“One of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, ‘What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?’ They paid him thirty pieces of silver, and from that time on he looked for an opportunity to hand him over” (Matthew 26:14—16) From that time on……
On Saturday, March 21st, the Church of Saint Joseph’s Seminary welcomed a Way of the Cross for the Protection of Life. By organizing the initiative, the Macau Diocesan Commission for Life encouraged repentance and the contemplation of Christ’s suffering, highlighting at the same time the dignity and sacredness of human life.
March 19th is the feast day of the patron of the universal church, fathers, families and married couples. Just as God the Father selected the Blessed Virgin Mary to be the mother of his son, he also chose St. Joseph….
Ezekiel receives his prophetic mission in a very tense moment of Israel’s history. He is called while living among the exiles in Babylon, before the final destruction of Jerusalem and its temple. Many of his contemporaries still believed…..
Jesus’ humanity shines clearly in today’s Gospel. In the face of Lazarus’ death, Jesus is deeply moved by the grief around Him. The Gospel says He “became deeply distressed and troubled” and eventually “wept.” The Greek word for “deeply distressed,”….
THE JOURNEY OF LENT is a pilgrimage of conversion by the path of penance and reconciliation. In a nutshell, conversion means renouncing sin and returning to God….
Thirty-three parish register books belonging to the patrimonial collection of St. Lawrence’s Church were recently sent to Portugal. The documents are currently undergoing a meticulous process of restoration and conservation at the School of Arts of the Portuguese Catholic University, in Portugal’s second largest city, Porto.
The Book of Ezekiel opens against a dramatic historical backdrop. In 597 B.C., King Jehoiachin surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. As a consequence, Jehoiachin, the royal family, and members of the upper class—including Ezekiel, a young priest—were deported to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar then appointed….
Imagine being blind throughout your life and then suddenly being healed. All of the sounds you had heard from childhood, all that you had touched, tasted, or smelled suddenly took on new form within your imagination as these images registered with sight for the first time. Colors suddenly made sense….
Symbolic actions are one of the ways God communicates His message through the prophets. The text begins: “The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: ‘Come, go down to the potter’s house, and there I will let you hear my words’” (Jer 18:1–2). At the potter’s shop….