If my memory doesn't fail me these words between quotation marks are from the famous English writer and poet William Shakespeare. He was right. There were people in his day who knew very little about topic or issue but talk or wrote proudly about it as...
In our Catholic tradition conscience is a "voice from within" telling us what is right and what is wrong. This inner voice is usually enlightened and guided by God's Spirit. This enlightenment and guidance comes from knowledge of God's commandments and laws. We distinguish three modes...
On the 24th day of July 2000 the parish church whose patroness was already St. Anne was officially declared and "dedicated" or "raised to" the rank of "a diocesan shrine". The document of official elevation of the parish church into a shrine was written and...
The Church is awesomely blessed and enriched by the enduring devotion to the Sacred Heart. This spiritual blessing and enrichment is carried by institutions and persons. There are institutions like the parishes carry the name. We have two in Davao: the Sacred Heart Parish in Obrero...
One of the enduring and favorite devotions of Filipino Catholics is the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Or, popularly called, the First Friday Devotion. Lest Catholic millennials forget, here is a reminder from Church history. Quotes are from The Modern Catholic Encyclopedia (1994). "...
For a meaningful and fruitful celebration of the Year of the Clergy and Consecrated Persons, several diocesan bishops, heads of institutes of consecrated persons, lay ecclesial movements and communities are have been preparing conferences, symposia, recollections, prayer sessions, and liturgical rituals to renew and strengthen...
Believers worldwide can be divided into two general groupings. These are known by the names Non-Christians and Christians. The Non-Christians outnumber the Christians. Believers can also be grouped into non-churched and churched, meaning, the former are those who do not belong to organized churches, and the...
Despite the election-related killings Comelec reports the national situation is generally peaceful. Our elections have so far been described as a popular Pyesta when lots of easy money is available. People are enjoying the pyesta. Never mind the moral corruption it is perpetuating and dulling...
One of our realizations on living in Marawi and in other predominantly Muslim areas in Lanao del Sur was the tendency, or perhaps an ingrained habit of Maranao Muslims, of treating what is cultural as Islamic or Muslim. For instance, the Maranao language and way...
The Church moves on as She has been doing for the past two thousand years. One significant happening in the so-called history of salvation is the ordination of new bishops as successors of the apostles and heads of local churches or dioceses. This year 2018 the...
