11 October 2020 – 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year AMatthew 22:1-14 Fr. Fernando Armellini SCJClaretian Publications The wedding feast is the biblical image of the encounter of love between the Lord and Israel. In the parable, the bridegroom…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (99) – What immediately happens after we die?
Rev José Mario O Mandíajmom.honlam.org Chapter 9 of the Letter to the Hebrews states clearly that there is judgment after death. “And just as it is appointed for men to die once, and after that comes judgment” (Hebrews 9:27).
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Danilo Perez Ngo SFC: What will happen to our loved ones who were not able to confess or receive the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick due to the pandemic that we are experiencing at present? Fr Mandía: We have…
PEÑAFRANCIA FESTIVAL 2020 – “Fostering Dialogue and Harmony in the Spirit of Mary’s Gentleness and Humility.”
Ross Belle Balatbat Every year, the feast of Our Lady of Peñafrancia in the Philippines draws millions of devotees and pilgrims, but this year the traditional Peñafrancia Festival was toned down as the devotees complied with the public safety guidelines…
BASILLA SAM, DIRECTOR OF SAINT PIUS X MUSIC ACADEMY – “The Academy is a second family to me”
Marco Carvalho A new director this year and a new venue in September 2021. The next few months are expected to be rewarding for the Saint Pius X Music Academy, despite the financial challenges that it faces. Founded in 1962…
Let us return to the Eucharist with joy!
BACK TO CHURCH, WITH PROPER SAFETY PROTOCOLSLet us return to the Eucharist with joy! Cardinal Robert Sarah Letter on the celebration of the liturgy during and after the COVID 19 pandemic to the Presidents of the Episcopal Conferences of the…
Filipino Pastoral Center celebrates Migrants’ Day
Fr Leonard Dollentas Foreign workers in Macau celebrated “Migrants’ Day” last Sunday, September 27, 2020 without much fanfare. Unlike past year celebrations with abundant merriment and cultural exhibitions, this year focused on invoking God’s intercession and comfort in the midst…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (98) – What happens when death comes?
Rev José Mario O Mandíajmom.honlam.org Death is certain. It is a fact. Life is short: “in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers (Psalm 90:6).” Everyone knows this. But we Christians have an…
Need of patience in dangerous times
Fausto Gomez OP During the quarantine, or confinement at home, hospital or hotel, people, psychologists, pastors and friends invite us to be patient. The pandemic is part of our fragile life and will pass. And tomorrow will be better –…
Do Not Pretend to be the Masters of the Lord’s Vineyard
04 October 2020 – 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year AMatthew 21:33-43 Fr. Fernando Armellini SCJClaretian Publications In the gospel, Jesus uses the image of the vineyard: a master plants, with a hedge around it, digs a mill there,…