– FAUSTO GOMEZ OP Pope Paul VI wrote excellent documents, which are part of the Ordinary Magisterium of the Church. These documents continue to be important. Some of them are still very relevant today and often quoted by the Popes…
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ASK THE LITURGIST (17) – The sanctuary or tabernacle lamp
– Enrico Finotti The sanctuary or tabernacle lamp: why and how….? “A special lamp which indicates and honors the presence of Christ is to shine continuously before a tabernacle in which the Most Holy Eucharist is reserved” (Code of Canon…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (8) – Why are there differences in the accounts of the Gospels?
– Rev José Mario O Mandía jmom.honlam.org If we have read the Gospels many times, we will notice some discrepancies in the accounts of the four Evangelists. This can be seen, for example, in the miracle of the multiplication…
LIFE OF SAINT PAUL VI (1) – Earthly steps to heaven
– Fausto Gomez OP Pope Paul VI was canonized by Pope Francis on October 14, 2018. With his canonization, his papacy – his universal shepherding and his pastoral ministry, in particular his family ethics and social teachings – have come…
GOD SPEAKS – DIVINE INTERVENTION — Is there prophecy in the New Covenant?
– Fr Francis Elsinger THE TRUE CHURCH In the Feast of St Mark, we sing, “Through the gospel, God called us to faith in the truth so that we might share the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ Alleluia.”…
CHURCH FATHERS (32) – Saint Cyril of Alexandria
– Anastasios We don’t have much information about the life of Cyril of Alexandria (378-444), until the moment he became Patriarch of Alexandria. The previous Bishop was his uncle and he was his successor in the year 412. He was…
Is the end near?
18 NOVEMBER 2018 – 33RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (B) Daniel 12:1-3; Hebrews 10:11-14,18; Mark 13:24-32 – Shiu Lan www.FLL.cc With the increasing frequency and severity of the natural disasters in the recent past, people see these unusual phenomena…
IN A SACRED VALLEY RUNS A RIVER THAT LINKS A LAKE OF “FISHERS OF MEN” TO A LIFELESS LAKE RESURRECTED BY THE WATERS OF BAPTISM – Salt and light of the world (Mt. 5:13-14)
– Miguel Augusto Recently, social networks circulated a piece of news that showed the appearance of small fish, in “pools” of the Dead Sea. It is not the first time that we are confronted with speculative news that point us…
MARIAN APPARITIONS (90) – Kevelaer, Germany
Around 1640 the small village of Kevelaer had suffered greatly from a tragic fire and the ravages of the Thirty Years war. It was considered a vast moorland and a place where few ventured. Hendrik Busman, a pious traveling salesman,…
POSSIBLE THIRD FILIPINO SAINT – Pope Francis declares Bishop Obviar ‘venerable’
– Roy Lagarde (CBCPNews) Pope Francis issued a decree Thursday, November 8, advancing the sainthood cause of Bishop Alfredo Obviar, declaring him “venerable.” The pope recognized that Obviar, the first bishop of Lucena, lived the Christian virtues in a heroic…