Aurelio Porfiri The Hail Mary prayer is one of the prayers that are most dear to Catholics around the world. It is not the oldest Marian prayer, as we have already stated in our article that spoke of the Sub…
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The Spirit of Understanding and Forgiveness
Jijo Kandamkulathy CMFClaretian Publications, Macau 23 May 2021 – Solemnity of Pentecost – Year B (Jn 20:19-23) The narration of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit is found very vividly in the Acts of the Apostles. The narration of the…
God is love…and reason tells us so
Corrado Gnerre Dear friends, I am a student in the last year of Liceo Classico. I am very passionate about philosophy and also theology. There is one point on which I want to sufficiently reflect upon and it is that…
Words to speak to God
Aurelio Porfiri I must confess that since adolescence I have been fascinated by poetry and by one poet in particular, the Indian Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) who was born hundred and sixty years ago on May 7 (some suggest May 6).…
VIOLENCE, NONVIOLENCE, WAR – No to violence (1)
Fausto Gomez OP Violence is usually understood as an overpowering physical, moral or structural force that controls or manipulates the human person and the social group. Violence appears as an incurable virus in our world. We read the newspapers, we…
THE SOLEMNITY OF PENTECOST – The Holy Spirit, Soul of the Church
This Sunday, May 23, our churches in union with the universal Church celebrate the Solemnity of Pentecost. Jesus before ascending to Heaven said to His apostles: “But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am…
“You need God in your life, and the spiritual guidance that only He can give”
Robaird O’CearbhaillHong Kong Correspondent Film megastar, Rocky and Rambo actor, Sylvester Stallone, disabled from birth, unlikely for Hollywood stardom, made it, with the help of God. Sylvester Stallone was not even slightly expecting to be an actor, let alone a…
THE REAL “SECRET” OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA – Our weapons: prayer, penance, apostolate
Ross Belle Santos-Balatbat This year, the 104th year of the apparition of the Virgin Mary was celebrated on 13 May with the intention “For the peace of the world and for the end of COVID-19 Pandemic.”
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (127) – Does the Old Testament speak about the Eucharist?
Rev José Mario O Mandíajmom.honlam.org Does the Old Testament speak about the Eucharist? Yes, it does. Let us first remember what Saint Augustine said: “In vetere Testamento novum latet, in novo vetus patet” – the New Testament is hidden (latet)…
A composer from Macau who is to be remembered
Aurelio Porfiri Perhaps someone may be surprised by thinking that a small city like Macau, China, can boast of a musical tradition in the field of liturgical music that has to be highly respected. Yet it is so, thanks above…