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Podcast on Romans 12: The Beautiful Life of Christians
The 12th chapter of the Letter to the Romans of the Apostle Paul is considered, from its first two verses, as the condensed of the Christian life: a life moved by the experience of the mercies of God, sprinkled with the grace of Christ, capable of enveloping all dimensions of being, arousing in the Spirit a new and renewed relationality. Fruit of discernment (of what is good, pleasing to God and perfect), the new life frees us from worldly schematics to introduce us into a dynamic that transfigures, step by step, everything. With his unmistakable style, Fr. Fabio Rosini accompanies…
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Come and see! A Journey Towards Easter with the Bible, Cinema and Art
Lent marks the resumption of the spiritual events that mark the journey towards Easter and make the Word of God dialogue with cinema, music and painting. Four new appointments will sustain on the figures who, in the Paschal Mystery, occupy a prominent role: Moses and the experience of the Exodus, the source root of Easter; Mary of Magdala, the first witness and apostle of the resurrection; Peter who from the experience of denial lives the reconfirmation of his vocation and the beginning of his preaching; the disciples of Emmaus who lost among their expectations and recaptured by the mysterious wayfarer…
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Meditating the Word with the “Seven Steps” Way
Besides personal reading, the reading of the Bible in community is significant for the life of the Church. Those who read and reflect together on the Scriptures help one another to understand the Word of God and to make it fruitful in their lives. The Diocese of Bolzano, thanks to the passion of the referent for the biblical pastoral Stefan Huber, in February tried to revive the “Biblical Groups” by proposing the method of the seven steps, a method that can introduce to meditation and prayer of the Word of God. In addition to the meetings in presence, in the…
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Reflection and Meditation: A Proposal on How We Should Spend Our Lenten Days
The Lent and Easter seasons mark the holiest times of the year for us as Catholics. The 40 days of the Season of Lent is our preparation for the great feast of the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. To be worthy of this great feast, the Church invites us to pray, almsgiving, fast, and do Confessions. However, there seems to be a “lag” moment. After all, 40 days seems too long. CatholicLink offers us a Resource Guide on how we should spend our Lent. One interesting proposal is to immerse ourselves in reading books by Catholic…
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Reflection and Meditation: A Proposal on How We Should Spend Our Lenten Days
The Lent and Easter seasons mark the holiest times of the year for us as Catholics. The 40 days of the Season of Lent is our preparation for the great feast of the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. To be worthy of this great feast, the Church invites us to pray, almsgiving, fast, and do Confessions. However, there seems to be a “lag” moment. After all, 40 days seems too long. CatholicLink offers us a Resource Guide on how we should spend our Lent. One interesting proposal is to immerse ourselves in reading books by Catholic…
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Reflection and Meditation: A Proposal on How We Should Spend Our Lenten Days
The Lent and Easter seasons mark the holiest times of the year for us as Catholics. The 40 days of the Season of Lent is our preparation for the great feast of the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. To be worthy of this great feast, the Church invites us to pray, almsgiving, fast, and do Confessions. However, there seems to be a “lag” moment. After all, 40 days seems too long. CatholicLink offers us a Resource Guide on how we should spend our Lent. One interesting proposal is to immerse ourselves in reading books by Catholic…
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Who is St. Joseph for me? European Art Contest for the Image of St. Joseph
The Federazione delle associazioni familiari cattoliche in Europa (The Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe or known by its Italian acronym, FAFCE) invites artists from all over the world to participate in a competition aimed at shaping a work on the figure of Saint Joseph. The proposal aims to reflect on how we see in 2023 this Patron Saint of the Catholic Church, Patron of the Fathers and Patron of workers, and is in continuity with two great attentions received from Pope Francis: to live the Year of Saint Joseph and to reflect on the role of the “father”…
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Saint Paul in the Spotlight: Was The Event of the Conversion Real?
