– LUKE 12:49-57 – Fr Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau What is the fire that Jesus came to bring on earth (v. 49)? Why does he say of not coming to bring peace, but rather division (v. 51)? Today’s…
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LICINIO REFICE (1883-1954) – Sacred Musicโs two ways
– Aurelio Porfiri To understand certain developments that have occurred in the field of sacred music, one must go backwards. In other words, the present can only be understood by immersing yourself in the past and trying to untangle threads…
ASK THE LITURGIST (35) – Catechesis on Pentecost
– Don Enrico Finotti The extension of the supplements for catechesis and the abundant anthology do not facilitate the learning of a synthesis on the different questions of faith. Is it possible to have a short catechesis that gives the…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (44) – What makes the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit different from one another?
– Rev Josรฉ Mario O Mandรญa TWO PROCESSIONS LEAD TO FOUR RELATIONS We have studied how the Son proceeds from the Father, and how the Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son. We may ask: in what…
THROUGH THE EYES OF FAITH – 11th Sunday In Ordinary Time (C)
WIS 18:6-9; HEB 11:1-2, 8-19; LK 12:32-48 – Edmond Lo www.FLL.cc In this age of atheism and materialism, many people see faith as essentially an interior attitude that is subjective, imaginative, and psychological. It is, in a word, objectively unreal…
SAINT TERESA BENEDICTA OF THE CROSS (EDITH STEIN – 1891 โ 1942) – Jew, Philosopher, Virgin, Martyr
Edith Stein, todayโs saintโs given name, was a highly cultured European intellectual. She obtained a doctorate in philosophy summa cum laude from a German university after being accepted as a student by a renowned philosopher. She mastered numerous languages and…
CHURCH FATHERS (68) – Saint Maximus the Confessor
– Anastasios A great defender of Catholic orthodoxy was Saint Maximus the Confessor (579/80-662). He was born in Constantinople from a rich family. And even if he was very well regarded since his youth by the emperor himself, he was…
LUIGI ANTINORI (2) – The forgotten Italian master (2)
– Aurelio Porfiri We were able in the previous issue to identify Luigi Antinori from Nocera with the Luigi Antinori that was active in Macau. Do we have conclusive evidence for this? Not really, but the documents that we were…
CHURCH FATHERS (67) – Anastasius Sinaita
– Anastasios As we might guess from the sobriquet that was given to him, Sinaita, this seventh-century monk and writer lived in the monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai. We don’t know much about his life, but we know…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (43) – In what way does the Son proceed from the Father, and the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son?
– Rev Josรฉ Mario O Mandรญa PROCESSION OF THE WORD Last time we have seen how Saint Thomas explains that there are two processions in God: โthe procession of the Wordโ and โthe procession of loveโย (S Th I q…