Two thousand years ago In Nazareth of Galilee Was Mary’s son born In David’s royal family To a carpenter in the red Who couldn’t afford a room To her wife in labour pains It was in the heart of Nazareth The city of the the most high The Saviour was sent back On a very cold and hostile night The prince of peace an inn denied In the 21st century…
Karen King, a professor at Harvard Divinity School, is interviewed outside the Augustinianum institute where an international congress on Coptic studies is held in Rome, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Scholars are questioning the authenticity and significance of a much-publicized discovery by a Harvard scholar who reported that a 4th Century fragment of papyrus has provided the first evidence that some early Christians believed Jesus was married. Karen King announced the finding…
On this very day, 17th December 2011, at the Cathedral of Madrid, Spain shall be beatified 22 missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate who were killed during religious persecution in Spain. These twenty-two oblates, priests, scholastics and brothers were martyred alongside another lay catholic just because of their believe in Jesus-Christ. This honour has brought to our dear congregation more members in our heavenly community (to use the expression of the Founder, Saint…
I Always feel happy and blessed whenever I think of so many beautiful names that are giving to Jesus. I even feel very proud knowing that I have a Jesus the Saviour, the Alpha and the Omega, the Liberator, the Changer of hard moments, the Controller of the Universe, the Unmovable mover, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Redeemer, the Amen and Amen. In fact, his names are as many…
What follows is an excerpt from Joey Velasco’s speech at the start of his Book Launching and First Solo Exhibit in Art Asia. His book is entitled “They Have Jesus: The Stories of the Children of Hapag” and was launched on Oct. 13, 2006. -excerpt starts: Jesus Christ never wrote a book. The only scene in the Gospel where we saw him write was on the sand. But what he wrote was…
