A Catholic bishop has told the victims of recent typhoons that claimed lives and destroyed properties not to give up. Bishop Joel Baylon of Legazpi, in a message issued Nov. 14, urged the survivors to face the devastation “with new hope and a firm resolve to...
Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his closeness in prayer to the people of the Philippines who are suffering because of the destruction and flooding caused by a strong typhoon. The death toll from Typhoon Vamco, the deadliest to hit the Philippines this year has officially climbed...
Merciful and eternal God, source of all gifts, I trust in your mercy and love. You have urged us through your son, Our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ to ask for your assistance in all our needs. Grant me through the intercession of Saint Frances Xavier...
Super Typhoon Rolly, internationally known as Typhoon Goni, recorded as 2020’s strongest typhoon made landfall in the Philippines last November 2 in Luzon, particularly Catanduanes, Albay, Quezon province & Batangas. This has affected an estimated 1.2 million lives, displacing around 200,000 individuals from their homes. Typhoon...
Stir up in your Church, we pray, O Lord, the Spirit that filled Saint Josaphat as he laid down his life for the sheep, so that through his intercession we, too, may be strengthened by the same Spirit and not be afraid to lay down...
Lord, if your people still have need of my services, I will not avoid the toil. Your will be done. I have fought the good fight long enough. Yet if you bid me continue to hold the battle line in defense of your camp, I...
O God, who never allow the gates of hell to prevail against your Church, firmly founded on the apostolic rock, grant her, we pray, that through the intercession of Pope Saint Leo, she may stand firm in your truth and know the protection of lasting...
O God, who from living and chosen stones prepare an eternal dwelling for your majesty, increase in your Church the spirit of grace you have bestowed, so that by new growth your faithful people may build up the heavenly Jerusalem. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns...
Various Caritas organizations from different countries pledged to help the Philippines recover from the disastrous impact of Super Typhoon Rolly. The organizations conveyed to Caritas Philippines, the humanitarian arm of the Philippine Catholic Church, their readiness to support its emergency and recovery efforts. “Several Caritas Internationalis member...
Ika-33 nga Domingo sa Ordinaryong Panahon (November 15, 2020) Pan. 31:10-13, 19-20 / Sal. 128:1-5 / 1 Thes. 5:1-6 / Mt. 25:14-30 Niining panahon sa pandemya, hain ka man nahimutang, sa modawat ba o sa mohatag? Kinsa ka ba karon, usa ba sa nagpaabot nga makadawat o...