António dos Santos The Catholic Church celebrates the dogma of the Assumption of Our Lady on August 15th, this coming Sunday. St Germanus of Constantinople (733) puts on the lips of Jesus, who is preparing to take his Mother to…
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The prisoner who saved a married man
In 1941 at the height of World War II and while its fury raged in Poland, a conventual Franciscan was arrested because he had started publishing published a journal which was designed to ‘illuminate the truth and show the way…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (140) – What kind of veneration should we render the Eucharist?
Rev José Mario O Mandíajmom.honlam.org The Catholic faith uses three degrees of veneration. They are as follows: (1) Latria. It is the act of adoration or worship given only to God. “And God spoke all these words, saying, ‘I am…
The crucifix in the workplace
Corrado Gnerre The recent ruling of the European Court says that crucifixes must not be present in classrooms and public offices. It seems unacceptable to me. I have the impression, however, that the cultural motivation (crucifixes must be there because…
Prayer of petition in Rahner’s words
Fausto Gomez OP Some months ago, I finished reading a book I had wanted to read much earlier. I found a copy in the Library of the USJ Faculty of Religious Studies and Philosophy at the Seminary. The title of…
TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD – The Light of the world
António dos Santos Today, August 6th, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, which has been celebrated in the East since the 5th century. The mysterious episode of Jesus’ Transfiguration takes place on a high…
The song of praise by Our Lady of the Snows
Aurelio Porfiri In August, at least before the pandemic, the Italian population for the most part flocked to the holiday resorts to enjoy the well-deserved scraps of sunshine and then return refreshed in body and mind to the fatigue of…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (139) – What’s special about the Real Presence?
Rev José Mario O Mandíajmom.honlam.org The CCCC (282) teaches us that “Jesus Christ is present in the Eucharist in a unique and incomparable way. He is present in a true, real and substantial way, with his Body and his Blood,…
The oriental trend
Corrado Gnerre Dear friend, your effort does a worthy work for the enhancement of the true roots of the West, so that – let’s face it frankly – we can become more and more attached to this West which seems…
Let us try to be patient (2)
Fausto Gomez OP Thomas a Kempis tells us that patience is necessary because we have to face many adversities in this life (cf. Imitation of Christ). What is the road to patience? God is patient with us. The omnipotent and…