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...
VIOLENCE -- Pope Francis said that equating Islam with violence is WRONG. But to help dispel this stereotype, he called on Muslims to issue a global condemnation of terrorism. Locally, this call can be directed at some Islamists who tend to remain quiet --or even...
“Ang gugma ni Kristo nag-aghat kanato….” (2 Kor. 5:14) Tungod sa dayag ug kusog nga panigingnan ni Jesus ug tungod sa atong kasinatian uban ni Kristo, molihok kita alang sa kalamboan ug kaluwasan sa mga kabus. Ang Ika-2 Konsilyo Plenaryo sa Pilipinas nagpadayag sa 7 ka mga...
For the young political activists of the late 1960’s and early 1970’s the word ‘conscientization’ referred to the process of touching people’s personal conscience through systematic ‘teach-in’ sessions towards concrete action. The vigorous efforts at these nightly and usually secret activities were massively carried out...
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...
A few days ago, Davaoenos did an impromptu but fitting tribute to the late Sen. Vicente “Ting” Paterno whose cremated ashes were flown to the city. He served distinctively Mindanao while both in the public and private sectors. What is interesting to note is that...
Niadto pang tuig 1991, sa ika-2 Konsilyo Plenaryo sa Pilipinas (PCP II) , gipadayag sa Simbahan sa Pilipinas, nga ang ika-3 nga gitinguhang nabag-ong Simbahan diri sa Pilipinas mao ang “Simbahan sa mga Kabus.” Sumpay ug dugtong kini sa una, nabag-ong malukpanong pagsangyaw sa Ebanghelyo,...
The great English writer and convert to the Catholic Faith once wrote: “The Christian story is precisely the story of one great miracle, the Christian assertion being that what is beyond all space and time, what is uncreated, eternal, came into nature, into human nature,...
“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 Church, through our bishops, has declared 2015 the Year of the Poor. It’s part of grand 9-year plan of new evangelization in preparation of the celebration of the fifth centenary of the Christianization of the Philippines in 2021. We should do all we can to...