The Misa De Gallo is one of the beautiful Filipino traditions, we Filipinos, have practiced since the time of the Spaniards. On these novena masses at early dawn, “the liturgical texts of Advent are more directly concerned with the immediate preparation for the Christmas feast”...
2023 is a very trying year. The world is facing problems that seem insurmountable. We have wars, drought, forest fires, hunger, floods, earthquakes, etc. It seems that all the bad things that can happen were lumped together and tied from January to December 2023. Some may...
“Utos ng hari, hindi nababali” is sometimes rephrased as “utos ng pari, hindi nababali.” This implies that any king or priest is powerful. His words become the law that others follow. Yes, whether as priest or king, power must reside in him since he is...
Pope Francis declares, the “Trickle-down Effect” economic model that Capitalism espouses to lift societies out from the bondage of poverty does not work. The majority of the wealth of the planet is still concentrated within the few who rule with their giant corporations that can...
Children are gifts and parents become co-creators of God as stewards. Being stewards, parents are tasked to extend moral education and spiritual formation (CCC, 2221). “The role of parents in education is of such importance that it is almost impossible to provide an adequate substitute.” The...
While we can still observe saintly values among us, we are faced with the challenge, especially among the young, to continue to offer ourselves genuinely in true piety and witness of the faith. The influence of the Western culture, technology and the media is undeniably...
Governments of all nations want to know the pulse of their citizens. They make regular surveys to see if the people are satisfied with the way things are. However, the best way to know the feelings of the citizenry is through elections. If many vote...
To date the statistics of Christian Population shows that there are over one billion Catholics all over the world which is only one seventh of the total world population more or less. Because of this unproportioned number of catholic as compared to the world population,...
The COVID-19 problem greatly affected the world from March 2020 to December 2022. The world during the COVID period, could not focus on the problem of food. We know that by 2050, our population will be 8 billion to about 9 billion. The world’s experts, international...
It is essential to draw near to new forms of poverty and vulnerability, in which we are called to recognize the suffering Christ, even if this appears to bring us no tangible and immediate benefits. I think of the homeless, the addicted, refugees, indigenous peoples,...