well that the pieces in honor of the Eucharist form a large part of the repertoire itself. Composers of all ages have made great…
You did what? (5)
Danilo Perez Ngo SFC: You kept mentioning Pope Francis, Father, and there is this one line, that Pope Francis said, “There is no sin that God cannot forgive.” In my mind, I thought