Luke 14:25-33 – Fr Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau Jesus makes three very hard requests that end with the same severe refrain: cannot be my disciple! Luke wants to address these words of Jesus to the many converts of…
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SAINT MONICA – Patron saint of mothers
– Tej Francis Saint Monica is a patron saint for mothers and wives. She was an exemplary woman who never gave up hope and her faith in God among all tribulations in her family life. If there are mothers out…
AGING WELL TODAY – Meaning of old age (1)
[็ ง็ไพๆบ] Thang Phan at Pixabay – FAUSTO GOMEZ OP Hereafter. I wish to reflect on aging and old age today.ย I started to be concerned about aging and the elderly when I was a young adult. At about 42 years…
HOW TO TRAIN CHURCH CHOIRS – What the Church teaches about choirs (1)
– Aurelio Porfiri In recent decades, there has been a very big debate about the role of choirs in Catholic liturgy. Some people, even within the ranks of the clergy, assumed that choirs were an impediment to the participation of…
FIRST POPE FROM POLAND – The elixir of eternal life
– Josรฉ Maria C.S. Andrรฉ It is quite simple: โWhoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last dayโ (Jn 6:54). Thanks to an unlikely Pope, these words of…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (67)
– Joaquim Magalhรฃes de Castro In the course of their investigations into the mythical kingdom of Cataio, which they had so far failed to identify, the Jesuits Joรฃo Cabral and Estevรฃo Cacela would hear of another mysterious kingdom named Xembala,…
CELEBRATING THE FIRST EVER EUCHARIST IN THE PHILIPPINES – President Duterte declares โFirst Mass Dayโ holiday in Southern Leyte
Papal Nuncio Archbishop Gabriele Caccia leads the 498th anniversary of the first Mass in Limasawa Island on March 31, 2019. Photo from the Diocese of Maasin (CBCP News) President Rodrigo Duterte has made the first Mass held in the Philippines…
500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FAITH IN THE PHILIPPINES – The Beginning of Christianity in the Philippines (2)
– Fr Leonard E. Dollentas Some years ago the US-based Pew Research Center conducted its โGlobal Christianityโ study, to determine the size and extent of the worldโs Christian population. With its research center in Washington, DC in the United States,…
CHURCH FATHERS (69) – Saint John of Damascus
– Anastasios The monk John Damascene lived between the 7th and 8th century. His father was very careful in giving to him and to his adopted brother Cosmas a well rounded education in sacred and profane sciences. John would renounce…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (45) – What are the missions of the Son and the Holy Spirit?
The word โmissionโ comes from Latin which means โto send.โ When a Person proceeds from another, He is also sent. The Son proceeds from the Father; He is sent by the Father. The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son; He is sent by the Father and the Son. In other words, mission follows procession: the Son proceeds from the Father, and is sent to men by the Father; the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son, and is sent to men by the Father and the Son (cf CCC 258).