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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The Eucharist: Christ’s empowering and transforming gift
Holy Thursday, Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper, Year A (Jn 13:1-15) April 13, 2017
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The repackaging of Semana Santa
The chanting of the Passion of the Lord also took considerable time–especially on Good Friday when three priests (unless there were three deacons) would chant the lengthy narrative according to John — and because not every priest can carry a tune with dignity, many congregations had to bear with the warbling of some priests who would chant their lines two or three flats away from the assigned key! There was of course much to watch because the rites of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and the Easter Vigil are replete with symbolism, and popular devotion has added even more elements catering to the sentimental side of Filipino religiosity: taking the dead Jesus down from the Cross, and the Santo Entierro…the statue of the interred Jesus in a glass casket, and then the Salubong, the apocryphal but theologically defensible dramatization of the encounter between the Risen Jesus and his Mother! When the devout give a whole morning to adorning the Altar of Repose that is used on Maundy Thursday, when those who play the role of apostles are moved to loathing for their sins as they take part in the ritual of the washing of the feet, when someone kneels in genuine remembrance of the death of the Lord, as the words are uttered: “And he gave up his spirit”, Semana Santa is alive and thriving.
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Kidapawan bishop to new priests: ‘Walk with your people’
Priests should live a life close to their people – just like Jesus did.
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‘No one can hide from God,’ bishop warns amid drug killings
In a stark warning, a Catholic bishop said those perpetrating…
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Palm Sunday, a reminder of ‘connection’ to Christ
On Palm Sunday, Palo Archbishop John Forrosuelo Du called on the
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Pope prays for victims of attack on Coptic church in Egypt
After a bomb blast killed over 20 people and wounded several others during Palm Sunday celebrations in Egypt, Pope Francis voiced his closeness to the Coptic nation, and prayed for those who perpet…
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The Way of the Cross
We are about to recall the suffering and death of our Lord on the cross.Why did he suffer and die? What is the meaning of his death on the cross?
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This Holy Week, look for Jesus in those who suffer, Pope says
On Palm Sunday Pope Francis said that as Holy Week begins, we should contemplate not only the glory with which Jesus is recognized as king as he enters Jerusalem, but also the suffering he endures …
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Holy Week reminder: Live piety not ‘pamahiin’
Even after almost 500 years of evangelization, it is still
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See Christ in poor, outcast — Cardinal Tagle
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle kicked off the Holy Week by celebrating Palm Sunday Mass where he called on the faithful to welcome Christ in the person of the poor and the oppressed.
