– Rev José Mario O Mandía The Church is the People of God, the Mystical Body of Christ, the Spouse of Christ, and the Temple of the Holy Spirit. PEOPLE OF GOD “The Church is the ‘people of God’ because…
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DEFENDING HIS FLOCK AT THE COST OF HIS OWN LIFE – 3rd May 2020, 4th Sunday Of Easter, Year A
– John 10:1-10 – Fernando Armellini Claretian Publications, Macau The Fourth Sunday of Easter is called Good Shepherd Sunday. Today, Jesus proclaims: “I am the good shepherd”. Jesus presents himself twice as the door. To this image, others are added:…
A TIME TO JUDGE OURSELVES
– Ross Belle Santos-Balatbat Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized Him. (Luke 24:31) Many among us this year have experienced various forms of negativity with the global crisis. Pope Francis said that this is not a judgment from…
SAN LORENZO IN LUCINA – From pagan to Christian
– Anastasios There is another important church that we find in the via del Corso, one of the main avenues in Rome, connecting Piazza Venezia with Piazza del Popolo. San Lorenzo in Lucina is a very beautiful church that can…
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE FACE OF COVID-19 (3) – Battling with resilience and helping hands
– Fr Leonard Dollentas Filipinos are known to remain resilient to different calamities and disasters. They have learned how to face a heavy burden happily and bear its weight more lightly. Consequently, an Irish international speaker and best-selling author Mike…
PHILIPPINE PRIEST OFFERS ‘DOOR-TO-DOOR’ CONFESSION, COMMUNION AMID LOCKDOWN
– Marielle Lucenio (Licas News) The hunger for the sacraments has become more pressing among the Catholic faithful during the lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.
FOUR THINGS I LEARNED FROM THIS PANDEMIC
– Aurelio Porfiri At the moment I am writing these lines, at the end of April, in Italy we are still under lockdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. At this point there is no need to explain everything because everyone…
CIVILIZATIONS ARE NOT THE SAME
– Corrado Gnerre Dear friends, I read a recent speech by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on sacred music with much interest. It says that this art has reached its heights in the Christian West. But then this means that civilizations…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (77) – If the Holy Spirit leads me, why do I need the Church?
– Rev José Mario O Mandía Saint Paul, in his letter to Timothy says that God “who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth” (I Timothy 2:4). For men “to come to…
EXPERIENCING THE POWER OF RESURRECTION IN TOUGH TIMES
– Angela Chong We have experienced a different Easter this year. Our hearts have been heavily weighed down by fear and worries over the past few months. In fact, the coronavirus outbreak seems to have been a curse cast on…