VOICE FROM THE SOUTH Fr. Emeterio Barcelon, SJ Europe had lost its Roman Catholic Empire.  The German princes earned their independence, the priests who wanted to get married became Protestant and did so, the theologians who had their scholastic theology now had only the Bible as the rule of...
VOICE FROM THE SOUTH Fr. Emeterio Barcelon, SJ The first of these who have no doubt have the right to be on the altar as an intercessor for us with God is Fr. Manuel Peypoch, SJ. I did not get to know him directly but only indirectly through my father. He was pulled out of a crowd in Madrid,...
VOICE FROM THE SOUTH Fr. Emeterio Barcelon, SJ About the year 1,000 there appeared in Europe the urge to reconquer the Holy Land from the Muslims. The Muslims from the early seventh century started to conquer the Eastern Christian kingdoms.  The Western kingdoms then had the intention of...
VOICE FROM THE SOUTH Fr. Emeterio Barcelon, SJ The collapse of the Roman Empire left the Church to try to survive after the invasion of the barbarians and the other vandals from the north. The Roman Empire extended from the English islands down to Africa to the plains of Syria in the second century...
VOICE FROM THE SOUTH Fr. Emeterio Barcelon, SJ The Apostolic Fathers were the early disciples of the Apostles who were the main cause of the conversion of Protestant preachers like Scott Hahn who saw that they were teaching what the Catholic Church holds instead of what Luther started to teach in...
VOICE FROM THE SOUTH Fr. Emeterio Barcelon, SJ The second half of the New Testament is made up of the Acts of the Apostles and the book on Revelation and by the letters of the Apostles. The bulk of these letters are from St. Paul who did not know Jesus in the flesh. He was a persecutor of the...
VOICE FROM THE SOUTH Fr. Emeterio Barcelon, SJ The four Gospels are the heart of the New Testament. They recount the three years of teaching and ministry of Jesus on this earth. It recounts His miracles and His parables which were the core of His teachings, His crucifixion, death, and resurrection....
VOICE FROM THE SOUTH Fr. Emeterio Barcelon, SJ The Holy Bible is the book that guides our daily life towards heaven. The earliest extant Bible that we have dates back to about 400 years after the birth of Christ. The three synoptic gospels were put down in writing about 60 years after the birth of...
VOICE FROM THE SOUTH Fr. Emeterio Barcelon, SJ Our Lord was very interested in going back to heaven to send us the Holy Spirit to stay with us for the rest of creation. After His Ascension, the Apostles and Mary experience the coming of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit took the form of tongues of...
VOICE FROM THE SOUTH Fr. Emeterio Barcelon, SJ In the Mass we have the same sacrifice that happened at the Last Supper and Calvary. We are offering to God the supreme sacrifice of His Son made man. Jesus gave up His life to pay for our sins. There is nothing more important and more valuable that we...
VOICE FROM THE SOUTH Fr. Emeterio Barcelon, SJ The rosary has been the favorite prayer of recent Popes. It was the rosary to which they attributed the victory at: Lepanto in which the Muslim thrust to conquer Europe was stopped. The rosary is a prayer that uses both our mental and physical...
VOICE FROM THE SOUTH Fr. Emeterio Barcelon, SJ The mother of Jesus is the person besides Jesus who can be the object of our love. She loved Jesus, her son, with a love beyond all telling. She also loves us. The angel announced to her that she was chosen among all the women of all time to be the...
