– Ross Belle Balatbat Last April 28, the Mountain Province Philippine Association (MPPA) organized the 9th Lang-ay Festival in Macau. In the Igorot dialect, “Lang-ay” means a fellowship where local folks gather to celebrate the harvest while at the same…
– Ross Belle Balatbat The Myanmar Social Club of Macau (MSM) organized for the fourth consecutive year their country’s biggest traditional event – the Myanmar New Year Festival. The gathering was not only an opportunity to observe a tradition but…
– Enrico Finotti There are several priests who explain the readings before their proclamation. At other times the commentator introduces the individual readings. What to think about it? It is necessary to distinguish between the anticipated homily and the comments…
– Rev José Mario O. Mandía How do we grow in faith? To answer this question, we have to go back to Bite-Size Theology, no 26, where we have distinguished two senses of “faith.” One subjective, the other objective. The…
Acts 5:27-32; 40b-41, Rev 5:11-14, Jn 21:1-19 – May Tam www.FLL.cc One detail we might notice in today’s Gospel is the mysteriousness of Jesus’ appearance. Pope Benedict XVI in his book, Jesus of Nazareth (Holy Week), has dealt with this…
The Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (FMM) wishes to announce that Sister Natividad Mugarza Mecolalde has returned to the Father’s house on 23 April 2019 and requests our brothers and sisters in Christ to pray for the repose of her soul.
James was one of the 12 disciples, and was Jesus’ own cousin—his mother was sister or cousin to Mary. Legend says that he looked so much like Jesus that Mary herself could have confused them, and this is why Judas…
– Anastasios In our short portraits of early Christian writers, quite often we have seen most of them were dealing with theories that attacked Christianity from the outside, what we call “heresies.” When I say outside I mean “outside its…
– Miguel Augusto (*) Notre-Dame will be reborn from the ashes. The prime minister of France has announced an international architectural competition to redesign and rebuild the damaged parts of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame after the devastating fire. Édouard Philippe…
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Situated two thousand meters above sea level in what is considered to be one of the most beautiful valleys in the country, Paro has been a significant trade route linking Tibet to the Indian subcontinent…