The Visit of Pope Francis from January 15 to 19 have been analyzed and interpreted in so many ways. The 2014 expose of Filipino multi-billion corruption caught the world's attention that Pope Francis had to say something about it because the faithful expected it. This...
How will you know if the home you visit is Catholic? Usually, a Catholic home has an altar with the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary or of Infant Jesus or pictures depicting the Sacred Heart or Jesus as King or a Crucifix. However, seldom...
This is the voice from the heavens when Jesus was baptized by John. What an affirmation of the kind of Son Jesus is to the Father. In His baptism, Jesus inaugurates His mission to build God’s kingdom of peace, joy, compassion, mercy, forgiveness and love....
In his sermon on this day, St. Leo the Great said: “Let the children of the promise now receive the blessing in the seed of Abraham, the blessing renounced by the children of the flesh. In the persons of the Magi let all the people...
The choice of the Blessed Virgin Mary to be the Mother of the Lord is so amazing. It leads us to a lot of questions as to why this lady has been blessed. But only God’s wisdom can offer us true answers. Only His graciousness...
“I want to say one word to you and this word is joy. Wherever consecrated people are, there is always joy!” - Pope FRANCIS In 1997, Pope John Paul II instituted a day of prayer for women and men in consecrated life. This celebration is attached...
The Kingdom as Jesus declared is “in our midst” yet “not of this world” or beyond. A mystery we cannot fully comprehend at the moment, perhaps only imagine. With the disasters our country has experienced both natural and manmade how hard it is to consider the...
One of the attractions of the Church is the wonderful cooperation and teamwork between the faithful and the clergy. After more than a thousand years, the bond seems more stronger than ever. For outsiders, the question is how we did we do it. We take...
Tradition tells us that November, especially All Souls’ Day, is a time for visiting the graves of our loved ones. Flowers, candles, food and prayers are so common an offering in observing these days. All of these are manifestations of our faith in our communion...
In this Year of the Laity, as declared by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), the celebration of World Mission Sunday takes a more poignant significance. Now, the support for the mission is not only a matter of material donation, tucked into some...