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As we celebrate today the feast of St. Alphonsus de Ligouri, Bishop and Doctor of the Church and founder of the Redemptorist Order, I thank God for the love that St. Alphonsus have poured out to Jesus Christ through the adoration of the Blessed Sacrament of which he drew strength to perform his daily activities in the proclamation of the love of God. The parish have also sailed through the attempt to revive the devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, we fondly called Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration that was been popular on the Diocese during the 80's but lost momentum since the 90's and onward. Some people are keeping asking me to revive it. However, this devotional practice needs a well coordinated efforts and continual reminders. I remember, during my diaconate when I was assigned in St. Isidore parish of Calauan, I cannot remember the exact date but surely it was between 1992 to 1993. i was been instructed by the Bishop then Pedro N. Bantigue to look for people to devote...

Inspired by the Gospel last Sunday of the double miracles on healing of the woman with hemorrhage and raising to life of the daughter of Jairus (Mk. 5: 21-43) had moved me to spearhead this vigil to the Holy Eucharist starting 7:00 Am to 7:00 Pm every Thursday. Since the faith we believed enshrined the God of life and the total abandonment to God's power and wisdom as given by the examples of Jairus pleading for the life of his daughter and the faith of the woman whose faith tells her that a simple touch to the cloak of Jesus is enough. On the same way, what we need most is not the assurance of God's power over sickness and death because we know that  our God is capable enough to grant us that but most especially to the belief that it will bestow it to us as Jesus gives it to Jairus and to the woman. The adoration to the Blessed Sacrament was been part of the history of the most of the parishes in the Diocese of San Pablo that waned through the time because there ...

In preparation for the vocation week of the Diocese of San Pablo. The Commission have posted this prayer as a guide. This is the Tagalog version.Banal na Oras para sa Ikalalago ng Bokasyon.   Banal Na Oras Para Sa Ikalalago Ng Mga Bokasyon by Spcs San Pablo