Deuteronomy 26:4-10; Romans 10:8-13; Luke 4:1-13 – Pope Benedict XVI Reflecting on the temptations to which Jesus was subjected in the wilderness invites each one of us to answer a fundamental question: What really counts in my life? In the…
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ASK THE LITURGIST (23) – Announcements at the end of the Mass … and not from the ambo
– Enrico Finotti Parish advices are often excessive and boring. Do they have to be done? The rubrics allow that in the ending rites, before giving the blessing, brief announcements can be given (IGMR 90). The indication is of maximum…
CARDINAL PELL AND THE PASSION OF CHRIST
– Maria Kwak Like Jesus, his Master, Cardinal Pell is under trial. The Gospel of John reports Pilate’s verdict: “I find no guilt in him.” Then he washes his hands in front of the crowd. But the crowd continues to…
FROM GAMBLING TO CHARITY WORK – St John of God
From the time he was eight to the day he died, John followed every impulse of his heart. At eight years old, John heard a visiting priest speak of adventures that were waiting in the age of 1503 with new…
GOLD IN THE FURNACE – The value of suffering
– Aurelio Porfiri A few days ago someone said on television that suffering allows a growth of knowledge. I think there is a lot of truth in this statement, because in fact when we suffer we see things in a…
SOCIOLOGISTS ARE AMAZING!
– José Maria C.S. André I did not see the program, but my colleagues at the university told me about it: an uninteresting debate, devoted to horoscopes, divinations and spells of the type. The guests were all “professional” fortune tellers…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (21) – Are there layers of meaning in Scripture?
Image Caption: Lamb of God, Basilica of Sts Cosmas and Damian, Rome – Rev José Mario O Mandía “In Sacred Scripture, God speaks to man in a human way. To interpret Scripture correctly, the reader must be attentive to (1)…
REMOVING THE SPLINTER IN OUR EYE – 3rd March 2019, 8th Sunday In Ordinary Time (C)
Sir 27:4-7; 1 Cor 15:54-58; Lk 6:39-45 – John Paul II In different parts of the world there is a great neglect of the Sacrament of Penance. This is sometimes linked to an obscuring of the religious and moral conscience,…
ST DAVID – Patron Saint of Wales
March 1st is St David’s Day, the national day of Wales and has been celebrated as such since the 12th century. Today the celebrations usually involve the singing of traditional songs followed by a Te Bach, a tea with bara…
ORGAN TRANSPLANT AND DONATION (1) – Deceased donors
– FAUSTO GOMEZ OP One of the great advances of modern medicine is the progressive success of organ transplants. Organ transplantation requires organ donation: for a needy recipient there has to be a generous donor. Unfortunately, there is a great…