Learning the importance of struggle and suffering is something that is largely missing in this modern culture of easy living. When we look back to Christ, we find that only by living his sacrifice can we arrive at “Jerusalem.”
Month: June 2022
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (182): Is it God’s grace alone that saves us?
Can we claim a reward for a good deed? Can we merit anything with our works? Or is it God’s grace and mercy alone that saves us?
Eucharistic Miracles of the World: Carlo Acutis’ Legacy for Posterity
Conceived by Blessed Carlo Acutis, the Eucharistic Miracles of the World international exhibition was inaugurated at the Diocesan Center on Rua Formosa. The photographic exhibition highlights 17 Eucharistic miracles approved by the Church.
Communion with the Lord: The only sublime end to every means
Everything we encounter here on earth must serve as a conduit to God, to union with his eternal love. Even our earthly marriage must serve as a reflection and preparation of this ultimate communion with God.
THE POWER OF A LOOK AND A SMILE
When we offer up goodness to the world, we will have it reciprocated in kind in one way or the other. Antoine de Saint-Exupery has an important lesson on what compassion and kindness and the acknowledgement of such is able to beget in this world; it is a lesson we should all heed with zeal.
Their numbers hit by pandemic, Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion renew commitment to serve parishes
Fr Leonard E Dollentas A group of Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion from the different English-speaking communities of the Catholic Diocese of Macau renewed their commitment to serve in their respective parishes on June 12, 2022. As the pandemic situation…
THE SILENCE OF GOD
Steering away from our status as fallible humans with a penchant to grasp at the tangible, it behoves us, as Catholics, to accept that the answer to every question we have lies in the silence of the most blessed sacrament of the Holy Eucharist.
Corpus Christi, the definitive sign of God’s love
The feast of Corpus Christi allows us to recall that Jesus, the representation of the Old Covenant Passover lamb, gave up his body for us that we might be spiritually nourished and be exempt from sin. As Catholics, we are also called to renew our awareness of the dignity of the human person, created in the image of God.
Through the Eucharist, let the Holy Spirit permeate your entire life!
The most precious Body and Blood of Jesus are a constant reminder of how God draws us to the spiritual through the material. The solemnity of the most holy Body and Blood of Christ exceptionally emphasizes that while the material aspect of life should never control us, we must allow God to direct the use of the material to lead to a stronger spiritual life.
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (181): What is ethical relativism?
Ethical relativism is the doctrine which teaches that there are no absolute truths in ethics. Proponents of this doctrine say that what is morally right or wrong varies from person to person or from society to society.