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O QUAM SUAVIS EST – Music by Aurelio Porfiri
Liturgical Mass Sheet
CHURCH FATHERS (65) – Saint Sophronius of Jerusalem
– Anastasios Our Sophronius (560-638) was born in Damascus and entered the monastery of Saint Theodosius in Jerusalem. He traveled frequently in Asia and in Rome. He was consecrated Patriarch of Jerusalem. During his life one of his most fierce…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (41) – What did the Magisterium say about Arianism? And Macedonianism?
– Rev José Mario O Mandía It was Jesus Christ who introduced mankind to the Blessed Trinity. From the early years of Christianity, Christians held a firm belief in and devotion to the Three Persons in one God. There were…
MARY OR MARTHA? – 21ST July 2019 – 16th Sunday In Ordinary Time
Genesis 18.1-10a; Colossians 1:24-28; Luke 10:38-42 – Shiu Lan www.FLL.cc This Sunday’s Gospel Reading about the familiar story of Mary and Martha reminds me of a very inspiring homily I heard recently about service. In life, we serve, we serve…
THE SECRET BENEATH ST PETER’S – A pathway under the earth
– José Maria C.S. André Unexpectedly (June 29), Pope Francis offered Patriarch Bartholomew, of Constantinople, nine bony fragments two thousand years old, from a tomb located beneath St Peter’s basilica. The tomb can be visited, although the application must be…
FIRST TIME IN MACAU – “JOYFUL FEAST 2019” – Eucharist, the heart of the event
– Miguel Augusto Macau welcomes for the first time the “Joyful Feast 2019 – Eucharistic Congress & Youth Festival FYI” taking place on the campus of the University of Saint Joseph in Ilha Verde. One of the founding members of…
THEOLOGIAN SCOTT HAHN WRITES ABOUT HIS SPIRITUAL JOURNEY IN OPUS DEI – In every gesture, there is an appeal to holiness
– Miguel Augusto Recently the universal Church celebrated St Josemaría Escrivá, Founder of Opus Dei. In Macau, on June 26, our bishop D. Stephen Lee invited the community to join the festive Eucharistic celebration at the Sé Cathedral church. Opus…
DIGNITY AND RIGHTS OF THE HUMAN EMBRYO (1) – Nature and dignity of the embryo
The Human Foetus in the Womb by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) – FAUSTO GOMEZ OP In two columns, I shall reflect on “Dignity and Rights of the Human Embryo.” In this first piece, I try to answer this question: Who…
ON THE 16TH OF JULY – Flos Carmeli
– Aurelio Porfiri One of John Paul II’s hospital stays fell in the month of July. On the 16th of that month the Pope said to one of his collaborators: “Today in Trastevere they celebrate a big feast.” He recalled…