In our increasingly secularized society, we can all give witness to our Lord Jesus Christ by simply — and serenely — affirming His holy name when it’s irreverently used (John 14:27).
“Praised be His name,” I responded, when a Catholic friend misused the name of Jesus during a football game we were watching with others.
He paused and looked at me, and I smiled amiably in response.
Life is a journey that man undertakes while experiencing its ups and downs hoping to turn bitterness into sweetness and striving to ensure a dignified life. With life being non-monotonous, efforts are continuously exerted to overcome all hurdles that stand in the way.
Over the years, men have been facing a delicate questions that defines their courses of life with a question arising, namely will the future be flowery when tying the knot or the other way round?
Since the early days of life on Earth, God has created Adam and then created Eve. This far-reaching step was intended to inspire humanity on the right path to be followed in life which implicitly defines marriage as incorporating "a man and a woman" or rather "a husband and a wife".
In a fervent and resounding statement, Cardinal Péter Erdö archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest and primate of Hungary, has said at the International Eucharistic Congress that the world is in a “burning need” of the witness of a united Christianity.
The term “burning need”, which Cardinal Péter Erdö uses, implies the urgency of attaining such a unity which consequently necessitates speedy measures based on sound grounds that ensure its perpetuity.
The rapidly diminishing number of Middle East Christians is worrying and preposterous as it draws perplexing conclusions.
On September 15, 2021 an important event is going to take place at the Terra Sancta Theater, Jabal Luwaibdeh, Amman. It is the launching of a new website by Franciscan Sisters/ Marian Missionaries titled," John the Baptist Center for Christian Catechism". The site, financed by the Pontifical Mission in Jordan, will later be located on this link: www.jcjo.org
Evil practices have been abounding all the time since the early days of life on Earth. Some people who are attracted by the lust for power, fame, and wealth resort sometimes to some practices that they think are safe, yet they unintentionally invite the devil into their lives.
Shedding light on such practices will keep people at bay from the Satanic influences that harm their lives and keep they away from the mercy and love for the Lord.
“Thanksgiving characterizes the prayer of the Church which, in celebrating the Eucharist, reveals and becomes more fully what she is. … The thanksgiving of the members of the Body participates in that of their Head.” (CCC 2637)
With the emergence of Corona pandemic, which put several functional activities at the global level on a standstill, concern has emerged about means to keep hunger at bay in a world rampant with all forms of violence caused mainly by hunger and loss of opportunities that turn the world into a place unsuitable for an honorable and respectable life.
