Aurelio Porfiri Let us reflect: only a few decades ago, if we say that we are live (we would say “alive,” but let us accept this little grammatical mistake) we would think that we are affirming our own existence. But…
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The Last Things
Aurelio Porfiri In the month of November, we normally ponder over our final destiny, the destiny that no one can escape: death. For Christians, this final destiny is the beginning of eternal life, but a life that will depend upon…
Chancery Notice
CN/29/032/2020 Chancery Notice Special Collection for University of Saint Joseph and Higher Education Development in the Diocese
My life in the Heart of Jesus
Teresa Lo The first week of October was a boon to so many locals who longed to take a break and spend time with families and friends. On that weekend, Vila São José opened up the space for the first…
It is not enough to believe but persevere in faith
8 November 2020 – 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A Matthew 25:1-13 Fernando Armellini SCJClaretian Publications, Macau When Matthew writes to a despondent community that could not see the second coming of the Lord as they had expected,…
Reflections on Fatima
Angela Chong While some people tend to assess the overall loyalty of the film “Fatima” to the original story, which has been told and retold countless times, I am particularly impressed by the description of Lucia’s predicament as she is…
St Martin de Porres
Fausto Gomez OP On November 3 the Church celebrates the memorial of St Martin de Porres, the day of his death on earth and of his birth in heaven.
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (103) – Is there a way of going around Purgatory?
Rev José Mario O Mandíajmom.honlam.org What does the “fire” of purgatory consist in? Pope Benedict explains: “Some recent theologians are of the opinion that the fire which both burns and saves is Christ himself, the Judge and Saviour. The encounter…
POPE AT ALL SOULS MASS “Christian hope is the Lord’s free gift”
(Vatican News) In his homily at Mass for the commemoration of the deceased faithful, in the Church of the Teutonic Cemetery in the Vatican, Pope Francis made the prophet Job’s words his own, and explained that Christian hope is a…
Why can’t people stand kneelers anymore?
Corrado Gnerre For some time I have noticed that there are fewer kneelers in churches today. Indeed, in modern buildings, often benches are found without the part assigned to welcome the faithful genuflected. I don’t understand why. I initially thought…