Category: Faith & Life

PHOTO: Sagrada Familia (Barcelona) – Rev José Mario O Mandía The five ways of Saint Thomas conclude respectively as follows: (1) First Way: Unmoved Mover and Pure Act (2) Second Way: the First Efficient Cause (3) Third Way: the Necessarily…

PHOTO: Uroburos at Pixabay – FAUSTO GOMEZ OP A Christian philosopher writes: “Truth has too many preachers and few martyrs; hence our little credibility in the world” (Carlos Diaz). Proclaiming the truth in life – even up to martyrdom –…

When Hitler’s armies defeated the French and entered the city of Paris during the latter part of 1939, a young woman, Maria Hendizabal, fled from France to live in Mexico. Arriving at Vera Cruz, she went to the Mexican capital…

– Anastasios Objection 1: We have a gap between the childhood of Jesus and his public ministry. This gap is of around 18 years, not a little time. Some scholars believe he traveled to India to learn from wise men…

PHOTO: soej24 at Pixabay – Rev José Mario O Mandía “It seems that God does not exist,” Saint Thomas writes (Summa Theologiae (S Th) I q2 a3 objection 1), “because if one of two contraries be infinite, the other would…

– Enrico Finotti Is the humeral veil optional? “The priest or the deacon should wear a white cope and humeral veil to give the blessing at the end of adoration, when the exposition takes place with the monstrance; in the…

Our Lady of Ardents, or Eglise Notre-Dame des Ardents d’Arras in French, is a small, charming red brick church in the lower part of town in Arras, France. It was built in the beautiful style unique to the twelfth century…

PHOTO CAPTION: A statue of the sleeping St Joseph at the Macau St Joseph Seminary. Photo by Fr Leonard Dollentas. – Fr Leonard E Dollentas When it comes to patron saints and intercessors, Pope Francis seems to play favorites. This…