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Bible & Music: released the album “These Same Skies”
The four Gospels in music. We share the video Song For His Presence, from Hillsong Worship’s live album “These Same Skies”, released last may and led by Aodhan King. Whether in the northern or southern hemisphere, these same skies unite us, all of God’s children, as many as the stars in the sky, just as the Lord promised Abraham. It is under these same skies that Christ’s church, His body on earth, exists today. Though separated by oceans and borders the mandate of Hillsong Worship continues under these same skies. One in heart and spirit, unified in mission and cause—to…
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Bibbliodrama: Encountering the Word of God in our Everyday Lives
The Bibliodrama is an active methodology that fosters a profound encounter between the Word of God and the concrete life of every person. It is a form of group biblical confrontation, based on the interaction between the biblical message conveyed by the Spirit and the human experience of each participant. Participating in a Bibliodramma meeting allows you to live a biblical passage in person. Each participant is invited to reflect himself in the text, stimulated by the biblical passage met, meditated and represented in an unpublished form. In this way he internally associates aspects of himself and his life, freely…
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Massimo Recalcati on the Bible and Psychoanalysis
Massimo Recalcati is a renowned Italian psychoanalyst who lives and works in Milan. His scientific activity has been articulated around some fundamental guidelines: the analysis of contemporary psychopathology and eating disorders; the study of the teaching of Jacques Lacan; the reflection on the figure of the father in the hypermodern era; the analysis of the relationship between politics and the discomfort of contemporary civilization, between psychoanalysis and artistic creation. Currently, his interest is oriented towards the study of the relationship between psychoanalysis and Christianity, with a particular attention to the entire biblical world. Since 2016 he has been the scientific…
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Vatican Radio’s Podcast: The Beauty of the Bible
“The beauty of the Bible” is the new podcast dedicated to Scripture by Vatican Radio. It offers brief reflections on some Biblical texts in response to the proposal of Pope Francis launched on Saint Jerome’s Day 2020 to dedicate a whole year to the reading of the Word of God. With these, Mgr. Giacomo Morandi, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, leads us in the footsteps of the Fathers and Mothers of the faith, bringing the great faces of the Word to the public at large. Mons. Giacomo Morandi was born in Modena in 1965. He…
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Alberione APP: Apostles of the Word and of Communications
The result of a great commitment in work and in collaboration, the official App of Bl. James Alberione and of the Pauline Family is finally here. Named as theAlberione APP, is a software application dedicated to mobile devices, such as smartphones, iPhones and tablets. The said app is available in 7 languages: Italian, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Korean, and Polish. Fr. Alberione bequeathed to his sons and daughters, and to the whole Church, numerous publications and multimedia products. These describe in an authentic way his personality, his teachings and the apostolic ardor and specific charism that he left to the…
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“Dialogue” Between Scriptures and Art: Fr. Marko Rupnik’s Frescoes
Yellow, orange and red. Fr. Marko Ivan Rupnik, the Jesuit artist who founded the Aletti Centre, chose to use warm colors to fresco the entire walls of the nave and apse of the Major Chapel of the Pontifical Roman Major Seminary. The gaze of the visitor who crosses the inlaid wooden portal is immediately attracted and wrapped by the colors of the apse which is accessed through a pedagogical path in which the Old and New Testament are in dialogue with each other. On the occasion of the blessing of the Chapel presided by Card. Angelo De Donatis, in reference…
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When God Calls: An Ex-Policewoman’s Vocation Story & How She Became A Nun
“I was at the Commissariat of Torpignattara in Rome and was asked to watch over a minor who had committed a robbery while awaiting instructions. We were in the same room and I began to talk with him about the reasons for his gesture (it was the first time he committed a crime). I remember everything about that moment: he started crying, saying he was scared, crying his eyes out, scared. I listened to him, I handed him a handkerchief: he really looked helpless. At a certain point, continuing to cry, he told me: ‘I’m afraid, could you give me…
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Rediscovering the Christian and Jewish Background of Pentecost
The Jewish feast of Shavuot is celebrated seven weeks after Easter, on the “fiftieth day” (this is the meaning of the term “Pentecost”), a number indicating fullness (7 x 7 + 1) and the beginning of the time of “fulfillment”. Pentecost is the feast of the first fruits, harvest and joy, it became a memorial of the gift of the Torah to Sinai and of the renewal of the covenant between God and the people of Israel. Being a pilgrimage feast, it sees the gathering of people from all over in Jerusalem, which explains the universal origin of the crowd…
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The Chosen Series Begins Filming for Season 3
“Sometimes you need to stir up the waters”. This is just one of the remarkable quotes from the Jesus of The Chosen series. It is the first-ever multi-season series about the life of Jesus of Nazareth and it has taken the world by fire as it already had 300 million views (and counting!) since its 1st season. The team has started filming for the third season.Beyond the season 2 finale, there are many more chapters of Jesus’s story left to tell, and episode 8 ending with the Sermon on the Mount, leaves countless miracles and story threads yet to explore.…
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The Biblical Story of the Flood: The Context of “Mabul” in Genesis 6-8
Lech Lechà is a biblical expression that we find in Gen 12:1 where God speaks to Abraham inviting him to leave his land and go to the place that will be shown to him. The Lech Lechà Association works in the field of relational philosophy, dividing its activity between research (collaboration with Italian and foreign universities), training (company and school) and dissemination (through the website and organization of meetings). The approach takes place in the biblical-philosophical edge, understood respectively as a moment of interpretation and definition of the relationship.This year’s seminar deals with the history of the so-called “universal flood”…
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The Sacrament of Confession: 1,150 Penitents in a Week!
