July 28-29, 2018, was not just a historic date but a very significant date for the Catholic Church in the Philippines. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) approved in their CBCP 116th Plenary Assembly that the Trinity Sunday every year will be celebrated...
Bishop Dennis Villarojo of Malolos has invited Catholics back to Mass, following other dioceses across the country that have lifted dispensations from Sunday obligation. In a circular, the bishop said the obligation of Catholics to attend Mass, suspended in March 2020 because of the pandemic, will...
[gallery link="file" size="full" ids="40163,40161,40162"] “Mary is the model of discipleship.” This has been the emphasis of Rev. Fr. Orlando Angelia, Rector of the St. Francis Xavier Seminary College (XACOSE), during his homily on the fourth day of the Marian Exhibit held at NCCC Mall, Victoria Plaza, Davao...
[gallery link="file" size="full" ids="40155,40156,40157,40158"] After three years, the Grand Marian Procession of the Blessed Virgin Mary resumed on Saturday, May 17, 2023. The procession was always held annually from Ateneo de Davao University - Matina Campus to San Pedro Cathedral as a homage of the Blessed...
YES, what it reminds us of is that we need to reflect and channel the very Trinitarian life of God in our own life. That means that just as in God there are three persons who are perpetually engaged in perfect knowing and loving, we...
THE gospel of Friday of the 8th Week in Ordinary Time (cfr. Mk 11,11016) shows us Christ showing two apparently contrasting qualities of anger and mercy. When he got hungry and saw a fig tree that did not have any fruit, he got angry and...
THAT’S what the story of the blind man, Bartimaeus, teaches us. (cfr. Mk 10,46-52) As the gospel narrates, when he heard that Christ was passing by, he immediately called for Christ. In spite of being told by Christ’s disciples not to disturb Christ, he just...