Rev José Mario O Mandíajmom.honlam.org We have seen previously that the miracle of the loaves and fishes is a figure through which Jesus prepared His followers for a promise – a prophecy – that He would make. We read how…
Day: May 21, 2021
Chancery Notice
CN/10/014/2021 Chancery NoticePastoral Appointment Bishop Stephen LEE has made the following appointment, effective from 1st June 2021: Rev. Eduardo Emilio AGUERO, SCJ, is to be appointed Parochial Vicar of Our Lady of Carmel Parish, Taipa. Given at the Chancery Office, Macau, 17th May…
The Spirit of Understanding and Forgiveness
Jijo Kandamkulathy CMFClaretian Publications, Macau 23 May 2021 – Solemnity of Pentecost – Year B (Jn 20:19-23) The narration of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit is found very vividly in the Acts of the Apostles. The narration of the…
The Other Hail Mary
Aurelio Porfiri The Hail Mary prayer is one of the prayers that are most dear to Catholics around the world. It is not the oldest Marian prayer, as we have already stated in our article that spoke of the Sub…
Words to speak to God
Aurelio Porfiri I must confess that since adolescence I have been fascinated by poetry and by one poet in particular, the Indian Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) who was born hundred and sixty years ago on May 7 (some suggest May 6).…
God is love…and reason tells us so
Corrado Gnerre Dear friends, I am a student in the last year of Liceo Classico. I am very passionate about philosophy and also theology. There is one point on which I want to sufficiently reflect upon and it is that…
VIOLENCE, NONVIOLENCE, WAR – No to violence (1)
Fausto Gomez OP Violence is usually understood as an overpowering physical, moral or structural force that controls or manipulates the human person and the social group. Violence appears as an incurable virus in our world. We read the newspapers, we…
“You need God in your life, and the spiritual guidance that only He can give”
Robaird O’CearbhaillHong Kong Correspondent Film megastar, Rocky and Rambo actor, Sylvester Stallone, disabled from birth, unlikely for Hollywood stardom, made it, with the help of God. Sylvester Stallone was not even slightly expecting to be an actor, let alone a…
THE SOLEMNITY OF PENTECOST – The Holy Spirit, Soul of the Church
This Sunday, May 23, our churches in union with the universal Church celebrate the Solemnity of Pentecost. Jesus before ascending to Heaven said to His apostles: “But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am…
MISSIONARIES FROM MACAU TO THE WORLD – Saint Lazarus Island (47)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro The goods transported on the Macanese merchant’s vessels were predominantly gold, ivory and slaves, African or Asian, this fact referenced not only in Goa, Macau and Manila, but also in China and Japan. Most of these…