Homily 35th Canonical Coronation of Our Lady of Penafrancia de Manila
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The Voice
Today is called Good Shepherd’s Sunday. The sheep and the shepherd know each other. How does the shepherd talk to the sheep? How does the sheep make known its needs to the shepherd? They understand each other. The sheep know…
The Void and It’s Pain
I have been often asked by friends and some of you, “When is your most memorable and happiest day as a priest?” and I have replied “Everyday.” Indeed it is. These past days, I have been going through my most…
What is God Telling Us
What is God telling us as the dengue epidemic continues to kill our children and our loved ones? What is God telling us as the pangs of polio surface again after being declared extinct years ago? What is God telling…
The Power of Words and Actions
There is a Jewish parable of a mischievous and unruly boy who could not be corrected by his parents, teachers, principal, even by the police. No matter what they told him, threats about punishment, even imprisonment, he would not relent…
I Miss Your Light
Lead kindly, light. Lead me, dear light. I am far from home and Nanay is gone. Nanay, you always had a word to give me light back then. As a boy, as a priest, as a bishop, you always…
SIXTY AND UNSURE
Sᴏᴄʀᴀᴛᴇs B. Vɪʟʟᴇɢᴀs Sᴇᴘᴛᴇᴍʙᴇʀ 28, 2020 I ᴀᴍ sɪxᴛʏ ʏᴇᴀʀs ᴏʟᴅ ᴀɴᴅ I ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ɢᴏ, ᴜɴsᴜʀᴇ ᴏғ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ; ɢʀᴏᴘɪɴɢ ғᴏʀ ʀᴇʟᴇᴠᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴇᴀɴɪɴɢ. I ᴡᴀs sᴜʀᴇʀ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ; ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ I ᴍᴜsᴛ ɢᴏ; ʜᴏᴡ…
LIKE THE STARS FOREVER
(Dan 12:3) Funeral of Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz Saint John the Evangelist Cathedral, Dagupan City August 28, 2020 The prophet Daniel said: “Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, others…
A REVOLUTION OF GRACE
Closing Mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of Manaoag on August 5, 2020 for the Twenty One Days of Prayer for National Healing Jesus said “Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No,…
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
The fable of the boiling frog from an anonymous wise man runs like this: If you drop a frog in a pot of boiling water, it will of course frantically try to clamber out. But if you place it gently…
ALL WHO TAKE THE SWORD WILL PERISH BY THE SWORD
(Matthew 26:52) Pastoral Guidance on the Anti Terror Bill Dear brothers and sisters in the Church of Lingayen Dagupan: As a pastor, I too am dismayed by what terrorists have done throughout the world and in the Philippines. After all,…
THE SHUTDOWN OF ABS CBN
OFFICIAL ENGLISH VERSION OF THE TAGALOG STATEMENT ON ABSCBN SHUTDOWN I join those who lament the shutdown of an institution in Philippine media — ABS-CBN. These are critical times in the nation’s history. People need to be informed. People need…