– Aurelio Porfiri These days I often visit a beautiful church in the center of Rome that few people know. It is the church of San Paolo alla Regola, built on the site which tradition reveres as the one where…
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ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS CHRISTIAN ENGLAND
– Aldo Maria Valli Nearly 40 percent of millenials living in the UK are unable to tell who is the baby in Bethlehem that is born at Christmas. This is what Lifesitenews writes, citing a recent survey. The research, reported…
LESSONS FROM THE MAGI (I) – Wise men ask, wise men act
REV. JOSÉ MARIO O. MANDIA “Wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, ‘Where is he who has been born king of the Jews?’” (Mt 2:1) The Wise Men knew something important: they knew that they did not know…
THE FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD – Magi follow star to find Light
Miguel Augusto (*) With the feast of the Epiphany, the Church celebrates the manifestation of Jesus to the world. “Epiphany,” of Greek origin, means “outward manifestation,” “appearance.” “For the Church which believes and prays, the Wise Men from the East…
POPE FRANCIS – Good Politics Serve Peace
FAUSTO GOMEZ OP The World Day for Peace was founded and inaugurated by St. Paul VI. In the first message (Jan 1, 1968) entitled The Observance of a Day of Peace, Pope Montini writes: “We address Ourselves to all…
CHURCH FATHERS (38) – Saint Leo the Great
Anastasios The history of the Church has given us all sorts of Popes, from great saints, great intellectuals and also, let us not hide it, to great sinners. One great saint and intellectual was Pope Leo, later called “The Great.”…
BEGINNING AGAIN – A repentant sinner’s litany
Lord, you said that you will not abandon the lost sheep. I am lost, keep looking for me without getting tired; arise and do not let my soul end up in perdition, lost among the storms of the tempest. I…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (14) – What happened after Peter’ death?
Rev José Mario O Mandía jmom.honlam.org Let me point out two more instances of Peter’s primacy over the other apostles. Chapter 12 of the Acts of the Apostles tells us how Herod, after executing John’s brother James, arrested Peter (verses…
ST ELIZABETH ANN SETON – A saint from New York
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton was the first native born American to be canonized by the Catholic Church. Born two years before the American Revolution, Elizabeth grew up in the upper class of New York society. She was a prolific reader,…
‘Tis the Season to Be Overjoyed! – 23 DECEMBER 2018 – Fourth Sunday of Advent (C)
Mi 5:1-4, Heb 10:5-10, Lk 1:39-45 – Edmond Lo www.FLL.cc Micah’s proclamation of the Good News is almost hysterical. Inspired by the Holy Spirit, the prophet sounds so overjoyed he is, I’d venture to say, a little beyond himself:…