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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Holy Week is memorial of God’s mercy, says Manila archbishop
On Palm Sunday, the head of Manila’s Roman Catholic Church told the faithful to look at Holy Week as a “special time to experience God’s mercy”.
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Taking up our cross
As we once again celebrate the paschal mystery—the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus—our thoughts usually focus on the cross even if the climax of Jesus’ story is his rising from the dead.…
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Memories of the Holy Week
Holy Week begins with the celebration of Palm Sunday and ends when the Mass of Holy Saturday begins.
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Pasig bishop lauds scrapping of PAREx project
A Catholic bishop has described the scrapping of the planned P95-billion expressway along the Pasig River a ‘welcome development’.
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A paradigm of greed
The long list of local communities devastated by calamities is getting longer by the day.
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Pope Francis highlights importance of prudence, calls for end to war
Pope Francis on Wednesday reflected on the virtue of prudence, noting that it is an essential characteristic
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New Alaminos bishop: ‘Let us build this Church together’
Bishop Napoleon Sipalay formally assumed the role of the new shepherd of Alaminos on Tuesday, assuring a diocese that “walks side by side” with the people.
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New Alaminos bishop to build his ministry on mercy
Alaminos’ new shepherd was ordained to the episcopate on Monday and gave insight into what he finds important and inspiring: compassion, love and mercy.
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GOMBURZA: An insider’s view
“Salamat po sa JesCom sa pagsusugal sa akin (Thank you to JesCom for taking a risk on me).” That was the opening line of Cedric Juan as he accepted the “Best Actor” award at the Metro Manila FilmFest’s Gabi ng Parangal. Jesuit schools here and abroad had been complaining that for their orientation sessions for freshmen students, they were still showing an old biopic of Ignatius, founder of the Jesuits and patron of all our schools, which was in Spanish and in black-and-white. He would rather produce the formulaic ones (e.g., rom-com, horror) which have actually dumbed down the masses, like the so-called “bomba” films of the 70s which Marcos used to distract the populace from his abuses.
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Not to abolish, but to fulfil
Reading Matthew 5:17-20, it dawned on me that Jesus’s words “Do not presume that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to fulfil” represent a pivotal moment in salvation history. But try asking the average churchgoer (your pew-mate at Mass, for instance) to name the most important events in the life of Jesus and chances are “Christmas” will be the most popular reply, followed by “Christmas and Holy Week”. While spectacular celebrations and commemorations mark Christmas and Holy Week in our society, I believe a deeper understanding of Matthew 5:17-20, can greatly enrich the faithful’s appreciation of Jesus’s mission, inspire us to live out His teachings in daily life, and gently bring back love in a world on the brink of self-destruction.
