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The Heart Sutra
By Admin WebmasterThe Heart Sutra, in its Japanese form (the Hannya Shingyo), is often chanted by Zen groups before and/or after a meditation sitting. It's ideal for this purpose because its concise length (less than 300 syllables) makes it easy to memorize, while still capturing the essential elements of Buddhist teaching. -
“A poor widow also came and dropped in two small coins”: Saturday 9th in Ordinary Time (9.6.2012)
By Admin WebmasterSalvation is to be found in the nucleus of our own conscience, when we decide to open ourselves to God and live at the disposal of mankind; and when the election value is not given by the quality or quantity of the work made, but by the purity of intention and loving generosity. -
Encyclical letter ECCLESIA DE EUCHARISTIA (1)
By Admin WebmasterThe Church draws her life from the Eucharist. This truth does not simply express a daily experience of faith, but recapitulates the heart of the mystery of the Church. In a variety of ways she joyfully experiences the constant fulfilment of the promise: “Lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age” (Mt 28:20), but in the Holy Eucharist, through the changing of bread and wine into the body and blood of the Lord... -
Pope celebrates feast of Corpus Domini
By Admin WebmasterPope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass on the steps of Rome’s Cathedral Basilica of St John Lateran Thursday evening, and then led the faithful in Eucharistic adoration before a public procession through the streets of Rome to the Basilica of St Mary Major, to mark the Solemn Feast of the Most Precious Body and Blood of Our Lord... -
50th International Eucharistic Congress: Adoration and song
By Admin WebmasterCeremony for the 50th International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin June 10th will be the “Gathering of Ireland’s Tribes” from the island nation’s four provinces, Ulster to the North, Munster to the South, Leinster to the East and Connaught to the West. -
The Most Holy Body and Blood: Gospel by pictures
By Admin WebmasterHe said to them, "This is my blood of the covenant, which will be shed for many. Amen, I say to you, I shall not drink again the fruit of the vine until the day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God." -
“Allah would replace you with a people who sin…”
By Admin WebmasterProphet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: “I swear by Him in whose hand is my soul, if you were a people who did not commit sin, Allah would take you away and replace you with a people who would sin and then seek Allah’s forgiveness so He could forgive them.” [Sahīh Muslim (2687)] -
Encyclical letter ECCLESIA DE EUCHARISTIA (2)
By Admin WebmasterThe Church has received the Eucharist from Christ her Lord not as one gift – however precious – among so many others, but as the gift par excellence, for it is the gift of himself, of his person in his sacred humanity, as well as the gift of his saving work. -
"Fortunate are those who are poor in spirit": Monday 10th in Ordinary Time (11.6.2012)
By Admin WebmasterIt is necessary we get used to see the crying face of Christ, in those who mourn, in those poor of spirit, in the meek at heart, in those who yearn to become saints, in those who have taken a “determined determination”, as St. Therese of the Child Jesus liked to say, so that we can become Sowers of Peace and Joy. -
"You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world": Tuesday 10th in Ordinary Time (12.6.2012)
By Admin WebmasterIn our time, many have lost the sense of life and claim it is not worth their while; that life is full of disappointments, difficulties and suffering; that it goes by very fast and that it has death, as a final perspective, and a sad one too. -
Why Buddhism prospered in Asia but died in India
By Admin WebmasterUndoubtedly, the philosophy of Buddhism is one of the greatest gifts to mankind. Its peaceful concepts have distanced its followers from wars, crusades and is a binding formula for the entire South/South Eastern/Central/East Asian region of the world of which most nations are Buddhist countries whilst others including India are not. -
South Korea Jogye Buddhist monks launch reforms
By Admin WebmasterBuddhist leaders in South Korea have announced that they will bring in professional managers to run temple finances, following recent "misbehaviour" by several monks. The country's main Jogye Order has been dogged by in-fighting and criticism since the latest scandal. -
Encyclical letter ECCLESIA DE EUCHARISTIA (3)
By Admin WebmasterA causal influence of the Eucharist is present at the Church's very origins. The Evangelists specify that it was the Twelve, the Apostles, who gathered with Jesus at the Last Supper... -
Encyclical letter ECCLESIA DE EUCHARISTIA (4)
By Admin WebmasterThe second sense in which the Church is apostolic, as the Catechism points out, is that “with the help of the Spirit dwelling in her, the Church keeps and hands on the teaching, the 'good deposit', the salutary words she has heard from the Apostles”. -
