Mental illness can afflict anyone, be it a saint or a sinner. While saints have had their faith and spiritual life augmented by suffering of this sort, their lives also tell us that those who seek relief must not forget that the very first physician to be sought out is God himself.
In these troubling times, faith and religiosity abound in the Taipa parish of Our Lady of Carmel as people young and old desire Baptism and First Communion, with a fervent inclination toward spiritual growth
On 8th May (4th Sunday of Easter, Good Shepherd Sunday), the Church celebrates the World Day of Prayer for Vocations.
On the same day, Bishop Stephen Lee will offer the Holy Mass at 3:00 p.m. at St. Lazarus Church with the special intention for vocations in the universal Church and in the Diocese of Macau.
The Macau Ricci Institute will discuss the current status of the intercultural dialogue with the People’s Republic of China and the way it was affected by the Covid-19 pandemic in its annual symposium. The theme of the international conference is closely related to a new series of books that the Jesuit institute intends to bring out.
Christian fortitude is different from secular courage in that it is firmly ensconced in faith and trust in the resurrected Christ. Only Christian fortitude has the capacity to counter evil and bring good from it through patient acceptance and the ability to forgive.
For about a year, Brito traveled through the country he knew so well, and was able to see his friends again before leaving for his final mission. Once again among the Indians, the missionary had found happiness, as he himself recognized in a letter dated April 20, 1692.
With a monumental increase in religiosity and the desire to grow spiritually, many Confirmation candidates will be confirmed in their faith on the 29th of May. And while Fr João Evangelista Lau works towards meeting the pastoral needs of the young and the old, he also celebrates 50 years of his priesthood.
After a fulfilling and highly successful tenure as the director of O Clarim, Fr Mandia leaves to further God’s mission in his next assignment. The online platform, which has benefitted many Catholics in Asia, is a fitting legacy of this much-beloved priest.
President Zelensky’s call to his fellow Ukrainians to eschew the soul-decimating effects of hatred, should be a call every person, especially Christians, must adopt as a rule of life.
As Christians, we can give God what is due to him only by striving for holiness, using every means possible and every situation with which we are faced, however insignificant they may appear to be.