Neh 8:2-10; 1 Cor 12:12-30; Lk 1:1-4, 4:14-21 – Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau It was a Saturday. Like every pious Jew, Jesus goes to the synagogue. There are two readings and the one who reads the second text…
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SAINT PETER THOMAS (1305-1366) – Messenger of Peace
– Tej Francis Peter Thomas was born in the southern Périgord region of France, to a very poor peasant family. His piety and skill as a teacher attracted the attention of the Carmelite prior of Bergérac, who invited him to…
SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES, PATRON OF JOURNALISTS AND WRITERS AND PATRON OF THE SALESIANS – Propagator of the love of Christ
– Miguel Augusto (*) Yesterday, January 24, was the liturgical feast of St Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church. Through preaching, writing and spiritual counselling, he performed prodigies of apostolate and wrote marvellous works of spirituality, and…
LESSONS FROM THE APOSTLE OF THE GENTILES – Conversion and rebirth
Conversion on the way to Damascus by Caravaggio (Image by Wikipedia) – Aurelio Porfiri One of the images most impressed in the collective imagination regarding Christianity is that of the conversion of St Paul, which the Church celebrates on January…
CHURCH FATHERS (40) – Apollinaris of Laodicea
– Anastasios We talked before of Saint Apollinaris [bishop of Hierapolis], a Christian apologist of the second century. Now we talk of another Apollinaris, whom some call “the younger” (310-390). He was a fighter of the Arian doctrine and was…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (16) – Does the Bible tell us everything we need to know?
– Rev José Mario O Mandía We have seen previously that God revealed himself fully with the coming of Jesus Christ. We have also seen that Jesus Christ chose successors who could continue his work of transmitting revelation down to…
DO WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU – 21ST January 2019 – 2nd Sunday In Ordinary Time
Isaiah 62:1-5; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; John 2:1-12 – Shiu Lan This Sunday’s Gospel reading tells us about Jesus’ first miracle of turning water into wine in Cana of Galilee. When we pray the Second Luminous Mystery of the Rosary, we…
ST MARGARET OF HUNGARY (1242-1271) – Only interested in a heavenly throne
Margaret, the daughter of King Bela IV of Hungary, was offered to God before her birth, in petition that the country would be delivered from the terrible scourge of the Tartars. The prayer having been answered, the king and queen…
ASK THE LITURGIST (22) – Billboards and posters in church
– Enrico Finotti I would like to understand the widespread habit of filling churches with billboards and posters. Is not it rather unseemly, at least in some very beautiful churches? The many posters that invade our churches are now a…
THE LESSER-KNOWN ANTHONY – Solitary struggles
– Aurelio Porfiri Many years ago, during one of my first stays in Macau, I was asked to direct a choir for the feast of Saint Anthony in June. I said that I was happy to be able to celebrate…