Suddenly, we are not talking of Covid anymore.
Month: March 2022
Feast of the patron saint or a simple party?
Once we have removed the courageous announcement of our faith that frees, we have remained trapped in the slavery of the dictatorship of relativism, which oppresses.
Ukraine, martyr
A friend from Poland sent me an endless video, filmed with the cell phone: a huge queue, going around a corner and around another corner and on and on… to a place to give blood to send to Ukraine.
English Community Gathers to Mark Ash Wednesday
The English-speaking community of the Cathedral, composed mainly of Filipinos, celebrated this first day in preparation for Easter, at Sao Domingos Church. It was a joyful but somber occasion for the English community to celebrate Ash Wednesday. We may recall that the communities of the Cathedral used Sao Domingos during the Cathedral renovation period.
Polish Church cares for fleeing Ukrainians
“There is no reason for excluding the possibility of another wholesale repression of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church as came about in 1946 with the complicity of the Orthodox brethren and the blessing of Moscow,” he stated.
Memories of other invasions
Those from a lot longer ago, World War II, few are still alive. But an 81 year-old remembers …
Pride, the great sin
In Christian tradition, pride is a more fundamental sin than the other capital sins, and thus is described as the queen, mother and principle of all other vices and sins.
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (166): What is the purpose of morality?
In the previous two parts, we have basically spoken about what God has done and is doing for us. Now it’s time to ask, “What should we do for God?”
“Walking the path of prayer with Jesus”
Scripture scholar Brant Pitre in his recent book Introduction to the Spiritual Life: Walking the Path of Prayer with Jesus, gives us guidelines for a Christian spiritual life. He starts with the maxim that the path of prayer is not only informative but transformative.
Diocesan Youth Commission launches new volunteer program
The Diocesan Youth Commission unveiled last Saturday a new volunteer program, aimed at young people – and young adults – aged 16 to 35 years old. Called “Teen Sunny Project,” the initiative aims to attract fifty volunteers and prepare them to collaborate in the initiatives promoted by the organization.