– Corrado Gnerre I am a very old man, a staunch and practicing Catholic. I remember that when I was a boy, my parish priest, in his frequent catecheses, insisted a lot on the rational knowledge of God. I was…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (71) – Who is the antichrist?
– Rev José Mario O Mandía Jesus stayed on for forty days – long enough for the disciples to prove to themselves that Jesus had really risen from the dead. Then it was time for Him to go back home.…
THE CHURCH CHRIST FOUNDED (10) – Christianity from 1500 to 1750 AD – The Catholic Reformation
One of the beautiful things about the Catholic Reformation was the rich variety of spiritualities that emerged and the rise of the different types of prayer and devotion. Many of these came from the work of particular people who were…
THERE’S WATER THAT’S PRICELESS – 15th March 2020, 3rd Sunday Of Lent (A)
JOHN 4:5-42 – Fr Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau It is noon when the woman comes to draw water, and Jesus asks her for a drink. She has no name. The only element that defines her is that she…
ONE AND HOLY
– José Maria C.S. André Catholics confess, at least at Sunday Mass during the Creed, that they believe in the one and holy Church. But, given all the protests that we hear, one wonders what this unity means. The Pope’s…
SJM DONATES DAILY NECESSITIES TO MACAU’S NEEDIEST
Sociedade de Jogos de Macau, S.A. (“SJM”) announced on Wednesday, March 11, the donation of 3,000 Macau Jiayou Bags which are worth MOP1.5 million to Macau’s neediest via six local community associations, namely Macao Federation of Trade Unions, General Union…
TAMING OUR BAD HABITS IN LENT – Giving up Social Media
– Fr Leonard Dollentas I recently encountered a churchgoer who was baptized in the Catholic Church four years ago. As churches in Macao had gradually been reopened, after being closed due to the COVID-19 health precautions, she was at the…
LENT: Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving
– FAUSTO GOMEZ OP In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus invites his followers to perform the three habitual practices of penance of the Jews: prayer, fasting and almsgiving (cf Mt 6:2-7, 16-18). From then on and up to now,…
CHURCH IN SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY – How Korean Catholics are responding to COVID-19
– Maria Kwak* The recent spread of COVID-19 in Daegu has made the Archdiocese take further steps. Earlier in February, the Archdiocese made a donation of KRW 200 million (equivalent of 1.3 million in HK dollars) to the Korean Red…
TO TELL THE TALE OF GOD’S LOVE DOWN THE AGES (14)
– Sr Judith Yuen, fmm I spent the honeymoon period in the pre-novitiate with peace of mind and joy in my heart, learning to adapt to religious life with its strictly organized timetable and ways (nearly 50 years ago, still…