Surely, at least once in our life, we have been asked “Have you been saved?” (or “Are you saved?” as the variant) by Protestants (like Born Again ‘Christians’, Mormons, Iglesia ni Cristo (ni Manalo), or Dating Daan (ni Soriano) members here in the Philippines). I have, even as early as …
This day, the Liturgy of the Hours remembers the Martyrs because of the Memorial for St. Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr. Psalm 44 painfully describes the misfortunes of God’s people. I We heard with our own ears, O God, our fathers have told us the story of the things you …
Because our world has become hedonistic and pleasure-loving, suffering, whether financially, physically, or any sort, is never seen as any good, but just the most horrible and the worst that could a person experience. “Perhaps he is punished by God.” – according to Born Again ‘Christians’, who measure blessings with …
When I was a child, I always had to memorize the Threefold Missions of Jesus Christ – Priestly, Prophetic, Kingly. I pleasantly find out, in the Evening Prayer for this Easter Tuesday, that early on in Psalm 110 is one of the most important psalms, as early on, it had …
They say nobody’s perfect. But that’s false. For being Roman Catholics, like the Psalm below, we get the chance to be one. Psalm 26 Give judgment for me, O Lord: for I walk the path of perfection. I trust in the Lord; I have not wavered. Examine me, Lord, and …
Now, or tonight, is the ‘Chinese New Year’ and Chinatowns in different parts of the world, or those people trying to be ‘Chinese’ so they can partake a share from their ‘luck’, are very much alive, not sleeping, dying to follow what the Feng Shui says, and having a feast …
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