Pope Francis says: the beauty of consecration is JOY. Joy, is the greatest expression of life in Christ and the “greatest witness we can offer the holy people of God whom we are called to serve and accompany on their pilgrimage toward the encounter with the Father.” Pope Francis noted that: “To be with Jesus…
LENT is the time granted us by the Lord to be renewed, to nurture our interior life and to journey towards Easter, towards the things that do not pass away, towards the reward we are to receive from the Father. ( Pope Francis @Pontifex )
I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall be ever in my mouth.Let my soul glory in the LORD; the lowly will hear me and be glad.
(By: J. Veltri, sj) I enter into a retreat seeking a deeper knowledge and faith that GOD wants to communicate personally with me, no matter where I have been or how closed I have been in the past. This is a tme of disengagement – because I recognize that we are rhythmic creatures needing activity…
Laudato Si Week : May 16-25 Our insistence that each human being is an image of God should not make us overlook the fact that each creature has its own purpose. None is superfluous. The entire material universe speaks of God’s love, his boundless affection for us. Soil, water, mountains: everything is, as it were,…
During this time of Laudato Si Week (May 16 – 25) I am featuring the beauty of Mapanuepe Lake. It is a Lahar-dammed type lake located in the Province of Zambales. So blessed to have visited this place, though the story behind its not that good since it only developed following the eruption of Mt.…
The Psalms frequently exhort us to praise God the Creator, “who spread out the earth on the waters, for his steadfast love endures for ever” (Ps 136:6). They also invite other creatures to join us in this praise: “Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all you shining stars! Praise him, you highest heavens, and…
Dear Brothers and Sisters, in our continuing catechesis on Christian prayer we now consider the Church herself as a great school of prayer. Our parents, who first taught us to pray, planted within us a seed that matures through our experience of the Christian life. Through the example of other men and women of faith,…
Pope Francis says: Whenever we pray, we find ourselves immersed in a great stream of past, present and future intercession for the needs of individuals and of the whole world, for we pray together with all the saints in the communion of the Body of Christ which is the Church. The saints – this great…
Happy Easter to you ALL! Pope Francis says: The first Easter message that I would offer you: “it is always possible to begin anew because there is a new life that God can awaken in us in spite of all our failures. “From the rubbles of our hearts”, God can create a work of art;…
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