– Enrico Finotti On some occasions the liturgy of the Word is dramatized with the children of catechesis and in certain celebrations images and films are projected. The opinions among us are somewhat divergent. What about this? The Church has…
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CHURCH FATHERS (37) – Saint Augustine
– Anastasios Honestly speaking, one feels a sort of embarrassment when there is the need to talk, in such a little space, of a giant like Saint Augustine, a thinker, a saint, a bishop that would need volumes to…
THE MOST BELOVED CHRISTMAS CAROL – The Story behind “Silent Night”
– Fr Leonard E. Dollentas It was Christmas eve in the small village of Mariapfarr, a small municipality in the district of Tamsweg in the state of Salzburg in Austria. The year was 1816, and the young village priest was…
DEVOTION TO THE “TRINITY” OF NAZARETH — Families called to holiness
– Miguel Augusto It is interesting to note that after Christmas, the following Sunday, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Holy Family, no later than 30th of December. Christ wanted to enter the world by a family, by the…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (13) – Does the New Testament show that Peter was first among the apostles?
Rev José Mario O Mandía jmom.honlam.org The New Testament shows us how Jesus gave special treatment to Peter, how he chose him from among the twelve. Does the New Testament also tell us about how Peter played his role? Yes,…
ASK THE LITURGIST (20) – Liturgical Group – 2
– Enrico Finotti If the three commissions adhere to this threefold way of proceeding they can only be effective in their ecclesial action and promote an authentic work of evangelization, sanctification and Christian life in charity. Unfortunately, in a widespread…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (12) – Were all the apostles of the same rank?
Christ giving the keys to Peter (1481-1482), Pietro Perugino, Sistine Chapel (Vatican) – Rev José Mario O Mandía Jesus handpicked twelve men whose names are listed in the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew 10:2-4, Mark 3:16-19, and Luke 6:14-16) and in the…
THE KEY TO PEACE – 16th December 2018, 3rd Sunday of Advent
Zephaniah 3:14-18a; Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:10-18 Shiu Lan www.FLL.cc In this third Sunday of Advent as we anticipate and prepare ourselves to relive the spirit of that first Christmas more than two thousand years ago, the scripture readings remind us…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (32)
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro After the assault, devoid of anyone who understood the local language – “in the midst of hills frequented by thieves, without having to guide me along” – since the interpreters had been accomplices of the…
ST JOHN OF THE CROSS – God or nothing
– Aurelio Porfiri There are many differences among the saints. That is, there are many ways of being a saint even if all are united by the burning desire to follow God with all their strength. Sanctity is a river…