Acts 5:27-32; 40b-41, Rev 5:11-14, Jn 21:1-19 – May Tam www.FLL.cc One detail we might notice in today’s Gospel is the mysteriousness of Jesus’ appearance. Pope Benedict XVI in his book, Jesus of Nazareth (Holy Week), has dealt with this…
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ST JAMES THE LESSER – The ‘Just one’
James was one of the 12 disciples, and was Jesus’ own cousin—his mother was sister or cousin to Mary. Legend says that he looked so much like Jesus that Mary herself could have confused them, and this is why Judas…
CHURCH FATHERS (54) – Salvian
– Anastasios In our short portraits of early Christian writers, quite often we have seen most of them were dealing with theories that attacked Christianity from the outside, what we call “heresies.” When I say outside I mean “outside its…
CHURCH FATHERS (53) – OROSIUS
Paulus Orosius, shown in a miniature from the Saint-Epure codex. (From Wikipedia) – Anastasios The Latin Spanish (or Portuguese) writer that goes under the name Orosius, or Paul Orosius (375-418), was a friend of Saint Augustine and of Saint Jerome.…
REBUILDING WITH THE SAME SPIRIT – Notre Dame of Paris as “poor people’s book”
Photo by AP. – Maria Kwak This year’s Holy week brought tears to millions who had to watch one of the most beautiful cathedrals in the world go up in flames. Not only is it an object of beauty, it…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (29) – Can faith alone save us?
Martin Luther (Photo: Creative Commons) – Rev José Mario O Mandía Martin Luther (1483-1546) claimed that faith alone (sola fide) is enough for salvation. This doctrine asserts that one receives God’s pardon through faith alone, excluding all “works.” Luther argued…
HARD TO BELIEVE EVEN FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SEEN – 28th April 2019, 2nd Sunday of Easter
JOHN 20:19-31 – Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau The Gospel of Mark says that Jesus appeared to the eleven “and reproached them for their unbelief and stubbornness, in refusing to believe those who had seen him after he had…
DE CORPORE ET SANGUINE DOMINI – St Paschasius Radbertus
Born in 785 and died in 865 he was a Carolingian Theologian, and the Abbot of Corbie, a monastery in Picardy founded around 660 by the queen regent Bathilde with a founding community of monks from Luxeuil Abbey. His most…
WE ARE EASTER PEOPLE – Christ always wins!
A moment during the service of light during the Easter Vigil at the Macau Cathedral, 21 April 2019. – Photo by Ivan Leong. – Fausto Gomez, OP Through Easter, we Christians celebrate the Resurrection of Christ from the dead. Saint…
JOHN MARK, EVANGELIST – The lion’s roar
– Aurelio Porfiri Sometimes I come to think about how it is a privilege to be able to live in certain cities rich in history and spirituality. Although our times are extremely secularized, we cannot deny that some cities have…