Ang pagsaulog sa kalag-kalag kabahin na sa tradisyon sa katawhan ilabi na sa mga katoliko. Kini gina saulog matag tuig isip paghinumdom ug paghatag pagtagad sa mga mahal sa kinabuhi nga mipanaw na niining kalibutana. Diha sa atong paghinumdom kanila, nag gahin kitag espesyal nga...
With the recent commemoration of our beloved saints, we remember the lives they have lived in holiness. Were they perfect? No, but surely they did a good job in trying to live holy lives. Zooming in on our very own Filipino saints, San Lorenzo Ruiz...
[gallery link="file" size="full" ids="42244,42245,42246"] Nenen Cervantes, 29 years old, a member of the Mandaya Tribe, embodies strength, resilience, and an unwavering commitment to her duty as the only female forest guard in Davao Oriental. Juggling the responsibilities of safeguarding the forests, nurturing her family, and taking...
Last September 15-17, 2023, I and 26 other strangers, all in various stages of emotional crisis, had been together for two nights and two days on this bushy and gorgeous retreat location in the Our Lady of Peace Abbey (Benedictine Nuns Retreat House), National Highway,...
The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us the following about Hell: “We cannot be united with God unless we freely choose to love Him. But we cannot love God if we sin gravely against Him, against our neighbor or against ourselves: ‘He who does...
We are all given a guardian angel. "See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.” (Exodus 23:20) The Old Testament is full of accounts of angels assisting men...
The thought of being on death row is one of the horrific possibilities that we naturally get rid of in our minds. In the movie "Just Mercy" (a 2019 film about poor people on death row who were victims of political maneuvering and unjust judicial...
The theological evidence of the presence of angels and devils in this world is in Holy Scripture. The Holy Scripture is full of accounts of the presence of angels and devils. If you don’t believe in the existence of angels and demons then you don’t...
How so loving pet owners call their pets. They feed them, clean them, walk them and for some, bring them to the parlor for trimming. Pets are cuddled, hugged, kissed, played with, and some sleep with their owners. It is contagious. I am aware of how...
October 17 Born in Syria, Ignatius converted to Christianity and eventually became bishop of Antioch. In the year 107, Emperor Trajan visited Antioch and forced the Christians there to choose between death and apostasy. Ignatius would not deny Christ and thus was condemned to be put...