LUKE 12:13-21 – Fr Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications Macau One day Jesus was chosen as mediator to solve a family feud. Despite some bickering between brothers, in general, they love each other. Until when? Until the day they talk…
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ASK THE LITURGIST (34) – Christian initiation for children
– Don Enrico Finotti Which is the most suitable itinerary for the Christian initiation of children already baptized, and which is the most suitable moment for the first Communion and Confirmation? It is necessary to reiterate the difference between the…
PETER JULIAN EYMARD – Apostle of the Eucharist
Peter Julian Eymard was born on February 4, 1811 in La Mure, France. He grew up in a poor family after the French Revolution, at a time when Catholicism was not looked upon kindly.
CHURCH CELEBRATES SAINT JOHN MARY VIANNEY NEXT SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 – Cura d’Ars, patron and model of priests
【圖片說明】Image of St John Maria Vianney at the Se Cathedral Church in Macau – Miguel Augusto (*) This year, the liturgical feast of St John Mary Vianney, known as Cure d’Ars (‘Cure’ means ‘Parish Priest’), is celebrated on Sunday, the…
IMAGINARY DIALOGUES – Agatha & Frederic (5)
– Carlos M. Frota Surprisingly, the conference room was packed with students, listening in absolute silence to what Professor Stevenson was saying. The subject was uncommon, almost alien, to the universe of students’ immediate interests: “Wisdom and memory , a…
DIGNITY AND RIGHTS OF THE HUMAN EMBRYO – Respect the dignity and rights of the embryo (2)
[照片說明] A six-week human embryo. – FAUSTO GOMEZ OP The word “person” is the name of dignity (“nomen dignitatis”). St Thomas Aquinas explains that the word “dignity” is reserved exclusively to the most excellent beings, namely, God, angels and humans:…
LUIGI ANTINORI – The forgotten Italian master
– Aurelio Porfiri The musical history of Macau is a largely unexplored field. In the last decades, some studies have started to bring to the attention of the musicological community some names, some places, some events. But still there is…
ASK THE LITURGIST (33) – Catechumenate and liturgical year
– Enrico Finotti Would not the Catechumenate be fuller and more complete if it were extended to the entire liturgical year and not only restricted to Lent? The Catechumenate was born in an ecclesial context prior to the formation of…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (42) – How do we use philosophy to understand the Blessed Trinity?
– Rev José Mario O Mandía God revealed Himself to creatures with intelligence. This is why He expects us to use our intellect to understand the things that He has told us about Himself, including the mystery of the Blessed…
CHURCH FATHERS (66) – John Moschus
– Anastasios Today we talk of a companion of Sophronius of Jerusalem, John Moschus (550-619). He was a Byzantine monk who traveled with Sophronius extensively, and who died in Rome. His most important work is The Spiritual Meadow. It begins…