Sto. Niño (a reflection): 3rd Sunday of January
Is. 9:1-6; Eph. 1:3-6, 15-18 Mt. 18:1-5, 10. Why did God enter our country in the image of the Holy Child? What is his message to us? In Mt. 18:3-4 we read, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles…
Read MoreLECTIO DIVINA 2nd Sun. in Ord. Time C. Jn. 2:1-11
Invoking the Holy Spirit We invoke the Holy Spirit using the words of St. Augustine. Come, Holy Spirit, by whom every devout soul, who believe in Christ, is sanctified to become a citizen of the City of God! (en. Ps. 45:8) Come, Holy Spirit, grant that we receive the motions of God, put in…
Read MoreObituary: Sr. Ma. Fortunata Gayumale Gaspillo, A.R.
Let us pray for the eternal repose of the soul of Sr. Ma. Fortunata Gayumale Gaspillo, A.R. who died at 7:55 A.M. today. Sr. Ma. Fortunata was born on June 28, 1936, and has spent 57 years in Religious Life. She was the daughter of Pedro T. Gaspillo and Fortunata V. Gayumale. Her younger sister, Mo.…
Read MoreInvitation: FIESTA DE LA NUESTRA SEÑORA del CARMEN de SAN SEBASTIAN
Dungaw 2019: Meeting of King and Queen of Quiapo
MANILA—The annual Traslación of the image of Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno showcased the fervent faith of the Filipino devotees to Jesus Chirst. Traslación was a commemoration of the transfer of the image of the Black Nazarene from the Augustinian Recollect church of San Nicolas de Tolentino in Intramuros, Manila to its present shrine in Quiapo,…
Read MoreSebastinians’ Panata: Clean SSC-R surroundings
MANILA– Some members of the Sebastinian Community had their PANATA 2019 to the Poong Nazareno, not by joining the annual Traslacion, but by voluntarily cleaning the areas surrounding the San Sebastian College – Recoletos, Manila. Fr. Tony Limchaypo, OAR, VP for Student Welfare, led the group in the said activity which started around 5:00 am.…
Read MoreRomanillos rebuts ‘Myths and Miracles of the Nazareno de Quiapo’
MANILA—A retired UP professor and full-bloodied Church historian, Prof. Emmanuel Luis A. Romanillos has written an article—and published yesterday the “Part I” of which in his Facebook account—that rebuts the several points brought out by Audrey B. Morallo and Lito B. Zulueta in their essay, “Myths and Miracles of the Nazareno de Quiapo,” that saw…
Read MoreTwo new missionaries sent to Sierra Leone
Provincial Curia, QUEZON CITY—“We are all missionaries…” These were the words of Fray Dionisio Selma, OAR, Prior Provincial, during the send-off Mass for two new and young missionaries to Sierra Leone. As the Catholic Church in the Philippines celebrates the Feast of the Black Nazarene, an image brought to the Philippines by Augustinian Recollect missionaries…
Read MoreLECTIO DIVINA: BAPTISM OF THE LORD
Translated by Fray Hubert Dunstan Decena, OAR Lk. 3:15-16, 21-22 A. Invoking the Holy Spirit We invoke the Holy Spirit using the words of St. Augustine. Come, Holy Spirit, by whom every devout soul, who believe in Christ, is sanctified to become a citizen of the City of God! (en. Ps. 45:8) Come, Holy…
Read MoreDungaw 2019
MANILA–Part of the celebration of the Traslacion 2019, the image of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel de San Sebastian will meet the image of Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno, or the Black Nazarene, as the procession passes through San Sebastian Basilica. This is one of the highlights of the Traslacion, the meeting of the two venerated…
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