Solitary Soul

DOES GOD PLAY DICE?   A Message of Hope  Mario D’Couto             When I sat down to write this article, I had the idea at the back of my head as to what I wanted to say but I was not sure of what the title I wanted to keep. Initially, I wanted the title of the article to be, “Springing from the past into the future” but on further thought, I decided to come up with the above title. Why? You will see as you read through.             The above title comes from a statement made by Einstein who once said, “God did not create the world with a pair of dice.” Some people say Einstein’s idea of God was not personal. He just thought of it as a force that governed the laws of nature. However, given the complexity of life, it is hard to imagine a god who has created the universe as a wound-up clock and has left it to its own design. I firmly believe that God...

A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE Mario D’Couto             If a woman was responsible for the fall of humankind, should she not play a great role in its restoration? And if there was a lost Paradise in which the first nuptials of man and woman celebrated, might there not be a new Paradise in which the nuptials of God and man would be celebrated?             As the fall of man was a free act, so too the Redemption had to be free. What is called the Annunciation was actually God asking the free consent of a creature to help Him to be incorporated into humanity. This is not to say that the Son of God existed only at this point of time. He is the Word. The Gospel of St. John clearly explains this where He writes, In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through Him, and without Him was ...

THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION Mario D’Couto             Our Blessed Mother is the most noble and perfect of all existing beings, human or angelic. She holds the highest place among creatures in the order of grace and glory. Because of Her central position in the plan of God, the study of Her mission and privileges will necessary widen and deepen our understanding and appreciation of the various other phases of Catholic theology. In the true sense, we can say that Mariology is like the compendium of all other Christian dogmas. Hence, after the study of God Himself, no other study is nobler and more excellent than that of His Holy Mother. The sources of Mariology include, Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition. Speaking about Sacred Scripture, there are many references that we can find in the Old Testament as in Genesis 3:15, Isaiah 7:14, Jeremiah 31:22, Micah 5:2-3. In the New Testament, there are other references that o...