Pastoral Message of Archbishop Socrates B Villegas My dear People of God in the Archdiocese of Lingayen Dagupan: Today, we stand at the threshold of 2026. As the world celebrates a new calendar year, we as a local Church stand…
Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas has recently published a 232-page book of homilies delivered during the COVID19 lockdown months entitled “Where is HE?”–Blessings from Distance and Absence. The book is available at the CSI Malls, at selected Catholic book stores and…
HOLY THURSDAY REFLECTIONS FOR MY BROTHER PRIESTS, 2025 We will remember again later this evening what the Lord did and said in the Upper Room the night before He suffered and died. This is my Body. This is my Blood.…
I am sure you know at least one person who has left the Church due to a hurtful experience within it. This individual, once identifying as Catholic, has abandoned their religion because of disappointment with a priest or with people…
WHEN PRIESTS CRY… Meditation by Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas, Archbishop of Lingayen Dagupan, on the occasion of Chrism Mass on March 28, 2024 at the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist, Dagupan City Beloved brothers in Christ:…
The story of Zechariah is our story as well. Zechariah received a blessing. We all have been blessed at one point or another in the past. After Zechariah received the blessing, his response was doubt. His response was fear. His…
Once in a while, we come across children who have plenty of toys and children’s books, and yet go to their parents and say, “I am bored.” We see college students shifting from one course to another, not knowing what…
The other day, a mother came to me, lamenting, “Father, I can’t believe it. All my children accepted the invitation of my sister to go with her family to the beach for the weekend. This is the first time this…
Such a short phrase. There are strictly speaking three words, but said fast sound like only three syllables. Yet they carry so much weight. Imagine a scene in a public utility bus: A woman accidentally hit on the head by…
One day as I sat in the sister’s quarters living room waiting for someone who had made an appointment to see me, I had a chance to appreciate the 80-gallon aquarium we have a the EDSA Shrine. I realized that…
MY DIAMOND SISTER Seventy-Five Years of Blessings by Soc B. Villegas She was born on the feast of lights, a day called purification When Christ was brought to the temple for His presentation Pateros church was aglow for the candles’…
All of us have problems to solve. All of us have doubts to clarify. All of us have burdens to unload. Some have more than others. Still all of us have problems and difficulties. There are three ways to solve…