Jesus as the Way to the Father
Homily on the Fifth Sunday of Easter A (John 14:1-12) May 14, 2017 By Msgr. Lope C. Robredillo, SThD
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Pope Francis’ Homily at the Canonization Ceremony of Jacinta and Francisco Marto
In her Memoirs (III, 6), Sister Lucia quotes Jacinta who had just been granted a vision: “Do you not see all those streets, all those paths and fields full of people crying out for food, yet have nothing to eat? Under her mantle they are not lost; from her embrace will come the hope and the peace that they require, and that I implore for all my brothers and sisters in baptism and in our human family, especially the sick and the disabled, prisoners and the unemployed, the poor and the abandoned. In “asking” and “demanding” of each of us the fulfillment of the duties of our proper state (Letters of Sister Lucia, 28 February 1943), God effects a general mobilization against the indifference that chills the heart and worsens our myopia.
Francisco and Jacinta have officially been declared saints!
Pope Francis on Saturday officially declared Francisco and Jacinta Marto saints of the Catholic Church in front of hundreds of thousands of pilgrims at Fatima, Portugal
Pope: Honor the believing, tender Mary, not a ‘plaster statue’
Mary’s example of believing and following Jesus is what matters most; she cannot be some image “of our own making” who Christians barter with for mercy, Pope Francis said.
Fatima message is call to conversion, says bishop
During a Mass to mark the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima, a Catholic bishop said the occasion should serve as an opportunity to toss out “egoism” that excludes the need …
Confab inspired by Counter Reformation, ‘Year of Parish’
Confab marks Counter Reformation, ‘Year of Parish’
Palo welcomes 3 new priests, deacon
In a rare scenario, three priests and a deacon were ordained on the
German bishops join call for halt to killings in PH drug war
Another non-Filipino collegial body of Catholic bishops added its voice to a growing chorus of world leaders protesting the spate of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines.
Go out now, share the Gospel, get messy, pope tells Quebec bishops
Without waiting for some well-researched, detailed plan with action items and measurable goals, Catholics in Quebec must go out and share the Gospel, Pope Francis told the bishops of the province.
Cardinal Tagle urges priests, laypeople to promote vocations
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle urged priests and other church leaders to work for vocations among Manila’s Catholics.
