You must have heard of Catholics who are no longer Catholics. You must have heard of former Catholics who are no longer believe in God. You must have heard about the sins and transgressions of priests, of bishops, of cardinals and even of the Pope. I am certain that you must have also heard about cases of sexual misconduct, abuse of minors, priest fathers, corruption in the church, political…

Jesus showed them His hands and His feet. And those hands and those feet have holes. They have wounds. So, when the evangelist said – He showed them His hands and His feet. It was like saying – He showed them His wounds. Was He the only one wounded? Hindi po. The Lord had wounds in His Hands, and His feet but the disciples hiding in fear were also wounded in their souls. Not just physical wounds.…

If it is an event, the summer fiesta of our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag is guided by several guideposts. This is the fiesta of 2021, the 500th anniversary of the first mass and the first baptism on our islands. This is the fiesta of our Lady, on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of the Dies Natalis (or birth into the eternal life of Saint Dominic), of the death anniversary of St. Dominic.…

Many of us are searching for Jesus. We want to meet Jesus. We want to know Jesus. We want to follow Jesus. There are so many who say they have found Jesus. There are so many who say they have found the Lord. Jesus is my Lord. Jesus is my friend. Jesus is my God. Jesus is my savior. Jesus is my redeemer. Jesus is everything to me. But how can you really find God? At the moment of His death, there…

The disciples asked the Lord, “Teach us how to pray?”. And you can repeat the same request to Father Dexter. Father Dexter, “Teach us how to pray?”. Because the most important contribution that we Christians can bring to the world is the power of prayer. We might not be able to build… We might not be able to organize… We might not be able to give food to all the hungry people… But we can always…

Thank you, Father Jerome, for the invitation to join you in this novena preparation for Our Lady of Peace. It feels good to be here. And I was asked- Did you miss the EDSA shrine? I said no. Because I had carried the EDSA shrine wherever I went. Wherever I went, whether the church sent me to Balanga or to Lingayen Dagupan, I carried the spirit at EDSA with me, and that is why there is no sense…

There is a Hero within You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSdETaPOi4s%5B/embedyt%5D The second Sunday of Lent is always Transfiguration Sunday. And the Gospel is always about Jesus on Mount Tabor and Moses and Elijah confirming that Jesus is God.  Yun lang po ang summary ng transfiguration.  Bakit may transfiguration?  Bakit may pagbabagong anyo?  Kasi si Hesus ay Diyos.    Pwede ba tayong magkaroon ng…

Very Reverend Father Gilbert Sales, CICM, brothers and sisters in Christ: Thank you Father Gilbert Sales, CICM and the faculty of Saint Louis University in Baguio City for this unexpected and undeserved honor. I can now say with pride that I am an alumnus of this university. I am still asking why SLU decided to include me in your list of honorary degree recipients. I suppose you know that…