– Aldo Maria Valli “At the crucifix we have cut off the arms, they will be the hands that will allow us to mark the hours and minutes.” Thus says the bishop of Innsbruck, Hermann Glettler, a lover of modern…
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH FATHER JAMES JACKSON (2) – Around the extraordinary form
– Aurelio Porfiri Why the priests wear a biretta? What is the meaning? First, to have something to take off! That is, the Rite of St Gregory contains much courtesy (a word which refers to the manners of the court).…
A TALE OF TWO BROTHERS – 31st March 2019, Fourth Sunday Of Lent
Jos 5:9a, 10-12, 2 Cor 5:17-21, Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 – Edmond Lo Let’s get to the heart of the matter. What’s wrong with the older son’s reaction to his father’s joyous celebration of the younger son’s repentance and homecoming…
LIGNUM CRUCIS – THE RELIC OF THE TRUE WOODEN CROSS OF JESUS CHRIST – Crucem tuam adoramus, Domine!
Bishop Stephen Lee carries the Lignum Crucis contained in a reliquary during the procession of Our Lord Bom Jesus dos Passos on March 10. – Miguel Augusto (*) The Cross on which Our Lord was crucified became one of…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (25) – What are mysteries? Why dogmas?
– Rev José Mario O Mandía We often talk about mysteries and dogmas. What do we mean by “mystery”? And what do we mean by “dogma”? Let’s take up mysteries first. In ordinary language, a mystery is something that…
PIERCED AND CAGED – St Mark, Bishop and Confessor
St Mark was a priest in Syria during the reign of Constantine. He became the Bishop of Arethusa. There were many conversions to Christianity during this time. Mark undertook the challenge of transforming pagan temples into Christian churches. He suffered…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH FATHER JAMES JACKSON – Around the extraordinary form
– Aurelio Porfiri Part of the most precious heritage of our Catholic tradition, a living heritage, is the Tridentine Mass, which, after the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum, is now called the extraordinary form of the Roman rite. There are some…
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS AT THE SERVICE OF SOCIETY (V)
– Fr Leonard E Dollentas Last year in September Dr Astrid S. Tuminez, a Filipina was named as the 7th president of Utah Valley University (UVU), Utah’s largest public university. She is the first ever female to hold such post.…
CHURCH FATHERS (49) – Julius Firmicus Maternus
– Anastasios With Julius Firmicus Maternus we are dealing with a very interesting thinker, born in Sicily in the 4th century. According to the very scarce information we have about him, we may say that he was a man of…
RENEWING THE GIFT OF OUR DAILY CROSS
– Jasmin Yiu Lent is always the best season to begin again in our interior life. This year, my Lenten conversion started from the procession of Bom Jesus, with an inspiring homily given by Fr Cyril Law. He mentioned…