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In a world still fractured by walls of enmity and distracted by the urgent noise of the present hour, Christ our peace calls us to keep our lamps burning and our hearts ready. Today is Tuesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time. It is also the optional memorial of St. Paul of the Cross, the eighteenth-century Italian priest and founder of the Passionists, whose life was spent keeping the memory of the Cross alive as the true source of reconciliation and peace. The first reading from Ephesians 2:12-22 reminds us who we once were and who we have become. Once “far off,” strangers to the covenants and “without hope and without God in the world,” we have been brought near “by the blood of Christ.” He is our peace: in His flesh He broke down the dividing wall of hostility, abolished the enmity, and created “one new person” in place of the two, reconciling both to God in one body through the cross. We are no longer strangers but “fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of ...

Mateo 22, 15-21 — Feast is usually 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time — "Ibigay kay Cesar ang kay Cesar, at sa Diyos ang sa Diyos." Gospel: Matthew 22:15-21 Noon, umalis ang mga Pariseo at nag-usap kung paano huhulihin si Jesus sa Kanyang salita. Sinugo nila ang kanilang mga alagad kasama ng mga Herodiano at sinabi: "Guro, alam naming tapat Ka... Ano sa palagay Mo? Matuwid bang magbuwis kay Cesar o hindi?" Alam ni Jesus ang kanilang masamang hangarin kaya sinabi Niya: "Bakit ninyo Ako sinusubok, mga mapagkunwari? Ipakita ninyo sa Akin ang salaping pambuwis." Nagpakita sila ng denario. Tinanong Niya: "Kaninong larawan at pangalan ito?" "Kay Cesar po." Sinabi Niya: "Kung gayon, ibigay ninyo kay Cesar ang kay Cesar, at sa Diyos ang sa Diyos." HOMILY: The Trap That Became a Teaching 1. The Most Dangerous Alliance: Pharisees + Herodians This is unholy team-up. Pharisees hate Romans. Herodians love Romans — they work for Herod, pro-Rom...

Ngayong panahon ng covid 19 pandemic ay maraming mga obispo at mga kapulungan ng mga obispo sa boung mundo na nag pa consecrate sa kalinislinisang puso ni Maria. Kung Hindi po ako nagkakamali ay ang CBCP ay nagpahayag din po noong Junio ng kasalukuyang taon (2020) sa pangunguna ng Catholic Bishop Conference of the Philippines - Episcopal Commission on Social Communication (CBCP-ECSC) and Catholic Bishop Conference of the Philippines - Episcopal Commission on Catholic Education (CBCP-ECCE).  Kamakailan din po ay ang Catholic Bishop Conference of the Philippines- Episcopal Commission for Clergy (CBCP-ECler) as requested by the Worldwide Movement of Priest Consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary ( MMP - Pilipinas. Bishop Buenaventura Famadico as the head of the Episcopal Commission on Clergyand also as Bishop of SAn Pablo of which I do belong decided to one more consecrate with the rest of the Catholic Bishops of the Philippines  and Priests simultaneously this September 8 ...

Somebody is asking to add description to this event, this event was posted in my account in Facebook. I could not tract the one asking it, just flash in my screen as a part of the notification. I though before that there is no need to do so because it is already a part of the Lenten preparation. However, we should also go to the basic reminding ourselves that there are those who are not well verse to our natural flow of Christian devotion during the 40 days of preparation for the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Chris . Kumpisalang Bayan is what we commonly named the event where Confession is held in the parish through the help of the neighboring priests of the nearby parishes of religious institutions. this is to help the parish cope with the massive attendance of those who would like to receive the sacrament of reconciliation that we usually announced during the Lenten and Advent liturgical time.. This is not to substitute the regular time for parish confession schedules. We...

 Return to Me with All Your Heart “Return to me with all your heart… return to the Lord” (Jl 2:12, 13). The prophet Joel makes this plea to the people in the Lord’s name. No one should feel excluded: “Assemble the aged, gather the children, even infants at the breast, the bridegroom… and the bride” (v. 16). All the faithful people are summoned to come and worship their God, “for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love” (v. 13). We too want to take up this appeal; we want to return to the merciful heart of the Father. In this season of grace that begins today, we once again turn our eyes to his mercy. Lent is a path: it leads to the triumph of mercy over all that would crush us or reduce us to something unworthy of our dignity as God’s children. Lent is the road leading from slavery to freedom, from suffering to joy, from death to life. The mark of the ashes with which we set out reminds us of our origin: we were taken from the earth, ...

This month's intention of the Holy Father which is printed in every ORDO and to the pamphlet of every member of the Apostleship of Prayer is for the Persecuted Christians everywhere in the world. Although, here in the Philippines we are slightly being intimidated because of our belief in some political issues, it has nothing in comparison with our  neighboring brethren who suffered much because of their faith in our God and in Jesus Christ, our Lord with the Holy Spirit. Though, formally no country or group of people who will announce that part of their program is the eradication of whom they believe as non believer because it is different from their belief system. Is it also maybe because of our belief of non-violence that we are susceptible for abuse and violent act. Not, it is not our belief that make us a prey for others but because they believe otherwise and this belief runs in blatant opposite of us of non violence. So it is not only on the issue of different b...

The youth have new way of inviting those who wishes to serve the Lord in the language they could easily understand. I Just hope that more young people will serve the Lord in a more diverse way including the vocation to the priesthood. We are being overrun by other religions and sects because we have handful of workers. Though, we believe in the inspiration and works of the Holy Spirit but it is also a part of the workings of the same Spirit that more young people will be activated to the vocation of priesthood. It will be mathematically impossible if one priest can administer a ten thousand parishioners. It will be more manageable if the number will be lessened if there are enough shepherds the faithful.

This is the latest picture released by the Dominican order based in Peru as a reconstruction made from the skull of St. Martin de Porres as reported by the Catholic News Agency . An image the depicts the face construction of the saint. According to scientists, the Broom Saint have two teeth before he died. This image is not far from the portrait found in the convent drawn by an artist not long before the Charity Martin died. The Feast of Saint Martin is celebrated by the universal Church every 3rd of November but the parish of Saint Martin de Porres in Adelina Subdivision, Brgy. San Antonio, San Pedro City celebrates it every second Sunday of November. This November 8, 2015.  We are inviting you all to celebrate with us, thanking God for protections and blessings of the Almighty God through the protection of Saint Martin de Porres especially for healing the sick persons and to shield us against all harms of body and spirit. The celebration of the Mass will be as...

GOSPEL REFLECTION: 27th Sunday In Ordinary Time (B) 4th October 2015 by Rev. Fr. Allen Baclor Abadines * READINGS: FIRST READING: Genesis 2:18-24 The LORD God said: "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a suitable partner for him." So the LORD God formed out of the ground various wild animals and various birds of the air, and he brought them to the man to see what he would call them; whatever the man called each of them would be its name. The man gave names to all the cattle, all the birds of the air, and all wild animals; but none proved to be the suitable partner for the man. So the LORD God cast a deep sleep on the man, and while he was asleep, he took out one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. The LORD God then built up into a woman the rib that he had taken from the man. When he brought her to the man, the man said: "This one, at last, is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall be called 'woman, '...