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Last Sunday, the third Sunday of Lent, our Gospel of Jesus and the Samaritan woman in Jacob's well. Where is the present day Samaritan? Where is the present day Sychar? Where is that well called Jacob's well. Is the well still there or where it was situated. During our Holy Land Pilgrimage last November in celebration with the Golden Jubilee of the Diocese of San Pablo, we visited many places but more were not included such as the well of Jacob.  The Fountain of Jacob associated with ancient religious tradition as our Gospel of the third week of lent have narrated which is the place of encounter with the Samaritan woman and Jesus and later on with the neighbors and town's folk of the said woman, is presently situated according to the experts is situated a short distance from the archaeological site of Tell Balata.Tell Balata  is the site of the remains of an ancient Canaanite/Israelite[1] city located in the Palestinian West Bank.The site is listed by UNESCO as...

As the school years has already begun and the school classes normalizes, we also tried to bring spiritual assistance to the students and teacher by having the Holy Spirit Mass. Asking God for His continual protection and care as well as guidance so that we might be wise enough to use the gift of intelligence. Yesterday, along with the catechists of the parish, we celebrated the Holy Mass in the Adelina 1 Elementary School students and teachers. As the Gospel of the day suggests (MT 9:1-8) we pray to get rid of the evil spirit in this world. Christ himself have taught us the power of prayer and the power of prayer of the humble ones like the little children. Teaching children about our faith is a tough one, all catechist and parents experience that difficulty. Yet, we have to remind ourselves that it is a part of our duty to get rid of the evil spirit comes first from the conversion of the heart on the belief that only through the power of our Lord Jesus Christ we can drive evil ...