Prayers priests whisper to Jesus at Mass JOSÉ MARIO MANDÍA In the Extraordinary Rite, there is a prayer called the “Oratio secreta”, literally meaning secret prayer. It is said at the end of the Offertory and in the Ordinary form…
Celebration of the Feast of St. Daniel Comboni on October 10
The Comboni Missionaries present in Macau invites you to celebrate with us the feast day of our Founder St. Daniel Comboni. This year we remember the 150th Anniversary of the “Plan for the Regeneration of Africa ”… This is an…
Celebration of the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi on October 4
On Saturday, October 4 2014 at 11 am, the Solemn Mass on the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi will be celebrated in Santa Rosa de Lima English Secondary School’s Holy Spirit Chapel.
FATHER BEDA LIU, SJ, SUPERIOR OF THE JESUITS IN MACAU, TALKS ABOUT THE INVITATION OF POPE TO THE PRESIDENT OF CHINA
“I hope Xi Jinping can say yes” PEDRO DANIEL OLIVEIRA pedrodanielhk@hotmail.com New winds are blowing. In an interview with O CLARIM, Father Beda Liu praises the willingness of the Catholic Church to approach the People’s Republic of China and hopes…
Those things priests wear at Mass
JOSÉ MARIO MANDÍA What are those things that priests put on when they say Mass, and what do they mean? That’s what I will try to explain today. Warning: the ideas in this piece are not mine. If the reader…
Sunday Reflection – September 28, 2014 – 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Free with the freedom of love Ex 18:25-28; Phil 2:1-22; Mt 21:28-32 Fr. Fernando Torres, CMF CLARETIAN PUBLICATIONS After a few Sundays in which the readings emphasized the mercy of God, His welcoming and forgiving nature, and asked us to…
THE JOY OF SHARING THE GOOD NEWS (I)
Infinite gratitude TERESA LO The feast day of St. Bonaventure was a day to be remembered. I went to school as usual, introduced “The Seraphic Doctor” of the Church in the morning assembly, announced to the students the news about Fr. Joseph…
FATHER FRANCIS HUNG ABOUT FREEDOM IN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
“There are some concerns” PEDRO DANIEL OLIVEIRA pedrodanielhk@hotmail.com Having many decades of experience in education system, Father Francis Hung showed some concerns about a change that may happen in the primary and secondary schools. He told O Clarim that if…
