PÅSGUA I RESUREKSION I SAINA BIHILIAN PÅSGUA

Posted by - April 20, 2019

FINE’NA NA TINAITAI                                                                      Gn 1, 1. 26-31a Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun Genesis Gi tutuhun anai si Yu’us Ha fa’tinas i langit yan i tanu’, ilek-ña, “Nihi ta fa’tinas i taotåo gi imahen-ta, yan gi pinarihu-ta.  Ya u fanggubetna gi hilu’ todu i guihan gi tasi, i påharu gi airi, i guaka, yan i manmachålik

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Easter and its proper perspective

Posted by - April 20, 2019

Easter is the high holy day of Christianity. It is the most characteristic expression of the Christian tradition. Yet, if we were stopped on the street and asked what Easter is about we would be stumped for an answer. Obviously, most of us would mention Christ’s resurrection from the dead. We might appreciate some mystical

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DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE RCIA CANDIDATES

Posted by - April 20, 2019

Lent is a time to journey into the desert and find deeper trust in God. Lent is about conversion, turning one’s life more completely over to Christ, leaving behind an old way of living and acting and being healed through the love of God. In this period, the three Candidates for the Sacrament of Baptism,

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Manglona wins prestigious Truman Scholarship

Posted by - April 20, 2019

University of California, Berkeley, media studies major Thomas Manglona II has won a Truman Scholarship—the first University of California, Berkeley, student to win the prestigious award since 2013. Following a long in-school application process and interview, the University of California, Berkeley nominated Manglona for the scholarship. His selection as a finalist in February led to

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BETNIS SÅNTU I Pinadesin i Saina

Posted by - April 19, 2019

FINE’NA NA TINAITAI                                                                   Is 52, 13–53, 12 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun i Prufeta as Isaias Atan ha’, sa’ siempri u gefsaga i tentago’-hu,             siempri u makåhat hulu’ takkilu’ yan u ma’onra. Maseha meggai nina’fanmanman anai mali’i’ Gui,             mana’disfiguråo i matå-ña kalang ti tåotåo, Pues taiguennåo siempri nina’fanmanman i linahyan tåotåo nu Guiya,

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HUEBIS SÅNTU Misan i Senan i Saina

Posted by - April 18, 2019

FINE’NA NA TINAITAI                                                                   Ex 12, 1-8, 11-14 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun Exodus Ilek-ña i Saina as Moises yan Aaron giya Ihipto, “Esti na mes debidi u gaigi gi yahululu’ gi kalendåriun-miyu; debidi en pe’lu esti kumu i finene’na na mes gi sakkan.  Sangåni interu i inetnun i taotåo Israhet:  Gi diha dies på’gu

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Students from Panama pose for a photo as Pope Francis leads the Angelus Jan. 22 in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Tony Gentile, Reuters)

True conversion leads to hope-filled future, pope says

Posted by - April 14, 2019

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Jesus doesn’t hurl stones at sinners but instead shows them that his forgiveness always opens a path forward to a joyful future, Pope Francis said. Like the scribes and Pharisees who laid down the stones they were going to throw at a woman caught in adultery, Christians are called during the

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Pope Francis holds the Eucharist during morning Mass in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, at the Vatican April 9, 2019. The pope said the devil targets those who succumb to despair and negativity. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Devil targets those who succumb to despair, negativity, pope says

Posted by - April 14, 2019

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Sometimes Christians seem to prefer complaining and being unhappy in life, but that makes them a perfect target for the devil, Pope Francis said in a morning homily. “Desolation is from the serpent,” who tempted Eve in the Garden of Eden and who “always bites” when a person sinks in despair,

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Mousa Kamar, front right, at the head of the cross, and his son Youssef, diagonal to his father, in the corner of the cross, helps carry a large wooden cross during the Good Friday procession on the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem's Old City March 25, 2016. Mousa Kamar and his sons are carrying on the tradition of his grandfather and father, carrying the cross on Good Friday. (CNS photo/Debbie Hill)

Family tradition: Carrying the cross on Jerusalem’s Via Dolorosa

Posted by - April 14, 2019

JERUSALEM (CNS) — For four decades, Mousa Kamar has taken his place at the head of the heavy wooden cross used during the Franciscan Good Friday procession on the Via Dolorosa. Kamar, 55, can be seen every year at the front left of the cross, the same position where his father used to carry the

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Pope Francis blesses a new altar with holy oil as he celebrates Mass at the Parish of St. Julius in Rome April 7, 2019. (CNS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters)

People can call Jesus at any moment; he is always there, pope says

Posted by - April 14, 2019

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Everyone has a direct line to Jesus, who is always nearby, ready to listen and help, Pope Francis said. “Jesus likes to see the truth of our heart. Don’t pretend in front of Jesus. With Jesus, always say what you are feeling,” he said during a visit April 7 to a

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