In the performance of the liturgy, of liturgical ceremonies, in the past much importance was given to the role of ritual repetition, so that certain reiterated gestures or texts became familiar to the participants in the sacred rite. All this was fixed in the rubrics that constituted a guarantee for those who, in different capacities, participated in the sacred action.
“Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile.” (Mark 7:15) If a man’s behavior is good or bad, it’s not because of genetics or environment, it’s not because of nature or nurture. It’s because of something else. That something is called “freedom.”
REV. JOSÉ MARIO O. MANDÍA The Holy Eucharist is not only a sacrifice. It is also a banquet – “the paschal banquet in as much as Christ sacramentally makes present his Passover and gives us his Body and Blood, offered…
Fr Leonardo E Dollentas In 2018, the 42 parishes of the Diocese of Maasin (a 4th class component city and capital of the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines) switched to renewable energy, becoming the first ecclesiastical territory where all churches…
José Maria C.S. André Every year, on the 15th of August, the Church celebrates the great solemnity of the Assumption of Our Lady into Heaven.
Marco Carvalho Macau’s churches and other Catholic temples will remain closed for the second weekend in a row, but the Diocese of Macau hopes that the cautious normalcy in which the territory has been immersed over the past 18 months…
Corrado Gnerre I am a believer, but many times I have doubts about the existence of the spiritual soul. Today, then, theories are spreading that deny the spirituality and immortality of the soul, explaining everything in biological and geneticist terms.
Fr. Jijo Kandamkulathy CMFClaretian Publications Macau 15 August 2021 – Assumption of the Blessed Virgin MaryLk 1:39-56 The gospel on the Solemnity of Assumption is the Magnificat of Mary. In this song of praise, Mary glorifies God for the marvelous…
Aurelio Porfiri I was lucky enough to be born and raised (and still live) in an area of Rome that is full of beautiful churches (and basilicas). I have always considered it to be a grace, as it has educated…
Robaird O’CearbhaillHong Kong correspondent Loving care for the less privileged is required, a moral duty, Pope Francis said on the 2018 World Day of Migrants and Refugees. Venezuelan refugee migration in the millions is the “largest mass displacement in the…