Am I really loved?
Any grade four child when asked – What is the center of the solar system? – will give you an answer, the sun. The sun is the center or our solar system. But what is the center of the cosmos?…
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How can Lent be holy?
Those among us who have observed many Lents in our lives would readily understand that this is a season for giving up. Today is a day of fasting. For 18 years old to 59 years old catholics, there is an…
Homily 50th Anniversary of the Ordination to the Priesthood of:
Monsignor Felipe Magno Matias
Monsignor Roberto Chua Mejia
Monsignor Diosdado Padilla Posadas
Ordained on the 28th of November 1970 by St. Paul VI, Pope
My dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ. It is obviously a very beautiful day. Fifty years ago, Monsignor Pmat, Monsignor Bobby, Monsignor Dading received ordination from the hands of St. Paul VI. Coincidentally 25 years ago, Monsignor Lan was invested…
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WHAT IS THE ANTIDOTE TO SIN?
The gospel is about fraternal correction. Why should we correct? So that we can restore what has been broken? Why do we correct? So that we can heal what has been wounded because we want the community to be whole.…
Moving Forward…Keeping the Faith
Easter peace and joy! From the very start of this COVID-19 pandemic, you were well aware of my reluctance to decree the prohibition of Masses with a congregation as a way to stem the tide of the pandemic. Pastoral…
A REVOLUTION OF GRACE
It was a holy silent resistance. This is our revolution, without violence, without force, with God alone and only by the power of His love.
Lonely and Afraid
Since March, when the quarantine was imposed on us—let’s call spade a spade—we have been living in fear, we are afraid to get sick, we are afraid for our loved ones to get sick, we are afraid to die, and…
Honesty, Humility, Holocaust
Our experiences today are different from the story of the Resurrection of Jesus. Although they are different, there are also some similarities. First, when did they see a corpse that rose and ate, but is not a ghost? When did…
Broken Dreams, Shattered Hopes
All of us are dreamers but if I may add, all of us are broken dreamers. We have dreamt many dreams and we have seen many of our dreams shattered, destroyed, crushed. Over the passage of time, we know that…
God is Doing Nothing?
My mother taught me about God. My mother taught me that God created all things, living or non-living. I remember when I was a child, I asked my mother, “Nay, why are there mosquitoes? Why did God create flies? Why…
Priests in the Pandemic
Let this be among us brothers in priestly ministry. With sadness and regret, the COVID-19 scare seems to have affected the better pastoral judgment and apostolic fire of some of us, including priests and bishops unfortunately. The virus is…