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Bangladesh: More than half a million residents face displacement and food shortages
By Admin WebmasterCatastrophic floods have ravaged communities in several districts leaving more than half a million people stranded, officials said today. The Brahmaputra River and its tributaries have burst their banks in many places, due to unexpected heavy downpours over the past few days, said Chandranath Basak, director general of Disaster Management and Rehabilitation Ministry. -
Japan: Moscow patriarch wraps up visit
By Admin WebmasterPatriarch Kirill’s visit was to mark the 100th anniversary of the death of Orthodox Archbishop Nicholas of Japan, who laid the foundation for the Orthodox Church’s arrival in Japan. Patriarch Kirill met with the emperor on Tuesday, before returning to Moscow. Japan is home to about 10,000 Orthodox Christians. -
TO LIVE OF LOVE - St. Therese of Liseux
By Admin WebmasterThe eve His life of love drew near its end, Thus Jesus spoke: "Whoever loveth Me, And keeps My word as Mine own faithful friend,... -
The choice: Gospel by pictures of Sunday XXVI in Ordinary Time (30 Sept 2012)
By Admin WebmasterAnd if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. Better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into Gehenna, where 'their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.' -
St. Therese of Lisieux (1873 - 1897)
By Admin WebmasterTherese was born in France in 1873, the pampered daughter of a mother who had wanted to be a saint and a father who had wanted to be monk. The two had gotten married but determined they would be celibate until a priest told them that was not how God wanted a marriage to work! -
My Song for Today - St. Therese of the Child Jesus
By Admin WebmasterO Divine Pilot! whose hand guides me. I’m soon to see you on the eternal shore. Guide my little boat over the stormy waves in peace. Just for today. -
The one who is found to be the least among you all, is the one who is the greatest: Monday 26th in Ordinary Time (1.10.2012)
By Admin WebmasterThe fact of feeling as God's small children makes it easy for us to open our hearts to everybody while growing in joy, peace and thankfulness. -
Jesus turned and rebuked them: Tuesday 26th in Ordinary Time (2.10.2012)
By Admin WebmasterDid you notice that these flowers only grow on your side of the way? I knew you had cracks so I figured out how to take advantage of them, and I sowed the seeds of the flowers where you dropped the water and, by watering them as you did I am now able to pick these flowers for God's Mother altar. If you were not as you are, this beauty could not have been created. -
Litanies aux Anges gardiens
By Admin WebmasterNos saints anges gardiens, priez pour nous Nos saints anges gardiens, qui contemplez la Face du Père céleste, priez pour nous Nos saints anges gardiens, qui ne vous écartez jamais de nous, priez pour nous -
Feast of the Guardian Angels
By Admin WebmasterThe concept of an angel assigned to guide and nurture each human being is a development of Catholic doctrine and piety based on Scripture but not directly drawn from it. Jesus' words in Matthew 18:10 best support the belief: "See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven always look upon the face of my heavenly Father." -
Follow me: Wednesday 26th in Ordinary Time (3.10.2012)
By Admin WebmasterThe Lord will find his place amongst us, if we, as John the Baptist did, let Him grow while we lessen, that is, if we let grow He who already lives inside us, while being ductile and obedient to his Spirit, the source of all humility and innocence. -
Stingy in teaching
By Admin WebmasterA young physician in Tokyo named Kusuda met a college friend who had been studying Zen. The young doctor asked him what Zen was. 'I cannot tell you what it is,' the friend replied, 'but one thing is certain. If you understand Zen, you will not be afraid to die.' -
Ask the Lord of the harvest to send workers to his harvest: Thursday 26th in Ordinary Time (4.10.2012)
By Admin WebmasterMaybe today, we might have to speak like that, in view of the great ignorance of our society about Jesus Christ and his Church. A hopeful glance at the mission may engender optimism and illusion. Let us not be discouraged by pessimism or despair. -
La défense de la liberté religieuse gagne l’Europe
By Admin WebmasterLe lancement, jeudi 4 octobre, à Paris d’un nouvel observatoire du pluralisme des cultures et des religions témoigne que la liberté religieuse est de plus en plus défendue en Europe. -
Ecumenical response to HIV and sexual violence in Angola
By Admin WebmasterSandemba, an ordained pastor of the Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola, leads a congregation of 1500 members in the town of Viana. She has been associated with the Council of Christian Churches in Angola (CICA) with their women’s desk, and currently works closely with the Lusophone regional office of EHAIA based in Luanda, Angola. -
