Aʀᴄʜʙɪsʜᴏᴘ Sᴏᴄʀᴀᴛᴇs B. Vɪʟʟᴇɢᴀs Hᴀᴛɪɴɢ ɢᴀʙɪ ɴᴀ Pᴀɴɢɪɴᴏᴏɴ ᴀᴋᴏʏ’ ɢɪsɪɴɢ ᴘᴀ ʀɪɴ Kᴜʟᴀɴɢ ᴀɴɢ ᴍᴀɢʜᴀᴘᴏɴ ᴍᴀʏ ᴋᴜʟᴀɴɢ sᴀ ᴘᴀɴɪɴɢɪɴ Tᴀᴘᴏs ɴᴀ ᴀɴɢ ʜᴀᴘᴜɴᴀɴ ᴘᴀᴛɪ ɴᴀ ᴀɴɢ ᴘᴀɴᴀʟᴀɴɢɪɴ Mᴀʟᴜɴɢᴋᴏᴛ ᴀɴɢ ᴋᴀʟᴏᴏʙᴀɴ ᴜʟɪʟᴀ ᴀɴɢ ᴅᴀᴍᴅᴀᴍɪɴ. Kᴀʏ ʟᴜɴɢᴋᴏᴛ ɴɢ ᴘᴜsᴏ ᴋᴏ, ᴀɴɢ ɪsɪᴘ…
Holy Thursday Thoughts During COVID19 DO IT BEST BY DOING NOTHING Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas Holy Thursday Mass without washing of the feet? Holy Thursday without the altar of repose and succeeding visita Iglesia? Holy Thursday without the parishioners? Has…
Our Priesthood and the Corona Virus AT HOME AND IN EXILE Fraternal Message to his brother priests on Holy Thursday 2020 by Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas Dearly beloved brother priests in Lingayen Dagupan: It is Holy Thursday. It is the…
The popular name of today is Palm Sunday. The liturgical name is Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion. It is both palm and passion. In the Mass today, we hear the crowd shout Hosanna to the Son of David (Palm…
Pastoral Message for the Archdiocese of Lingayen Dagupan on Celebrating Masses without the People I have been often asked by friends and some of you, “When is my most memorable and happiest day as a priest?’ and I have replied “Everyday”. Indeed…
Pastoral Message for the Archdiocese of Lingayen Dagupan Archbishop Socrates B Villegas March 10, 2020 The epidemic of godless fear of the unknown is spreading and we must return to the basics of our Catholic faith. Let us not leave…
Ash Wednesday which opens the season of Lent gives us a good occasion to reflect on the value and importance of sobriety, silence and self-restraint in the pursuit of holiness of life. In particular, let us review the practice of…
When I was accused falsely, I prayed for my false accusers. When I was asked to submit my reply to the charges, I prayed for light and guidance. As my kind lawyers helped me through the legal process, I always…
Where is God in the earthquakes and typhoons? Where is God in the ash fall and floods? Where is God in the eruption of volcanoes? Where is God in these calamities of nature? Are these punishments? Are these acts of…
Out of the depths I cry to You, O Lord… When You were blasphemed and cursed, Lord, and then I stood up to tell the children it was wrong, was I wrong? When the Pope was cursed and the people…