Quiapo Church elevated as ‘Archdiocesan Shrine of the Black Nazarene’
The St. John the Baptist Parish or Quiapo Church has been elevated to the status of an archdiocesan shrine.
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If we could only readily welcome God in our life
This awareness and conviction of this truth of our faith is necessary for us, since we cannot deny that in our life we will encounter all sorts of challenges, difficulties and temptations and sin, and we should just know how to handle them properly. A healthy spirit of abandonment in God’s hands is necessary even as we exhaust all possible human means to achieve our goals or simply to tackle all the challenges, trials and predicaments of our life. We set out to pursue a goal, we have to follow certain rules, we are given some means, tools and instruments, we are primed to win and we do our best, but losses can come, and yet, we just have to move on.
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“Save yourselves from this perverse generation”
My flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.” (Ps 63,1) We have to reassure ourselves that such effort will always be rewarded a hundredfold by God himself who cannot be outdone in generosity. Remember Christ’s words: “Everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or wife or children or field for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.” (Mt 19,29) We have to learn how to seek and find God in all things, big and small, and in all occasions and situations, good and bad. If we have to use the divine logic, we should first learn to seek and find God in the little things of each day before we can find him in the big things, and in the very ordinary, routine things before we can see him especially in the most trying moments of our life.
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Godparents are to be ‘models’ of faith, not gift-givers — Cardinal Tagle
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has reminded parents to choose godparents for their child who responsibly witness their faith.
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FULL TEXT: Pope Francis’ ‘Urbi et Orbi’ message for Easter 2024
Today throughout the world there resounds the message proclaimed two thousand years ago from Jerusalem: “Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified, has been raised!” (Mk 16:6).
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Pope Francis on Easter: May the risen Christ open a path of peace in the Holy Land
In his Easter Sunday blessing, Pope Francis asked the risen Lord to open paths of peace in the Holy Land, Ukraine, and all regions of the world suffering from war and violence.
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Pope Francis at Easter Vigil: Christ ‘is the one who brings us from darkness into light’
Pope Francis on Saturday evening presided over the Easter Vigil Mass at Saint Peter’s Basilica, reflecting on the gravity of Easter as a symbol of God’s reborn hope and the ultimate testament…
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FULL TEXT: Pope Francis’ reflections for ‘Via Crucis’ 2024
Here’s the full text of the Pope Francis’ meditations for the Way of the Cross for Good Friday, March 29, 2024:
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Pope Francis skips Via Crucis in Rome while tens of thousands pray his meditations
In an apparent last-minute decision, Pope Francis skipped the Way of the Cross ceremony held at
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Pope Francis celebrates Good Friday liturgy at the Vatican
During the Good Friday liturgy at the Vatican, presided over by Pope Francis, the papal preacher reflected on the triumph of the cross, noting that it is an event that changed the universal percept…
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‘Deep cross and resurrection’: Paschal mystery and the cosmos
I grew up in a rural parish of Oslob, in the southernmost part of the island of Cebu. As a young boy, I followed all the rituals of the Holy Week.
