EASTER SUNDAY in Rome

LOVE is most powerful today… Alleluia! the LORD is Risen. Veramente il Signore e risorto… Just as everyone loves to see the sun shining brightly on Easter Sunday… so as the dark clouds loves to stay near the sun. But this did not stop me to go out and be with the people, the pilgrims…

SCALA SANTA or Holy Stairs

All year long especially during Lenten season pilgrims in Rome also flocked at SCALA SANTA or HOLY STAIRS doing the tradition to climb up the stairs on the knees. So, one day during the Holy Week in order to pray the ascend solemnly i went early in the morning to avoid chaos. I am lucky…

The HOLY SHROUD of Turin “Santa Sindoni”

It has been a long time dream to see the HOLY SHROUD or SINDONI and so when I first heard of the 2015 Exposition I prayed that I may be given a chance to visit.  The grace came when a group of Filipinos in Rome organized a pilgrimage in Turin.    2015 Exposition is only…

The COLUMN

The COLUMN  of Flagellation which is believed to be the pillar to which Christ was tied and scourged before the crucifixion can be found at the Basilica of Santa Prassede.  It was said that this was given to Constantinople by the Papal Legate Giovanni Colonna, theTitular Cardinal of Santa Prassede in 1223.  The Basilica is…

Joyful Kids

 Pope Francis says:   “CHILDREN are a gift to parents and society, they are the joy of the family”.              So much gratitude for all the little ones in the world and most specially in my own family.  Everytime I thought of them they made me smile and feel at peace. The short time I stayed with…

A Work in Progress

Journeying towards Easter brought me back to the Lenten message of Pope Francis: “Lent is a new beginning, a path leading to the certain goal of Easter, Christ’s victory over death. This season urgently calls us to conversion and its a favorable season for deepening our spiritual life through the means of sanctification offered us by…