Macau hosted a grand celebration of choral artistry during the 7th Macau International Choir Festival and Competition (Cantata Macau) from November 29 to December 1, 2024. Among the many highlights of the event was the Award and Recognition given to Fr. Leo G. Alaras, OAR, as the arranger of the festival’s official theme song, Music…
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“We eat not to get full but to share.” These were the words that stuck in my head after overhearing a group of women discussing the food shortage in Cuba. At first, I didn’t understand it because what I used to know was that we eat to satisfy our hunger, to get full, and then…
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Interview with Fr. Enrique Eguiarte, OAR31 January 2024Rome, Italy It’s still dark, with near zero temperature. His head warmed in a bonnet and hands in mittens, he hauls in the day’s newspaper and emptied garbage bin before going out again for his daily jog, a practice that goes back decades. Sometimes I meet him in…
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“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God…” (Matthew 5:9) Jesus brought peace among us by his birth. His life was a counterculture of the wars and power struggles in his lifetime, affecting mostly the tranquility of people’s lives. What is peace? We speak of peace because there are many conflicts,…
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Is. 9:1-6; Eph. 1:3-6, 15-18Mt. 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 himself…
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The Lord is truly kind, merciful, and generous—much more than any human being can be. Let me share my personal experience of how the Lord, in His goodness, generosity, and compassion, granted me healing and divine wellness, through the powerful intercession of St. Ezekiel Moreno. Three years ago, I was diagnosed with stage-three colon cancer.…
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Epilogue
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Agutaya, Linapacan, and back to Casian
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Cuyo and Agutaya 17 May, Wednesday At 2 am, I was awake. The night was absolutely still, there were a few stars. Prayed the rosary from the balcony of our common room, facing, across the courtyard below, an image of the Crucified Jesus. Four of us took an early morning dip, while Fr. Notnot was…
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Journal of a pilgrimage to Recollect legacy in Palawan, 15 -19 May Deliver us from our wretched wanderings, our miserable mistakes, and establish us in Your way and comfort us, and say: Run, I”ll carry you, yes, and there also will I carry you” (St. Augustine, Conf., 6,26) Nota Previa: Almost a decade ago, in…
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