Marjon Besteman-Horn at Pixabay – Rev José Mario O. Mandía “Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness’…. So God created man in his own image” (Genesis 1:26, 27). No other creature has been created…
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AT TIMES IT IS EASY TO LOSE ONE’S FAITH – 20th October 2019, 29th Sunday In Ordinary Time (C)
Luke 18:1-8 – Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau The readings today help us to reflect on prayer. Why are we invited to turn to him with insistence? What is the meaning of prayer? To these questions Jesus responds today…
HOW TO TRAIN CHURCH CHOIRS (7) – Selecting music for the Proprium Missae
– Aurelio Porfiri In my previous chapters, I have emphasized the importance of selecting music for the liturgy with a very precise idea of what the liturgy is, not just following personal taste. Personal taste is not a good guide…
ASK THE LITURGIST (41) – Catecumenal Rites
– Enrico Finotti What catechumenal rites can be assumed in the initiation of children already baptized? It is necessary to distinguish clearly between the real Catechumens, who have not yet been baptized, from the already baptized children who still lack…
FROM HEALING TO FAITH – 13th October 2019, 28th Sunday In Ordinary Time (C)
GOSPEL: LUKE 17:11-19 – Fr Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau We can run the risk of reducing the message of today’s Gospel to a lesson of good manners, to remember to say thank you to those who help us. Ten lepers of…
CHURCH FATHERS (75) – Saint Ennodius
– Anastasios Being a Bishop is certainly a very difficult role. In 1980, Saint John Paul II told the Bishops of Kenya: “Venerable Brothers, the episcopal ministry is a ministry at the service of life, bringing the power of the Resurrection…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (51) – Are creation and evolution contradictory beliefs?
– Rev José Mario O. Mandía Sacred Scripture tells us about how, in a span of six days, God created the visible world. CCCC, no 62 (cf CCC 337-344) explains that “Through the account of the ‘six days’ of creation…
ASK THE LITURGIST (40) – Celebration of Confirmation
– Don Enrico Finotti The celebration of Confirmation on the day of Pentecost is certainly the ideal, but this coincidence is rare for us. Sometimes the sacrament is celebrated in feasts that are not at all suited to its own…
SAINT JOHN LEONARDI – To Oppose the Weeds He Chose to be Good Wheat” (Pope Benedict XVI)
Saint John Leonardi was born in 1541 in Diecimo, in the province of Lucca, Italy. He was the youngest of seven children and was raised in his Catholic faith. His family was industrious and John was the same. Throughout his…
WE ARE SPIRITUALLY ANEMIC – Why abandoning Sacramental life is the root of all problems in the Church
– Fr Bill Peckman (Church.pop) Every single problem the Church has all flows from one central issue: Our spiritual health is lacking. In most places in the western world, Mass attendance is well below 40 percent. In other words: 60…