PHOTO:By Free-Photos at Pixabay – Rev José Mario O Mandía Can we demonstrate the existence of a First Cause? But first, what do we mean by “demonstrate”? To demonstrate is to show that something which we cannot directly know (i.e.,…
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EPHPHATHA: BE OPENED; BE BAPTIZED – 9th September 2018 – 23rd Sunday In Ordinary Time (B)
Is 35:4-7a; Jas 2:1-5; Mk 7:31-37 Fr Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau The sick to be healed is a “stuttering deaf” as in the original text. For Isaiah, the “stuttering deaf” was the people of Israel. However, the patient…
CHURCH FATHERS (26) – Eusebius of Caesarea
In the past century history has seen a strong rethinking about many assumptions coming from the Rankean tradition, that tradition established from the German historian Leopold von Ranke which demanda that history has to establish “what has really happened.”
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH PROF. FRANCO BATTAGLIA, SCIENTIST AND WRITER – On 1968 and today’s universities
– Aurelio Porfiri I think there is little doubt when we say that the year 1968 was a crucial year for the development of our societies. Maybe this was felt more in Europe, North America, but I think that the…
MARIAN APPARITIONS (80) – Kerala, India
The Basilica of Our Lady of Ransom is situated in Vallarpadam in the city of Cochin in the state of Kerala, India. It is a famous center of pilgrimage, people from all parts of Kerala and outside, irrespective of caste…
A PILGRIM’S NOTES – Songs for the journey
– Fausto Gomez OP Some weeks ago, I read a review of a novel authored by Nuria Gago entitled Quiéreme siempre (Love me always). The protagonists are two women – one is a young nurse, and the other, an old…
ASK THE LITURGIST (12) – ‘Go’ or ‘Let us go in peace’?
– Enrico Finotti ‘Bless you’ or ‘May God Almighty bless us’; ‘Go’ or ‘Let us go in peace.’ When will we finish discussing this question? Is there an answer? Behind every liturgical expression there is always a theology and to…
BITE-SIZE PHILOSOPHY (77) – Does religion cause wars?
– Rev José Mario O Mandía I have a friend who reads the Bible daily, but says he is not interested in joining any religion. “Religion causes wars,” he told me. In his book The End of Faith, American author…
AND THE WORD BECAME EUCHARISTIC BREAD – 19TH August 2018 – 20th Sunday In Ordinary Time (B)
– Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau Today’s Gospel begins with an outrageous statement: the bread to eat is “his own flesh.” The reaction of those present is understandable and justified: “How can this man give us his flesh to…
APOLOGIA (25) – How many magi were there?
– Anastasios Objection 1: It is not really sure how many of the supposed Magi were present at the birth of Jesus and this leads us to think that the Gospels are not really reliable.