Category: Faith & Life

– Rev José Mario O Mandía The word “infinite” comes from Latin, composed of the negative prefix “in-”  (“not”) and the noun “finis” (“boundary,” “limit,” “territory,” or “end”). It can be understood in a negative way or in a positive…

– Msgr Fernando Ocáriz The servant of God Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri will be beatified on May 18th in Madrid. This news fills us with joy and hope because it confirms for us once more that God calls everyone to…

– Anastasios With Saint Hilary of Arles we find ourselves in the 5th century, a time when the Church was still organizing her structures after the freedom that was given to her in the previous century, but also facing evident…

– Rev José Mario O Mandía In the last three essays of Bite-size Philosophy, we had spoken about how the human mind can discover not only the existence of God, but also his attributes (cf essays 78, 79, 80). Human…

The man who would become St. Damien of Molokai, was born in rural Belgium, on January 3, 1840. His name was Jozef De Veuster, and he was the youngest of seven children. Growing up on the farm, Jozef was prepared…

– Corrado Gnerre “When a finite being feels that he ‘becomes God,’ it is because he is, like Vespasian, on the eve of his dissolution …” These words are by the Catholic philosopher Gustave Thibon and are inserted in one…

– Ross Belle Balatbat Selfishness is increasing; the secular world nurtures the “I, me and myself” mentality.  And so, it is good to reflect upon what the Holy Father has said: “Mothers are the strongest antidote to the spread of…