Filipinos are known to be so devoted to the Santo Niño due to the history of our Christian faith. With the Holy Child Jesus as our model, we develop some positive attitudes of a child - docility, trust, spontaniety and humility among others. As Jesus...
Christ did have to be baptized because he is god the son and was born without original sin. Yet he went to the Jordan River and asked his cousin St. John to baptized him. St. John rightly answered who am I to baptized the Messiah,...
“The oldest feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary celebrates the mystery of her being the Mother of Jesus Christ, true God and true man. It is the principal feast of Mary because her divine Motherhood is the reason why she received the special privileges of...
We have traditions which other Christian sects do not have. Some can be found only in specific places. As the only Catholic nation in Asia, we have beautiful traditions which amaze even Catholics in Europe and America. First, the Sto. Nino fiesta on the the...
The Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the Immaculate Conception on December 8, nine months before the feast of the nativity of Mary which is celebrated on September 8. It is a medical and natural fact that...
As we mark again the Mindanao Week of Peace, we ask the question: What is Peace? The scholars will always say that peace is not only the absence of war and violence. It is something more. There was this forum convened in a conflict-affected area and the...
“My faith is stronger than Yolanda. I didn’t fear Yolanda. She should fear my God. Even the rains cannot stop me from thanking the Lord for saving me and my family. He is truly a caring and loving God.” These words came from Anita Carillo...
When our physical entities cease to function, our soul separates from it, we call this death. The souls who go to Heaven belong to the Triumphant Church. They are the saints who continue to pray for us as our intercessors. There are...
One of the three states of the Church is the assembly of all the saints. We commemorate their triumph every first of November. Faith teaches us that they “are in glory, contemplating ‘in the full light, God Himself triune and one, exactly as He is’”...
Does purgatory exist? Yes. The Church says that it is the state where all those who die in God’s friendship are assured of eternal salvation but who still have need of purification (expiation of sin) before entering heaven (CCCC 210). That purgatory exists is clear from...
