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Church Annulment Requirements of the Diocese of San Pablo

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Rev. Fr. Ricardo de Luna, the judicial vicar of the Diocese of San Pablo have replenish with copy of this documents to help out those who seek for annulment in the Catholic Church. I have to transcribed it here for the digital form. Please be careful not to substitute annulment with divorce. Annulment is a process from which their is a valid result that the marriage validity is defective since the beginning. In reality there is no marriage really that took place. An annulment is a declaration by a Church tribunal (a Catholic church court) that a marriage thought to be valid according to Church law actually fell short of at least one of the essential elements required for a binding union. A valid Catholic marriage results from five elements: (1) the spouses are free to marry; (2) they freely exchange their consent; (3) in consenting to marry, they have the intention to marry for life, to be faithful to one another and be open to children; (4) they intend the good of each oth...

Daily Readings Application

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We cannot access web browsers through our phones and devices and not all sites are accessible through gadgets. Not all sites are ready to be accessed through phones and gadgets, it was good that blogger.com is equipped to let your blog accessed by the smartphone devices minus the sidebars, Aside from United States Catholic Bishop's Conference website . I have found out one of the application that can be accessed is the Daily Readings of the celebration of the Mass. Simple but elegant. If you just simply want to read the readings of the day, this will suit you. It includes the saint of the day.

New Missal Application

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Reflecting on the Catholic presence on the net, I stumble upon on many application for the Eucharistic celebration.  Here is one, called as New Missal. It contains the new Roman Missal guide for the celebration for the Mass including the responses and several options we used. However, it would be better if the options were pull down to lessen distractions. It includes reading of the day. It automatically load the reading of the day, just of the day. It includes three reflections, first from Creighton.edu , a Creighton University's University Relations; second, from One Bread,  One Body from Presentation Ministries . and thirdly reflection from Passionist.Org , this one does not load, presumable bad link, I have check Passionist website on their reflection and it is working well.

CBCP Statement for the CATHOLIC RESPONSE TO THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO RALLIES

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Sons and Daughters of the Church, Citizens of the Republic Catholic Response To The Iglesia Ni Cristo Rallies What do we Catholics do as our brothers and sisters of the Iglesia ni Cristo throng around the EDSA Shaw area? We, your bishops, offer you these guidelines: 1. PRAY WITHOUT CEASING for a peaceful and just resolution of the present dispute, in a manner both pleasing to God and in conformity with the democratic convictions enunciated in our Constitution. 2. BE CHARITABLE AT ALL TIMES AND IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES. Jesus, the Lord, willed His disciples to be known by their love. No Catholic should fan the flames of dissension by rumor-mongering and by inflammatory statements. Let all be kind in disposition, respectful in speech and prudent in action. 3. SEEK ENLIGHTENMENT. We appeal to our Catholic lawyers, jurists and law professors to contribute to the on-going discourse in a constructive manner, without condemnation. We seek to be enlightened on what the f...

Woe to you Hypocrites!

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GOSPEL REFLECTION 22nd Sunday In Ordinary Time (B) Sunday, 30th August 2015 by Rev. Fr. Allen Baclor Abadines READINGS: First Reading: Deuteronomy 4:1-2,6-8 Moses said to the people: “Now, Israel, hear the statutes and decrees which I am teaching you to observe, that you may live, and may enter in and take possession of the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.  In your observance of the commandments of the LORD, your God, which I enjoin upon you, you shall not add to what I command you nor subtract from it.  Observe them carefully, for thus will you give evidence of your wisdom and intelligence to the nations, who will hear of all these statutes and say, ‘This great nation is truly a wise and intelligent people.’ For what great nation is there that has gods so close to it as the LORD, our God, is to us whenever we call upon him?  Or what great nation has statutes and decrees that are as jus...

Do you have Sore Eyes?

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Sorry to tell you but yes I do. I do have sore eyes, I have been careful not to rub my eyes but the itchiness is too tense that I rigorously rub my eyes yesterday morning. i was able to attend the Vicarial meeting with the priests in the Vicariate of the Holy Family in Pacita Complex. I hope I have not infected them with this virus. Priests present were Frs. Jaime Niego, Boy Ti, OSA, Ric Pajutan, Reggie Mamaril, Jessie Somosierra and Monsignor Rey Agramon. Frs. Reggie Pia, OSJ and David Reyes were not able to attend because of some conflict in their schedule. After the meeting. I proceeded to Sta. Rosa, Laguna, St. Rose of Lima parish to visit Monsignor Eser Taguilaso. Last Sunday was the feast day of St. Rose of Lima, the patron saint of the parish where he is assigned to visit him and to bid a birthday wish, today is his birthday. I arrived there to see other priests of the diocese. Spent some moment wit...