Commemorating the World Day of the Sick in 2024, with the theme, “Healing the Sick by Healing Relationships,” delves into the interconnectedness of our physical well-being and human connections. True healing extends beyond physical ailments; it necessitates mending fractures within relationships. By extending empathy, understanding, and...
A Catholic should know by heart 4 prayers: 1. Our Father 2. Hail Mary, Glory Be, 3. Apostle Creed, 4. the Rosary. A Catholic should pray every day for two reasons: first, to thank the Lord that he and his family are alive; second, to...
God’s Word: The Breath of New Life. This is the theme for this year’s National Bible Month taken from Gen. 2:7: “The Lord God formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and so man...
When our first parents succumbed to temptation by eating the Forbidden Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, sin entered the world. Sin destroys unity with God. We disintegrate within. We shatter our inner-self, bereft of grace, and eventually fall into a...
Have you tried living your life with much recycling? Kanang magdala ka’g bayong o bag panahon nga mamalengke or maggrocery? Dili nimo ilabay ang plastics nga gisudlan sa isda ug gulay, instead hugasan nimo ug gamiton usab. Kanang paghimo ug something nga gamitan nimo sa...
(My Spiritual Compass) If Jesus is born in this modern world, will the magi use GPS (Global Positioning System), and know where the location and where we are going? Every year, we, Christians around the world celebrate Epiphany. The word “epiphany” comes from the Greek word epiphaneia,...
God wants us to be happy. A very good venue is through the family. The secret is to love like the saints did. A lifetime of loving and serving each other in a family offers us plenty of opportunities to love. Indeed, we are saved...
The COVID crisis from 2020 to 2023, the 2023 bad weather, droughts, typhoon, earthquakes plus the Sudan, Ukraine, Israel wars made some think, the end is near. Some frighten others by quoting parts of St. John’s revelations from chapter 20 verses one to fifteen and...
Strong earthquake on a Saturday evening and bombing with many casualties on a Sunday morning. These incidents welcomed the First Sunday of Advent. But fear no more because this Sunday is the Third Sunday of Advent which is also known as Gaudete Sunday. In Latin, Gaudete...
The Misa De Gallo is one of the beautiful Filipino traditions, we Filipinos, have practiced since the time of the Spaniards. On these novena masses at early dawn, “the liturgical texts of Advent are more directly concerned with the immediate preparation for the Christmas feast”...