Communication and dialogue are two words that can be understood in many ways. In this reflection they are restricted or focused to the idea of missionary presence on the part of bishops and priests. Here I wish to share what I have learned about communication and...
April 22 is Good Shepherd Sunday. April 24 is the new shepherd of Mati Diocesan bishop's episcopal ordination day. Good Shepherd Sunday is celebrated in all churches throughout the Catholic world. Bishop Apigo's episcopal ordination will be celebrated in Davao City San Pedro Cathedral by Catholics...
Following our reflection on "Sacramentalized and/or Evangelized", we have to realize the supreme importance of the signs and symbols used in our liturgical celebrations especially during the Paschal or Easter Triduum. They are regulateď by the Church liturgical laws. Common sense reminds us that these external...
In his Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium Pope Francis uses the expression, “power of the resurrection” to refer to new beginnings, to new life, which is “the mysterious working of the risen Christ and his Spirit” (275-280). He believes that this power “permeates the world”...
Words uttered clearly in public change reality. Such change can happen to an accused when the judge pronounces the words, Guilty! Or when the baseball umpire shouts, Out!, when the running player reaches the base seconds after the ball is received by the base holder....
John 3:16 is considered the most beautiful passage in the Holy Bible. It says, “God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him might not perish but might have eternal life.” The so-called sacramental system in our...
The word comes from the Hebrew “pasch” which means passover or transfer. It recalls the transfer of the Israelites from Egypt into the Promised Land. It is a reminder of their transition or liberation from slavery to freedom. The Christian tradition uses the term to mean...
Mysteries of faith are invisible or unseen, inaudible or unheard, realities. They are also untouchable or intangible. But to believe that they exist, accept them as true, experience them as real with the use of the senses of sight, hearing and touch is impossible. This...
St. Paul likens the secret of living a good Christian life to winning a race contest (2 Tim. 4:7). He also likens the secret of effective preaching to chastizing his body (2 Tim. 2:9). In human terms both secrets entail self-control of one’s bodily needs. These...
From February 11 to 18 this year the Catholic Church and the Protestant Churches in Davao are celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. This has been done for several years worldwide guided by a committee composed of persons from the Vatican Council for...