Encyclical letter ECCLESIA DE EUCHARISTIA (5)
By Admin WebmasterThe Eucharist thus appears as the culmination of all the sacraments in perfecting our communion with God the Father by identification with his only-begotten Son through the working of the Holy Spirit... -
Encyclical letter ECCLESIA DE EUCHARISTIA (6)
By Admin WebmasterBut certainly from the time of Jesus on, the event of Holy Thursday has shown visible traces of a liturgical “sensibility” shaped by Old Testament tradition and open to being reshaped in Christian celebrations in a way consonant with the new content of Easter. -
Encyclical letter ECCLESIA DE EUCHARISTIA (7)
By Admin WebmasterCertainly Mary must have been present at the Eucharistic celebrations of the first generation of Christians, who were devoted to “the breaking of bread” (Acts 2:42). -
Encyclical letter ECCLESIA DE EUCHARISTIA (8)
By Admin WebmasterThe mystery of the Eucharist – sacrifice, presence, banquet – does not allow for reduction or exploitation; it must be experienced and lived in its integrity, both in its celebration and in the intimate converse with Jesus which takes place after receiving communion or in a prayerful moment of Eucharistic adoration apart from Mass. -
"I have not come to remove but to fulfill them": Wednesday 10th in Ordinary Time (13.6.2012)
By Admin WebmasterTo keep God's commandments means that we truly love him through our deeds. Love is not only a feeling; love also wants deeds, deeds of love, to live the double precept of charity. -
Iraqi Christians seek safe haven in Jordan
By Admin WebmasterA spate of attacks targeting Christians in Iraq has forced many to flee to neighbouring Jordan which many see as a stepping stone to a new life as far away as possible from the violence-ridden country. -
Holy See and Israel make "significant progress"
By Admin WebmasterThe Bilateral Permanent Working Commission between the Holy See and the State of Israelmet today 12 June 2012 at the Plenary level, in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican, to carry on negotiations pursuant to the Fundamental Agreement Art. 10 paragraph 2. -
Ma femme ne prie pas
By Admin WebmasterJe suis marié avec une femme avec qui je ne suis pas tranquille parce qu'elle ne prie pas, et elle fait toujours beaucoup d'efforts pour améliorer son apparence extérieure ; quel est le point de vue de l'Islam concernant la beauté ? Et puis-je divorcer ou non ? Et elle dit aussi que je ne suis pas l'homme qu'elle désirait avoir. -
American Muslim, Jewish & Christian Leaders to Confer at Health Privacy Summit
By Admin WebmasterThe Second International Summit on the Future of Health Privacy, scheduled for 6-7 June 2012 at the Georgetown University Law Center (pictured) in Washington, D.C., will feature representatives from three major religions: Catholicism, Islam, and Judaism. -
"If you are not righteous in a much broader way...": Thursday 10th in Ordinary Time
By Admin Webmaster‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself’. Love does no wrong to the neighbor; hence, love is the fulfillment of the law" (Rm 13:9-10)... -
St. Anthony of Padua, Doctor of the Church
By Admin WebmasterSt. Anthony was born in Portugal in 1195; on 15th August according to Baroque tradition. He was the son of the nobleman, Martino de Buglioni and Donna Maria Taveira, who lived a few metres away from the cathedral. He was christened with the name Fernando. -
Prayers to Saint Anthony: Help me to find
By Admin WebmasterThese prayers are an aid which tradition has handed down to us to assist us in our prayers to Saint Anthony and to ask for his help above all in finding our relationship with God. -
IEC2012: Sowing the seeds for renewal and healing
By Admin WebmasterCardinal Napier says coming here "was a way of coming and saying: just as Jesus gave us the Eucharist just before he suffered, so I am hoping that the church in Ireland, in all of its suffering, is going to bring the Eucharist back into the lives of the people". -
Une vision Islamique de la mort - Docteur Abdallah
By Admin WebmasterEn tant que médecin généraliste français converti à l’islam depuis dix-neuf ans, je ne me sens pas particulièrement qualifié pour parler d’un sujet aussi grave qui met en scène les bases mêmes des sciences de la foi musulmane: la "Akida". J’essaierai donc de donner un simple aperçu de la vision islamique de la mort... -
WCC calls to strengthen Christian theology in higher education
By Admin WebmasterThe role and relevance of Christian theological studies in public and private universities, as well as seminaries was at the forefront of a recent three-day consultation in Granavollen, Norway. Some 45 representatives of theological schools and associations from around the world attended. -
"One of the soldiers, however, pierced his side with a lance": Sacred Heart of Jesus (15 Juin 2012)
By Admin WebmasterToday, before our very eyes - or better still before our interior eyes, illuminated by faith - is the figure of Christ who, having just died on the Cross, has had his side pierced by the Centurion's sword. "Immediately there came out blood and water" (Jn 19, 34).