Corrado Gnerre It is often said that the Catholic Church must eliminate ecclesiastical celibacy. There are many who claim that this celibacy dates back to the Middle Ages and that therefore it was completely non-existent in the early Church. It’s…
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BUILT UPON MOTHERS
Ross Belle Santos-Balatbat “My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you– (Galatians 4:19).” Parents need to mold their children in the image and likeness of God. Pope Francis said in his reflection that the…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (100)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Before leaving the kingdom of Mrauk-U, Father João Cabral made an important discovery. Four years earlier he had been in Tibet and realized that its inhabitants were not Hindus, but had a religion of their own.…
FROM THE BOOK OF PSALMS TO THE RESPONSORIAL PSALM (14) One practical technique
Aurelio Porfiri In the previous article we discussed the way that a Responsorial psalm should be performed. Some of these ways, as we have pointed out, are not the best, some others are good but require efforts and skills. Of…
THE PARACLETE: OUR PROTECTOR, HELPER AND DEFENDER. 17 May 2020 – 6th Sunday of Easter – Year A John 14:15-21
Fr. Fernando Armellini SCJClaretian Publications Macau Jesus promised not to leave his disciples alone, without protection and guidance. He said that he would pray to the Father, and He would “send the other Paraclete” who will always be with them.…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (80) What do we mean when we say that the Church is holy?
Rev José Mario O Mandía One, holy, Catholic and apostolic Church. It is easy to accept that the Church is one, that she is Catholic, and that she comes from the apostles. But holy? Many people would laugh at the…
THE LAW OF GOD!
– Corrado Gnerre Recently, while talking to my friends, there arose the problem of the sin of impurity. This raised a question in me: in choosing to love God, why do we necessarily have to respect moral standards? Dear …,…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (79) – What do we mean when we say that the Church is one?
– Rev José Mario O Mandía When we recite the Creed, we profess our belief in the unam, sanctam, catholicam et apostolicam Ecclesiam (one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church). What do these characteristics or marks mean?
FOLLOWING JESUS BRINGS ABOUT THE BEST IN YOU
– Ross Belle Santos-Balatbat “The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice, as the shepherd calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has driven out all his own, he walks ahead…
ONLY ONE LIFE, BUT MANY SERVICES – 10TH May 2020, 5th Sunday of Easter, Year A
John 14:1-12 – Fr. Fernando Armellini MCJ Claretian Publications, Macau “In my Father’s house there are many rooms… Yet you know the way where I am going” (vv. 2-4). Jesus means to say that he has to go through a difficult…