– Fr Leonard E. Dollentas They are called ‘pious oldies’ – and they love praying and going to church every day. Though often seen as feeble, they form a gentle but formidable “dogmatic” force in the Church. Their commitment to…
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ASK THE LITURGIST (32) – Concert etiquette
– Enrico Finotti Is it possible for people to sit on the seats of the presbytery and also on the priest’s seat with the motive of a large crowd on the occasion of concerts or performances? What is said about…
CHURCH FATHERS (64) – Ioannes Maxentius
– Anastasios In our profiles of Church Fathers and important writers of the early Church, there are themes that are somehow recurrent. One of them is the fight against heresies. Today we never talk about this theme, we are very…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (40) – What does Sacred Tradition say about the Blessed Trinity?
– Rev José Mario O Mandía The things we believe do not come only from Sacred Scripture. We also know that it is important to consider what Sacred Tradition teaches us. These teachings can be found in the Fathers of…
ST JOHN GUALBERT – The benevolent
Saint John Gualbert was born in Florence in the year 999. He was raised with care in piety and the study of the humanities, but no sooner had he entered adult life than he acquired a taste for pleasures. God,…
CELESTINE V – When the Pope resigned
Pope Benedict XVI visits the relics of Pope St Celestine V in the 13th-century Santa Maria di Collemaggio Basilica, in L’Aquila, Italy, in 2009. (Photo: AP/L’Osservatore Romano) – Aurelio Porfiri Saint Celestine V (Pietro Angeleri or Pietro di Morrone –…
CHURCH FATHERS (63) – Leontius of Byzantium
– Anastasios Christian apologist Leontius was born probably around 485 in Byzantium to a rich family. He was attracted from young age to monastic life. He was influenced in his early years by Nestorian heresies, but will return to the…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (39) – Why can’t I find “Blessed Trinity” in the Bible?
– Rev José Mario O Mandía The term “Blessed Trinity” is not used in the Sacred Scripture. But the doctrine is present in a veiled way in the Old Testament, and taught by Jesus Christ Himself in the New. OLD…
ABUNDANT HARVEST, FEW LABORERS – 14TH Sunday In Ordinary Time
LK 10:1-12, 17-20 – Pope Francis 3. Today too, Jesus lives and walks along the paths of ordinary life in order to draw near to everyone, beginning with the least, and to heal us of our infirmities and illnesses. I…
OUR LADY OF THE EUCHARIST- Mary prepares the way
An Argentinian priest, Father Salvador Fornieles, who had recently published a book about the Mass (Subiré al altar de Dios) narrates that the invocation that relates our Lady to the Eucharist helped him to grow in love for the Holy…