Anticipated Mass Link November 7, 2020
Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time 5 PM | November 7, 2020 Most Rev. Socrates B. Villegas, D.D Click on Link – Full Mass Link Homily
Category Personal Blog
Wounded
Lord, I am wounded. You alone can soothe me. I am wounded in this battle. I am hurt by the enemies. I smile. I laugh as I cry inside. I am longing for Your deliverance. I long for Your assurance.…
Love and Disappointment
What Really Matters
When we remove the support we are leaning on, when we can no longer wear our favorite clothes, when we can no longer eat our favorite food and cannot go near our BFF (best friend forever), or when the decoration…
San Carlos Borromeo Feast Day Message
Brothers, my dear friends in San Carlos Borromeo and the Lord Jesus Christ. We have come together to celebrate the Feast of Saint Charles under the shadow of a pandemic worldwide. You can look at it that way. But we…
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…
Mary Help of Christians
The traditional image of Mary Help of Christians is the Blessed Virgin clutching her infant Son near her heart. Carrying a scepter on her right hand and the Christ Child on her left, Mother and Son both wear a crown…
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…