Yes, it is. The correct way is "Bishops, Priests, Consecrated Women and Men, and Lay Faithful", or, "Bishops, Priests, Consecrated Persons, and Lay Faithful". By using "consecrated women and men" or "consecrated persons", all persons with solemn vows are included, not just the Religious. According to...
For abruptly swallowing at lunch a Cebuano-mayamaya-but-Ilonggo-pezugo fish bone while taking in spoons of brownish soup last Sunday December 01. Because of the soup's color I did not see it. But I did feel the irritance as it entered. I thought it would be drained...
As promised in last week's Shalom, I will now share in this column another lesson we have learned in our engagements with Muslim ulama and Protestant bishops and pastors through our 23 years of interreligious and ecumenical dialogue. This learning is the title of this column....
So that we would listen twice as much we speak is the clear and logical answer. My use of "God" in the title does not mean it is found in the Bible. The original author of this wise statement was the Greek philosopher Zeno who lived...
This seems to be the necessary question after reading the historic and world-acclaimed document, "Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together." Unprecedented in history of interreligious relations and variously commended by international commentators the Document was approved and signed by Pope Francis of the Roman...
Earthquakes shake buildings, make them collapse, and destroy them. People found within are killed and those on whom they fall are likewise killed. When the seas and oceans are shaken tsunami is created and destroy properties and human lives. As a result a more destructive and...
Last week I promised to cite the written testimony of Fr. Willigis Jäger, a German monk, who wrote: "The rosary is the mantric prayer that is best known among Christians, especially Catholics. It has its greatest effects in group recitation, and the more monotonously and...
The famous Dominican theologian, Fr. Schillebeeckx, O.P., used to say that while meditation on the mysteries is the essence of the Holy Rosary prayer, the recitation of many Our Fathers, Hail Marys and Glory bes serves as a background music to the meditator. At first I...
Last week's Shalom we reminded ourselves that the most important thing in praying the rosary is meditating on the lives of Jesus and His Mother Mary. The episodes or aspects of their life are called mysteries. Meditating on these mysteries is essential in this form of...
October is the month of the Holy Rosary. So here are some important reminders. In the litany prayer after the recitation of the mysteries of the Rosary we say, "Oh God whose only begotten Son has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life, grant, we...
