Vocation: Grace and Mission Grace and mission: a gift and a task Dear brothers and sisters, vocation is a gift and a task, a source of new life and true joy. May the initiatives of prayer and of activity associated with this Day strengthen an awareness of vocation within our families, our parish communities, our…
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
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…
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 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 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)
Lent is like a long “retreat” in which we can turn back into ourselves and listen to God’s voice in order to overcome the temptations of the Evil One and to find the truth of our existence.— Benedict XVI
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…
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…
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