– Fr Leonard E. Dollentas Some years ago the US-based Pew Research Center conducted its “Global Christianity” study, to determine the size and extent of the world’s Christian population. With its research center in Washington, DC in the United States,…
– 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…
The word “mission” comes from Latin which means “to send.” 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).
– 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…
– 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…
– 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…
– Rev José Mario O Mandía 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…
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…
Edith Stein, today’s saint’s 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…
– 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…
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