As we close the Year of Faith this Nov. 20, 2013 on this date here in Mati diocese, it goes without saying that this is also a moment to express our gratitude and thanks to God Almighty the giver and inspirer of our faith. ...
“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...
Our new Pope Francis who is known for being pro-poor is also solid hard against the corrupt. In his sermons, he lashed out at those who give to the church but who steal from the public. His formula for punishment, citing the passage from...
Part 4 Plan of Care A nursing home must assess a new patient within 14 days of admission. Assessments must be redone once a year after that or when any significant change in the patient’s health occurs. After an assessment, a plan of care must be developed...
Faith, in whatever religion it is associated, is a religious term that refers to something internal and personal. It is intimately related with one’s personal relationship with the Divine who is the focus of worship, prayer, and meditation. Culture is the varied ways by which a...
As the Year of Faith draws to a close, I pondered on what I could probably write about to end it with a ‘twang’! I then re-read Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Letter and the following words once again caught my attention: “Faith grows when it is lived...
I am sure that by now all of us have seen the extent of the calamity brought about by our visitor, Super Typhoon Yolanda. Despite all the warnings and past calamitous experiences, we just didn’t imagine that it would bring about so much havoc across...
The concept of God, perfect and almighty, requires that He is supreme. And this is actually what Tradition and the Scriptures have taught us ever since. For example, the Catholic creed expresses it this way: “We believe in one God, the Father, the...
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...
A long, long time before the term ‘cafeteria Christian’ was coined, the holy Bishop of Hippo, St. Augustine, had to deal with the lapsi. These were Christians who abandoned their faith –obviously out of fear of being executed or exiled– by offering incense to the...