Mission with humility, justice and inclusivity
By Admin WebmasterWhat is the new mission statement and what does it aim to achieve? Bishop Geevarghese Mor Coorilos, moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME) explains what new visions the WCC mission statement will bring to the churches. -
A Parable
By Admin WebmasterHe plucked the strawberry with the other. How sweet it tasted! -
Ouverture de l’année scolaire des propédeutes de Sài Gòn
By Admin WebmasterLe samedi 29 septembre 2012, à la chapelle du séminaire Saint Joseph, l’évêque auxiliaire Pierre Nguyẻn Văn Khảm a présidé la messe rituelle d’ouverture de l’année propédeutique. Les 24 propédeutes de cette année ont reçu leur soutane, bénie et remise par l’évêque auxiliaire, en présence de 40 prêtres concélebrants et de leurs familles et amis. -
Lettre pastorale de l’évêque de Qui Nhơn à l’occasion de l’Année de la Foi
By Admin WebmasterDans ce contexte, l’année de la foi a pour but d’aider le peuple de Dieu à redécouvrir le contenu de la foi à travers la vie, la célébration, la prière, la réflexion sur ce contenu et l’action inspirée par la foi. Car nous ne pouvons pas accepter que le sel se dénature et que la lumière soit mise sous le boisseau (Mt 5, 13-16). -
Saint Francis of Assisi (Oct. 4th)
By Admin WebmasterFounder of the Franciscan Order, born at Assisi in Umbria, in 1181 or 1182 — the exact year is uncertain; died there, 3 October, 1226. -
Buddhism's Diamond Sutra: The extraordinary discovery of The World's Oldest book
By Admin WebmasterThe monk, Abbot Wang Yuanlu, broke in and discovered a small chamber, about nine feet square and full from floor to ceiling with scrolls. They had been hidden and perfectly preserved in the dark, dry grotto for 1,000 years. Although he didn't know it, among the nearly 60,000 scrolls was the Diamond Sutra of 868 A.D., a woodblock printed scroll, more than 16 feet long, complete and dated, with an instruction that it be given away for free. -
Serais - Tu tard, ce soir? Sampam de Lune (1)
By Admin WebmasterDiscours sur le centenaire de Han Mac Tu, poète Vietnamien, écrit par Joseph Trương Đình Điền, curé de Quảng Ngãi et traduit par Joseph Pierre Trí Diện. -
Whoever listens to you listens to me: Friday 26th in Ordinary Time (5.10.2012)
By Admin WebmasterNot even Jesus could persuade them...! What a mystery human freedom is! We can say “no” to God... The evangelic message is not imposed upon us by force: it is offered to me but I can refuse it; I can accept it or reject it. Our Lord's respect for my freedom is total. What a responsibility for me! -
Franciscan Order - Origin of the three orders
By Admin WebmasterIt is customary to say that St. Francis founded three orders, as we read in the Office for 4 October: These three orders — the Friars Minor, the Poor Ladies or Clares, and the Brothers and Sisters of Penance — are generally referred to as the First, Second, and Third Orders of St. Francis. -
Saint Francis of Assisi Poem - O Our most holy Father
By Admin WebmasterO Our most holy Father, Our Creator, Redeemer, Consoler, and Savior, Who are in heaven: -
Serais - Tu tard, ce soir? Sampam de Lune (2)
By Admin WebmasterParticulièrement pour l’Eglise vietnamienne, il y avait avant l’âge de Han Mac Tu tant d’hommes qui se servaient de la poésie afin d’apporter aux populations indigènes les Paroles de Dieu, de propager la Foi- Aujourd’hui le langage contemporain se dit “des engagements aux cultures multi-nationales”. -
The Story Behind the Peace Prayer of St. Francis
By Admin WebmasterThis prayer, according to Father Schulz, Das sogennante Franziskusgebet. Forshungen zur evangelishen Gebetslitteratur (III), in Jahrbuch fur Liturgik und Hymnologie, 13 (1968), pp. 39-53, first appeared during the First World War. It was found written on the observe of a holy card of St. Francis, which was found in a Normal Almanac. -
"I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth...": Saturday 26th in Ordinary Time (6.10.2012)
By Admin WebmasterSt. Augustine writes: "What can we better carry in our heart, or say with our mouth, or write with the pen, than these words ‘Thanks to God’? There is nothing that can be said so briefly, nor listened to with more joy, nor make you feel with more elation, nor done with more profit". -
‘The biggest meeting in the history of the world’
By Admin WebmasterThis autumn marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Second Vatican Council and this week a major series of articles celebrating and analysing its impact on the Catholic Church begins in The Tablet with a leading Catholic historian’s reflections of the winds of change blowing through Rome when bishops from 116 countries, more than the then United Nations membership, gathered for the opening of the council on 11 October 1962. -
Zen story: The First Principle
By Admin Webmaster'Now is my chance to escape his keen eye,' and he wrote hurriedly, with a mind free from distraction: ‘The First principle.'