Dasha Mei Secretario dela Cruz Before the Confirmation classes started, I wasn’t ready and I was also thinking about changing my religion. I wanted to satisfy my spiritual needs but I didn’t find it in the Roman Catholic Church because…
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BITE-SIZE PHILOSOPHY (66) – Do good intentions suffice to make an act good?
[PHOTO] Himanshu Gunarathna at Pixabay Rev José Mario O Mandía We have studied both objective norms (moral law) and subjective norms (conscience) of morality. The next question is: what aspects of an action (“action” can also mean “thoughts,” “desires,” “attitudes”)…
CHURCH FATHERS (20) – Saint Pamphilus of Caesarea
Anastasios We just had a glimpse inside the influence that a thinker as Origen had in his time and well beyond. This is an influence that cannot be overlooked. Indeed we can judge from following writers the extent of the…
THE “FILM” OF CORPUS CHRISTI – 3RD June 2018 – SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (CORPUS CHRISTI)
Ex 24:3-8, Heb 9:11-15, Mk 14:12-16, 22-26 Edmond Lo www.FLL.cc Don’t know about you, but to me the scenes that appear before my eyes as today’s readings are solemnly proclaimed in the liturgy of the Word are more vivid, colorful,…
ASK THE LITURGIST (7) – On Baptism (2)
Enrico Finotti When to celebrate solemn baptism: at Easter or at Epiphany? The relationship between baptism and the Eucharist in relation to the Paschal Mystery explains the convenience of Easter as the annual date of solemn baptism. In fact, just…
AD LIMINA VISIT OF CHINESE REGIONAL BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE – Taiwan very much in Pope’s mind
FEATURED IMAGE: Rome Reports Jasmin Yiu The Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference (CRBC) met with Pope Francis for their ad limina visit on May 14. In the interview with Radio Veritas Asia at the Taipei airport on May 16, Archbishop Hung…
MARIAN APPARITIONS (68) – Altotting, Bavaria
Also known as Our Lady of Altotting, the shrine of the Chapel of Grace in Bavaria lies amid the mountains about three miles south of Oberammergau in upper Bavaria. The miraculous healings that have occurred there are so numerous, that…
ARE WE STANDING BEFORE THE REAL BODY OF JESUS CHRIST? – The Mysterious Man On The Shroud Of Turin Reconstructed In 3D
Miguel Augusto (*) Fascination continues for the Shroud, stamped with the mysterious image of a naked body in the cloth, bearing the same characteristics of Jesus crucified. It was revealed in 1898, after the revelation of a negative – a…
THE DEEPEST MYSTERY OF ALL — Fatherhood, filiation and love
Fausto Gomez OP After Pentecost Sunday that closes the Easter Season, we Christians celebrate Trinity Sunday. May I invite you fraternally to meditate with me on the mystery of the Blessed Trinity, which is the central mystery of our Christian…
BITE-SIZE PHILOSOPHY (65) — When are we obliged to obey our conscience?
Rev José Mario O Mandía jmom.honlam.org We have seen how man needs an internal moral “navigational system” — the conscience — and how ignorance can affect it. Should we follow our conscience all the time? If not, under what conditions…