Corrado Gnerre Dear friends of the magazine, I recently read an article on nihilism and it intrigued me a lot. I understood that this is a typical mistake of our times. But I would like to have a simple, concise…
Day: June 4, 2021
The Fragile Body
Fr. Jijo Kandamkulathy CMFClaretian Publications, Macau 6 June 2021 – Solemnity of Corpus Christi- Year BMk 14:12-16, 22-26 The introductory lines of the gospel of today give us two symbols from the Old Testament. The Unleavened Bread. The Passover Lamb.…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (131) – Can anyone receive the Holy Eucharist?
Rev José Mario O Mandíajmom.honlam.org Several things are needed for a person to be able to receive Holy Communion. (1) He must be a baptized Catholic. As we have seen, Holy Communion signifies that a person is in communion with…
People’s piety and Liturgy
Aurelio Porfiri We must try to understand the relationship that has arisen between popular piety and liturgy from a different perspective than from which we are used to.
A miracle in the midst of darkness
José Maria C.S. André In last May 12’s audience, the Pope told of a miracle that he experienced close up when he was in Buenos Aires.
Divo Barsotti and the Life In The Spirit
Aurelio Porfiri We are very worried about what is happening around us, and we are certainly right. Work, family, responsibilities … all these things inevitably attract our attention, they instinctively hold us together because they are part of our external…
Yes to nonviolence (2)
Fausto Gomez OP Nonviolence literally means no to violence, or negation of violence as a path to social change, justice and peace. It does not mean passive resistance to social evil or withdrawal from the world, but active nonviolence as…
MISSIONARIES FROM MACAU TO THE WORLD – Saint Lazarus Island (48)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Much less would be known about the relations between Macau and the Philippines without the impressions registered by the travelers who passed through both these cities. On March 25, 1596 Francesco Carlleti and his father António,…
ANGEL OF PORTUGAL CELEBRATED ON JUNE 10 – God’s messengers in the life of the Church
Antonio dos Santos Devotion to the Guardian Angel is very old in Portugal. It gained a special place with the Apparitions of the Angel, in Fátima, to the Little Shepherds. Messengers of God, at decisive moments in the History of…
FRANCE TO MARK 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF ANTI-RELIGIOUS PARIS COMMUNE
Tej Francis (Catholic News Service) On Paris’ Rue Haxo, a white-brick church commemorates dozens of Catholic clergy who fell victim to one of modern Europe’s bloodiest uprisings. Its 150th anniversary will be marked in the last week of May with…