To officially change the name “Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul” to “Feast of the Vocation of Saint Paul” is the the petition that the Secretariat of the Ecumenical Activity addressed in June 2022 to the Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments of the Catholic Church, Monsignor Arthur Roche, and to the secretary, Monsignor Vittorio Francesco Viola. The request, approved by the Assembly of the Interfaith Association for Ecumenism and Dialogue starting from the Jewish-Christian dialogue gathered in Florence on 24 April 2022, was also signed by 164 signatories among bishops, theologians,…
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Responding to the Calling of the Word
When the Word digs inside you and changes you… “I did not hear ‘Maria!’ but ‘Giacomo!’. That Word challenged me, it grabbed my attention.” Fr. Giacomo Pavanello recalls the beginnings of his vocation: the memory of that moment is still marked by the joyful emotion of a significant experience of God and the strength of his Word. He enters the seminary, but realizes that it is not yet the right time: there is a time for everything, like “looking inside” and making things clear. A meeting in with Chiara Amirante in Padua led him to follow the Comunità Nuovi Orizzonti…
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Festival Biblico 2023 Focuses on Chapters 1-11 of the Book of Genesis
The Book of Genesis chapters 1 to 11 will be the theme around which the the 19th edition of the Festival Biblico will be focusing. The festival is promoted by the Diocese of Vicenza and the Society Saint Paul to stimulate some reflections on contemporaneity in the light of the Sacred Hebrew-Christian Scriptures. The project is supported by the Dioceses of Verona, Padua, Adria-Rovigo, Vittorio Veneto, Treviso, Chioggia – the latter in its first edition – and Alba in the formula of the Fuori Festival. The first 11 chapters of Genesis, the first book of the Bible, are narratives that…
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Festival Biblico 2023 Focuses on Chapters 1-11 of the Book of Genesis
The Book of Genesis chapters 1 to 11 will be the theme around which the the 19th edition of the Festival Biblico will be focusing. The festival is promoted by the Diocese of Vicenza and the Society Saint Paul to stimulate some reflections on contemporaneity in the light of the Sacred Hebrew-Christian Scriptures. The project is supported by the Dioceses of Verona, Padua, Adria-Rovigo, Vittorio Veneto, Treviso, Chioggia – the latter in its first edition – and Alba in the formula of the Fuori Festival. The first 11 chapters of Genesis, the first book of the Bible, are narratives that…
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The Bible in the Park: When the Word Lives
From mid-December to the end of January, in Valderice, in the province of Trapani, The Bible in the park was staged, a very heartfelt and participated event, now in its twenty-fifth edition: «The only living crib in Italy that tells the Bible». The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection will be voting in favor. The initiative ended on the occasion of the Sunday of the Word of God because one of its objectives is precisely to encourage familiarity with the Word. Valderice’s is not only a living crib in the strict sense of the term: alongside the traditional…
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Journeys of the Heart in Biblical Turkey
From Saturday, January 14, at 08.50 (Italian time), for three weeks, you can see or retrace the journeys of the heart (program conducted by Don Davide Banzato, broadcast on Canale 5, this year dedicated to Turkey. Turkey is called the Holy Land of the Church. As recounted in the Acts of the Apostles, the Gospel comes to you, thanks to the Jewish Christians from Jerusalem. Here Saint Paul passed and – according to tradition – John and Our Lady lived; here the New Testament was written and many Fathers of the Church helped define their theological and spiritual thought. Each…
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The Academy of Christian Art Offers New Courses This February
The Academy for Christian Art was born with the desire to make you taste the beauty, versatility, diversity and depth of Christian art, to reveal the hidden pearls and to rediscover with new eyes the wonders that we seem to have already looked too many times. With this desire was born a rich program of courses and focus – through an online platform that allows an interactive exchange between participants – to enhance and make known the plurality of Christian art, the underlying theological content and the different points of view of the main Christian confessions. A unique and precious…
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January 22: Celebration of the Sunday of the Word of God
On the website of the Catholic Biblical Federation are available all the materials useful for the celebration of the next Sunday of the Word of God scheduled for January 22. The theme chosen for 2023 is inspired by the First Letter of John and is Proclaimers of the Word. We announce to you what we have seen (1 Jn 1:3). The materials are accessible in multiple languages (Italian, Spanish, English, French, Polish, German…)For each of them are presented not only the poster and logo of the day but also the celebratory and pastoral materials that the individual local episcopal conferences…
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Learning About Jesus Through the Arts: Poster Series by The God Who Speaks
Every month God who Speaks – a reality that works in partnership with the Catholic Episcopal Conference and the Bible Society – offers useful biblical ,pastoral, and catechetical materials, valuable for both personal and communal deepening of the Word. This January, particular attention is focused on a series of posters that reconstruct the daily life of Jesus-the movements during his ministry, his meetings, etc. You can download these materials for free at godwhospeaks.uk. Also available are the materials talks about the sacraments, prayer, church life, etc https://www.godwhospeaks.uk/the-bible-alive-in-church-poster/. Among the posters also available are those that present the individual Gospels in their main…
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The Word of God: A “Foretaste” of the Heavenly Paradise
We like to conclude the news of 2022, with thanks to all those who throughout this year have collaborated in spreading the Word of God… welcoming it, witnessing it, helping to translate it into the different languages and languages of communication. In the audience of 21 December last (https://youtu.be/FrKnrhzcRuY), Pope Francis dedicated much of the audience to the Word of God, reiterating that For the believer, the Word of God is not simply a text to read, the Word of God is a living presence, it is a work of the Holy Spirit that comforts, instructs, gives light, strength, refreshment and…
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The Significance of the “O Antiphons” in the Last Days of Advent
December 17 marks the beginning of the “O Antiphons,” an ancient part of our liturgy, dating back to the fourth century, one for each day until Christmas Eve. These antiphons address Christ with seven magnificent Messianic titles, based on the Old Testament prophecies and the “types” of Christ. The Church recalls the variety of the ills of man before the coming of the Redeemer. Fr. Stephen Wang, Rector of the Venerable English College in Rome, guides us on the meaning and significance of these Advent antiphons. Join Fr. Wang in his YouTube channel PauseforFaith for conversation, prayer, and reflection on the incredible treasures of the…
