– Joni Cheng Of all the approved Marian apparitions, Our Lady of Guadalupe (Constat de supernaturalitate 1555) is the only apparition where Mary leaves us her own miraculous image, an authentic image of herself which she left on St Juan…
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“GATE OF MYSTERY” BYZANTINE PAINTING REELS OFF – Lay women can also bring people to God
– Jasmin Yiu Iconography is not only art. An icon contains rich biblical content, and it is also a tool for presenting traditional faith. Macau faithful now have an opportunity to have a glimpse of the sacred beauty of icon…
2018 H.E. BISHOP STEPHEN LEE PASTORAL MESSAGE TO THE YOUTH – May the three-year “Years of the Youth” become the opportunity for all our young people
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, I was just recalling that I went to Rome in June for my Ad Limina visit to Pope Francis. When I met with the Holy Father, he was very eager to inquire about the…
SIMBANG GABI – Preparing for Christmas Philippine style
– Fr Leonard E Dollentas A story is told about a newly ordained Filipino priest who spent weeks preparing his Simbang Gabi homilies. He had laboriously prepared for it, and had them carefully written out. On the first eve of…
ASK THE LITURGIST (19) – Liturgical Group
– Enrico Finotti Does a liturgical group in the parish make sense? And, if have it, what is its task? Undoubtedly a group or a committee, which cares about the dignity of liturgical celebrations, is an important tool in the…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (11) – Did Jesus have a succession plan?
– Rev José Mario O Mandía Many persons regard Jesus Christ as an outstanding Person, and may even accept his Divinity. But for them, Jesus is a personage from the remote past with no connection to the present. Is that…
MY PROPHETIC ROLE REQUIRES MY OWN REPENTANCE AND REFORMATION – 9TH December 2018, 2ND Sunday In Advent (C)
Bar 5:1-9, Phil 1:4-6, 8-11, Lk 3:1-6 – May Tam www.FLL.cc “The word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the desert:” what an unlikely opening verse for the preparation of Jesus’ public ministry! Luke had just…
CHURCH FATHERS (35) – Saint Jerome
In the 4th century, as we have observed, we have a flourishing of great Church Fathers, probably unique in the whole history of the Church. Another example of this is given by Saint Jerome (346? – 420). When he was…
DR SAMUEL GREGG, RESEARCH DIRECTOR OF ACTON INSTIUTE – On the issue of sentimentalism
– Aurelio Porfiri A few weeks ago I was reading an article written by my very good friend Aldo Maria Valli. He quoted a researcher from the Acton Institute in USA on the issue of sentimentality. I did not know…
MARIAN APPARITIONS (93)
Montagnaga, Italy On May 14, 1729, around noon on Saturday, Domenica Targa was with her cattle in the basin of the “Palustel.” Suddenly, all the beasts, as if caught by terror, started to flee disoriented. Domenica, who was reciting the…