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Feast of San Pedro Calungsod Theme: "Bata pa lang, banal na." Readings suggestion: Isaiah 6:8 — "Here I am, send me" / Mt 28:19-20 — Go and make disciples My dear young people,  Tingnan nyo katabi nyo. Ilang taon na kayo? 15? 17? 22? Si San Pedro Calungsod, 17 years old lang nung namatay. Ka-age nyo lang. Hindi pa tapos ng senior high kung ngayon. Pero santo na.  Madaming nagsasabi: "Father, bata pa ako. Pag matanda na ako, saka na ako magiging banal." Si Pedro sinasabi: "Hindi totoo yan." Three lessons from his short life — for all Kabataan ng San Pablo:  1. HINDI MO KAILANGANG MAGING PARI PARA MAGING MISSIONARY  Si Pedro hindi pari. Hindi seminarista. Sakristan, katekista, helper.  Pero anong ginawa niya? Sumama sa mission to Guam — 1668. Isipin nyo, Visaya, sumakay ng galleon, walang cellphone, walang GPS, walang Jollibee — for 4 years, nagtuturo ng katesismo, nagbibinyag kasama si Fr. San Vitores, nag-aalalay sa Misa. Kadalasan iniisip ng ...

After this morning, I stumble upon on one of the section in one of the newspaper broadsheet entitled Padre Damaso and the Friars: Myth Versus Reality.Written by Pio Andrade. This is a good information and should open up more information on the good contributions of the friars that shaped the country during the  Spanish Colonization. I am not saying that there is no Padre Damaso. What I am saying is that not all are.The said section can be accessed through this site . Please allow me to repost it here: ‘Padre Damaso’ and the friars: Myth versus reality If the Augustinians, Franciscans, Dominicans and Recollects were mostly evil like Damaso, how was Spain able to hold PH for 350 years with a ridiculously low occupying army? EXACTLY a year ago when Pope Francis visited the Philippines, Carlos Celdran, who claims to be a culture and history guide for tourists and heritage buffs, made a public appeal for the Pope to intervene in his civil case for “offending reli...