PEACE

Those who have learned and exercise the art of peace are called children of God, they know that there is no reconciliation without the gift of one’s own life, and that peace must always be sought,” Pope Francis

CHRIST is Risen!

Excerpt URBI ET ORBI 2022: Today, more than ever, we hear echoing the Easter proclamation so dear to the Christian East: “Christ is risen! He is truly risen!” Today, more than ever, we need him, at the end of a Lent that has seemed endless. We emerged from two years of pandemic, which took a…

LENTEN Journey

During this Lenten season, let us pray by looking at the Crucified Lord. Let us open our hearts to the touching tenderness of God, and in his wounds place our own wounds and those of our world. ( Pope Francis @Pontifex)

LENT is a journey…

Lent is a journey of healing, to live each day with a renewed spirit, a different “style”. Prayer, charity and fasting are aids to this: they restore us to a living relationship with God, our brothers and sisters, and ourselves. (Pope Francis @Pontifex)

LENT is a favourable time…

LENT is a favourable time to seek out – and not to avoid – those in need; to reach out – and not to ignore – those who need a sympathetic ear and a good word; to visit – and not to abandon – those who are lonely. (Pope Francis @Pontifex)

Super Typhoon ODETTE

Thousands of people were badly affected by the typhoon Odette last December 16, 2021. It brought destructions to many families, homes, livelihoods and properties in some parts of Visayas and Mindanao particularly in Surigao del Norte. My family, friends and relatives were victims of the wrath of the super typhoon. Three weeks after, I went…

PSALM 100

Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his ; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with…