To pray is to intimately talk to God. Through our prayer we can worship God, ask for forgiveness and thank Him for all the graces we have received. Prayer is our way of communicating to God. By praying we can pour out to Him our...
GIVEN some raging political issues gripping the nation today, many people are trying to figure out the proper relationship between the demands of justice and the gratuity of mercy. Everyone presumes, rightly, that justice and mercy should go together. There is no mercy without justice, nor...
With presidential encouragement from presidents Ramos, Estrada, Arroyo and Duterte, the Mindanao Week of Peace has been celebrated since 1998. This week-long festivities by peace loving Indigenous Peoples, Muslims, Catholics and Protestants through their respective institutions and associations begin on the Last Thursday of November....
The closing of the Jubilee Year of Mercy does not mean the end or slowing down of the practice of mercy and compassion to our brothers and sisters, especially to those in need, but instead spurs each faithful disciple of Jesus to put on wings...
(a continuation, 2nd to the last part) One of the most notable reactions that I have received for the first parts of this reflection was that “it is a well-balanced view on the political situation that the country is in”, the situation that dragged the Church...
[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="12952,12953,12954,12955,12956,12957,12958,12959,12960"] Excerpts from the homily November 14, 2016, San Pedro Cathedral “Ang pagsara sa Balaang Pultahan kabahin sa pagtak-op sa Tuig sa Kalooy. Holy Door giablihan Disyembre 8 sa miaging tuig n’ya gisirad-an sa Dabaw , karong adlaw, Nobyembre 14.” Gisugdan ni Yanong Muloy ang homiliya sa...
Ephesians 4:26 says that “If you become angry, do not let your anger lead you to sin, and do not stay angry all day.” Being angry all day is exhausting. It robs us joy. Only kindness and forgiveness melts anger away. Thus, anger must be...
Today, Feast of Christ the King ends the observance and celebration of the Extraordinary Year of Mercy which began last year on 8 December 2015 as ordered by the Holy Father Pope Francis. But what came to an end was the celebration. Celebration, as far as...
Man has a strange reaction towards fear. It naturally is something he avoids and flees from, but at the same time, he looks for it in many forms of entertainment (i.e., movies, novels and long-running TV series). The entertainment industry has not wasted time in...
Every year the Church celebrates the Feast of Christ the King on the last Sunday of November. It is the 30th day of this month. This day is also the closing day of what Pope Francis calls the Extraordinary Year of Mercy which began last...