Aurelio Porfiri In recent decades, issues connected with the defense of life have become hot issues. At the end of March, the World Congress for families was held in the city of Verona. It gathered people from all over the…
AMONG THE POOR – Saint Anthony of Pavoni, Dominican monk and martyr
Today’s saint of the day is Saint Anthony of Pavoni, Dominican monk and priest who was martyred for the faith. Born in Savigliano, Italy, in 1326; he died in Turin, Italy, in 1374. He is the patron saint of lost…
Shock unites Catholics and the French nation
(Vatican News and Aleteia) Few words could sum up the emotions of Catholics and non-Catholics alike as they watched fire sweeping through the rooftops of Notre Dame in Paris, along the banks of the River Seine on Monday evening.
PURIFIED AND RENEWED – We must become unleavened bread
Benedict XVI “Christ, our Paschal lamb, has been sacrificed!” (1 Cor 5:7). On this day, Saint Paul’s triumphant words ring forth, words that we have just heard in the second reading, taken from his First Letter to the Corinthians. It…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (28) – What are the characteristics of faith?
Rev José Mario O Mandía From what we have explained earlier, we can point out the characteristics of faith. (1) Faith is a gift. When Peter professed that Jesus is the Messiah, Jesus told him that he did not…
CHURCH FATHERS (52) – Marius Mercator
Today, in our scholarly environment, we are used to certain ways of dealing with a topic and referencing everything, as for example the Chicago Handbook of Style, the APA or other accepted systems. But certainly this is not the only…
BEFORE THE CROSS – What does Christ’s Passion mean for you?
Fausto Gomez OP Before the Blessed Sacrament, we pray often: O Sacred banquet, in which Christ is received, the memory of his Passion is recalled, the soul is filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory is given to…
FAITH ILLUSTRATED – Creed 10: God’s Church (3)
PARTICULAR JUDGMENT
BONUM EST – Music by Aurelio Porfiri
Liturgical Mass Sheet
CHURCH FATHERS (51) – Saint Optatus
– Anastasios In our little introductions to Church Fathers we are made aware of one important fact: how important they are for Christian literature of the 4th century. This was a century that has seen countless Christian minds, some very…