From Ash Wednesday, February 10 until the Mass of the Lord’s supper on Holy Thursday, March 24, the whole Catholic Church enters into a time of penance, Lent. This season should make a difference. One manifestation is in the celebration of the liturgy. “During Lent the...
February is Pro-Life month. We remember the words of Pope Francis in his encyclical letter on care of our common home, Laudato Si. “When we fail to acknowledge as part of reality the worth of a poor person, a human embryo, a person with disabilities ---...
We celebrated the Year of Consecrated Life 2015 with the aim of emphasizing the importance of religious vocation. After the meeting of 120 religious superiors in Rome, it was known that in five years about 13,123 left religious life. Pope Francis’ words and thoughts shared to the...
In life, a momentous event becomes meaningful and is worth remembering. The Eucharist is an event. Jesus says it again and again: “Do this in memory of me.” A Eucharistic Congress may not be the Eucharist in a form of celebration and adoration yet this is Christ...
[caption id="attachment_10195" align="alignright" width="350"] Photo: sacs-stvi.org[/caption]The Holy Mass, dancing in the streets, the beating of the drums, colorful costumes, fully booked flights, to mention a few, highlight the celebration of the Feast of the Sto. Niño. Countless devotees attest that at one time or so...
There is no one who ever had a holy childhood except our LORD JESUS. HIS “THY will be done” at HIS agony in the garden rang true since before HIS birth. While on earth, HE was GOD even as a baby, was GOD even as a...
“After God had spoken many times and in various ways through the prophets, in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son” (Heb. 1:1-2) (DV, 4). Today, in the life-size Belen in St. Peter’s Square is usually portrayed the three-colored men – black...
Yes, the sound and echo of this greeting will fill the whole world as we will celebrate the NEW YEAR’s day on January 1, 2016, a celebration that brings hope and newness of life as we move a step farther in this journey where we...
The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC # 225) states that “Jesus was born in a humble stable, into a poor family. Simple shepherds were the first witnesses to this event. In this poverty heaven’s glory was made manifest.” This is how it was when...
This Spanish phrase means crowing of the rooster. The loud crowing of the rooster very early in the morning is connected to the call of the church to attend mass not at six or seven in the morning but at four or five in the...