As Our Lord taught us to say the Our Father, Our Blessed Mother taught us the value of the scapular. When we use it as a prayer, Our Lady draws us to the Sacred Heart of Her Divine Son. It is good, therefore, to hold...
BEFORE CHRIST Mount Carmel is a biblical place where the prophet Elijah dwelt. It rises 1,742 feet above sea level and towers above Israel’s Mediterranean coastline. It was here where Elijah prayed to God for the salvation of Israel, which was suffering a terrible drought at...
St. Benedict was born at Nursia in Umbria in about 480 and was sent to Rome to be educated, but soon left the world to live a solitary life at Subiaco. After living in a cave in the mountains for two years as a hermit,...
[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="28689,28688"] About the Community The St. Benedict’s Monastery – monks (SBM) is an independent religious community of the Catholic Church which strives to respond to the Holy Rule of St. Benedict by lives of “ora et labora” which means “prayer and work”. It was officially...
[caption id="attachment_28708" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Photo by Max Bender on Unsplash[/caption] In every new situation, we may feel alone or in a rather strange condition but in this aloneness – in this being alone God speaks loudly His invitation to follow Him. This new situation, albeit...
This is my Body...
[caption id="attachment_7734" align="alignright" width="350"] The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, a painting by Caravaggio[/caption]13th Week of Ordinary Time – Friday We are celebrating today the feast of St. Thomas the Apostle. He is known in history as a “Doubting Thomas”. He is called by this name because...
This present health crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, has pushed mankind to its limits. It has made obvious our utter helplessness. However, the beautiful thing is, this can be God’s way of inviting us, His people, to go back to the basics of our faith. This...
For a while now, I have noticed mainstream Filipino media adapting themes popular in liberal American mainstream media. Among these are transgenderist and feminist themes. In the past few days I noticed much talk of rape, rape culture, and modesty (especially in dress). I would...
BHUBANESHWAR, India — Early this year, nine Catholic young media professionals from six countries met together to participate in the first SIGNIS International Fellowship Program on Compassion and Social Communication at the Xavier University Bhubaneswar in Odisha, India. The three-month intensive, interdisciplinary and interfaith course...