– Maria Kwak* 201800245@usj.edu.mo One of the exhibition rooms at the Treasure of Sacred Arts of St Joseph’s Seminary is dedicated to the icons of Mary. During my field work here, a number of my associates demonstrated an interest in…
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SANT’ANDREA DELLE FRATTE – From unbeliever to believer
– Anastasios The Basilica of Sant’Andrea delle Fratte is important for several reasons, one of them being the exact place where one of the most famous apparitions of the Virgin Mary has happened. But we will talk about that later.…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (63) – Was the birth of any human being ever foretold?
– Rev José Mario O Mandía No one can predict the future birth of a man. Not even the birth of men like Buddha, Socrates or Confucius (all three were born around the 5th century BC) was expected. But there…
THE CHURCH CHRIST FOUNDED – Christianity from 150 – 300 A.D.
– Joni Cheng The persecution continued in the second and third centuries and Christianity was still an illegal religion, where there were systematic persecutions of the Church throughout the Roman Empire, attempting to stamp out Christianity. Famous martyrs of that…
FROM THE BOOK OF PSALMS TO THE RESPONSORIAL PSALM (8) – The Songs Of The King Of Israel
– Aurelio Porfiri In our journey through the Psalms, we learned many things, thanks to very insightful thinking coming from the most important mind in Christian history. We saw how the Psalms are so deeply present in the history of…
BAPTISING THE BELOVED SON – 12TH January 2020, Baptism of the Lord
MATTHEW 3:13-17 – Fr Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau One scene in today’s Gospel involves three images: the opening of the heavens, the dove, and the voice from heaven. John uses images well known to his readers, and the…
FROM BEAUTIFUL TO UGLY ART. WHAT HAS HAPPENED?
– Corrado Gnerre Dear friend, I greatly appreciate your editorial choice to insist on the beauty of a certain type of art. In fact, I am convinced that art serves a lot to get closer to the truth, and therefore…
VIRAL PHOTO WITH A CLEAR MESSAGE – Becoming the saint next-door
– José Maria C.S. André When the Pope celebrated his 83rd birthday (last December 17), he was offered a photo of a nativity scene that embodies the pastoral program to which he is so committed. This program is the holiness…
APOSTOLIC LETTER – Instituting The Sunday Of The Word Of God
Issued “Motu Proprio” By The Supreme Pontiff FRANCIS – “APERUIT ILLIS” 1. “He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures” (Lk 24:45). This was one of the final acts of the risen Lord before his Ascension. Jesus appeared to the…
OPINION – Hope, the biggest challenge
– Carlos M Frota Hope is the last thing to die…isn’t it? But hope…what a challenge! Every new year begins with big hopes, good dreams, high expectations, in our personal as well as our community lives. But nowadays also, more…