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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…
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Why Does the Date for Easter Change Each Year?
Easter is the most important feast for Christians. and etymologically means “step” or “passage”. What is behind this term? Why do we eat lamb at Holy Week? Why is this solemnity associated with eggs? And why is the date of Easter not fixed like Christmas, but changed from year to year? What are the reference texts that allow us to understand what happened on this day? And again: why does the Pope give the blessing “Urbi et orbi” on Easter day? These and other questions are answered by a beautiful article in the weekly Famiglia Christiana. Read it here..
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The Bible and the “New” Babel in the Song of Anastasio
Adam and Eve, the Tower of Babel, the Big Bang, the Passion of Christ, and many others: not everyone can put in song concepts and references so high with knowledge of the cause to question our destiny, especially if you have 24 years as Anastasio. The rapper and winner of X Factor 2018, aka Marco Anastasio from Meta, has grown during these two years of the pandemic. At the heart of his song, Babele, is the biblical pages where we find the language, the “logos”. Babel collapsed because everyone spoke different languages, and language had become alienated from itself and…
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The Oldest Text of the New Testament: 1 Thessalonians
Read and meditate on the oldest text of the New Testament: the First Letter of the Apostle Paul to the Thessalonians. Below you can listen to the five episodes of the Series Your Word Makes Me Alive with Fr. Giacomo Perego, a Pauline bible scholar whose expertise is St. Paul, who has read and commented on the entire text. The initiative is part of a larger project, now underway for almost fifteen years, which aims to read and comment on the whole New Testament. On the website of Radio Maria, the episodes dedicated to the Gospel according to Mark, the Acts of the Apostles, and…
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Lectio Divina and the Teachings of Bruno Secondin
Lectio divina has its roots in the Scriptures. It was also long practiced in monasteries. Today it is also known as “reading by faith” where one makes a reflective pause and prayerful listening of a passage from the Bible, done either alone or in a group. With the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the experience of meditation and silence, contemplation and sharing, allow the Word to become a source of grace. Not only that, it becomes a prayerful dialogue, an appeal to conversion, a prophetic proposal, and a horizon of hope. It is not pure technical study, exegesis research, or biblical…
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Vatican Radio: F. Rosini and the journey through Lent
A path between the Bible and the liturgy. The podcast of Fabio Rosini is dedicated to the catechumen’s itinerary that will accompany us throughout the Lenten season. The podcast focuses on the great texts and the signs that mark the path in preparation for baptism: the election, the gift of the Creed, the rite of Effatha, the anointing with oil of the catechumens, the delivery of the Our Father, the redditio, etc. All these gestures and texts take us back to the roots of our Christian identity and the rediscovery of our baptism. At the same time, it also has…
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Hoja virtual el Domingo en Familia (en translation)
Los paulinos del cono sur, desde hace algunos meses, han comenzado a realizar una iniciativa en estos tiempos de pandemia, se trata de la hoja virtual Domingo en Familia, un semanario que es un aporte a la reflexión familiar ante la dificultad de participar sacramentalmente en la vida de la Iglesia. La animación, centrada en la Palabra de Dios, la realizan los miembros de la familia, participando de la meditación, oraciones y plegarias, y compartiendo un signo propio de esta Iglesia doméstica que hoy florece en todo el mundo. No es para seguir la misa, sino para orar como familia en torno a…
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Las Hijas de San Pablo proponen la lectura continua de la Biblia. Evangelio según Lucas (en translation)
Una de las iniciativas destacadas del Año Bíblico de la Familia Paulina es la propuesta de lectura continua de la Biblia en francés. Coordinada por las Hijas de San Pablo de la República Democrática del Congo y llevada a cabo en colaboración con la Sociedad de San Pablo de Kinshasa, esta iniciativa tiene como objetivo abarcar toda la Escritura, comenzando por el Nuevo Testamento. Más utilizable gracias al realce de la música y los breves comentarios, la iniciativa abre el texto sagrado a todos, favoreciendo a los que viajan, a los que tienen dificultades para leer, a los que están…
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Las Hijas de San Pablo proponen la lectura continua de la Biblia. Evangelio según Marcos
Una de las iniciativas destacadas del Año Bíblico de la Familia Paulina es la propuesta de lectura continua de la Biblia en francés. Coordinada por las Hijas de San Pablo de la República Democrática del Congo y llevada a cabo en colaboración con la Sociedad de San Pablo de Kinshasa, esta iniciativa tiene como objetivo abarcar toda la Escritura, comenzando por el Nuevo Testamento. Más utilizable gracias al realce de la música y los breves comentarios, la iniciativa abre el texto sagrado a todos, favoreciendo a los que viajan, a los que tienen dificultades para leer, a los que están…
