Being trapped in the noise of our daily routines is understandable, but we need to be aware that noise drowns out the voice of God, as he calls to us in an attempt to draw us closer to holiness and to him.
CHRISTIAN LIFE IS JOYOUS
Despite the pain of the trials and suffering that come our way, we must derive from them the true joy that emerges from a faithful relationship with Christ, our Savior.
“Against War”: Pope’s New Book Aims to Alleviate the Tragedy of Ukraine
There is a universal agreement that war is inherently evil. But it takes an influential religious leader like the Pope to goad the collective conscience into limiting the cruel outcome of human greed and apathy.
ST. CATHERINE’S INCOMPARABLE DIALOGUE
She was canonized by Pius II in 1461, proclaimed a co-patron of Europe by Pope Pius XII in 1939 and declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Paul VI in 1970. St. Catherine is one of the patrons of the Diocese of Macau.
Heroes of the Catholic Faith in the East: Brito gets funds for his mission in the Portuguese court – 10
In Portugal, João de Brito was able to attract people and funds to his mission. While at court, he led the King of Portugal D. Pedro II to increase the income he sent annually to the Madurai mission and also received various donations.
IF HE IS NOT RISEN, OUR HOPE IS IN VAIN
Easter is the time to ponder the certitude of the Resurrection and reject the attribute of worldliness. For only in the truth of the Resurrection is our salvation to be found.
The Church and the pulse of the 2022 Philippines Presidential Election
Fr Jeff Manlapig, a parish priest of one of the parishes in the Diocese of Paranaque in the Philippines, provides O Clarim readers with a glimpse of his reflections on the local situation now in the Philippines, amidst the pandemic and the coming national election on May 9, 2022.
“Your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found!”
“Our society needs to be healed, to make peace with our world, to make peace with our neighbors and to make peace with each other in the way that the Risen Lord taught us,” writes the Bishop of Macau, Most Rev Stephen Lee Bun Sang, in his Easter Message for 2022.
Step-by-step with Jesus: From the Passion to the Resurrection
During the period of the Triduum that leads up to Easter Sunday, Catholics are invited to recall step- by-step the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, the fundamental moments that are at the heart of their experience of faith. The Triduum ceremonies were mainly concentrated in the Cathedral of the Nativity of Our Lady this year.
Surmounting the Sting of Death
Easter is that time of the year when every Catholic must remember that there is life beyond a physical death, and it is that life in Jesus that we must look toward.