Aleteia, ChurchPop and the Italian newspaper Avvenire features Fr. David Michael Moses, a priest from Texas, spent 73 hours, spending the entire Holy Week in the confessional. Fr. David received 1,150 penitents, with the average of 4 minutes each penitent. This act received much praise where the dedication to the Sacrament of Reconciliation is strongly emphasize. Intercessions of saints such as John Mary Vianney and Pius of Pietrelcina were evoke as dedication to the Sacrament of Reconciliation is strongly emphasized. If we ask the network about this priest, we find a dedicated site), a YouTube channel (almost 21 thousand subscribers and 800 thousand views-go here,…
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Suggestions for Celebrating a Fruitful Lenten Season
The season of Lent is here once again. It is the season that invites us to reflect and prepare our hearts and minds for the great feast of Easter. The Lenten season offers each one of us the opportunity to go deeper into our connection with God. The question, however, is how to prepare and what to do. The National Catholic Register, a Catholic newspaper in the United States, offers some simple suggestions for celebrating Lent fruitfully. First on the list is Reading the Bible. The recommendation suggests beginning with the New Testament, especially the Gospels, where the events lead us…
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5-29 May 2022: Festival Biblico 18th Edition
Apocalypse and hope. This is the theme chosen for the 18th edition of Festival Biblico that returns in presence from 5 to 29 May involving 5 provinces of the Italian region of Veneto. In the city of Vicenza, where the Festival was born thanks to the creativity of the Society of Saint Paul and some priests of the Diocese, the events will be divided into four strands: the biblical-exegetical that will deepen symbols, prophecies and message contained in the Apocalypse; the anthropological-philosophical one, on the meaning and dimensions of time; the geo-political one, with a look at the great themes of…
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Understanding the Gospel Through the Arts
Sr. Stefania Arosio was born in Milan and lives in Monza. She is a graduated of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Art Criticism and she teaches History of Art since 1986. Her interest in the iconological research of works of art led her for many years to take care of catechesis through sacred art in parishes and for groups of young people and adults. She proposes meditations on sacred themes referring to the ancient and contemporary artistic heritage. Her insights are punctual, profound and accurate. We point out the comments to the Sunday liturgy of the Easter…
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Mary’s Magnificat: Meditations on the Blessed Mother’s Fiat
On the occasion of the coming month of May, let us once again revisit the Magnificat. The said Marian course (given in four parts), recorded lived at the sanctuary of Loreto in 2020, is under the wise guidance of Don Gian Battista Rizzi. Four meditations and four particularly intense insights that help to rediscover the beauty of the Christian vocation will also help us in making us repeat our YES to the Paschal Mystery with the humble welcome of Mary. Don Gian Battista Rizzi is a priest of the diocese of Milan. He is currently in charge of the Centro Christus Vivit…
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Alive! Whos is There? This is life!
What would happen if you met someone who has the power to change your entire life and destiny? ALIVE! tells the story of five people who came face to face with someone that many cannot see… Jaime, Carlos, Andrea, Antonio and Sonsoles assure audiences that He is ALIVE and has brought them back to life. If you listen you can hear Him and, if you look, you can see Him, because, although it is hard to believe: There is life. See the movie ALIVE! this Monday, April 25th, in theaters. It is a Spanish documentary about the power of the…
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New Testament Podcast by Tom Wright
Is it fair that Judas was predestined to betray Christ? Did the resurrection need to be physical? Could the disciples have hallucinated the risen Jesus? Is it significant that Jesus’ mortal body was continuous with his resurrection body… but ours won’t be? All this and much more in the fortnightly podcast that connects you to NT (Tom) Wright’s thought and theology by allowing you to ask the questions. Presented by Premier in partnership with SPCK and NTWrightOnline. Hosted by Justin Brierley. See here.
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Rediscovering the Themes and Symbols of the Easter Season
Pope Francis in his Easter Vigil homily of March 2016 reminds us that “the Lord is alive and wants to be sought among the living. After having found him, each person is sent by Him to announce the Easter message, to awaken and resurrect hope in hearts burdened by sadness (…) As joyful servants of hope, we must announce the Risen One by our lives and by our love.” But, what is Easter? In his article in the Catholic Spirit, Father Michael Van Sloun explains in comprehensible terms some of the themes that we find present during the Easter season. Catholicspirit.com is…
