Made in private audience following a Mass to celebrate the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul. Rome, 28 June 1998 Pope John Paul II “Dear Brothers in Christ, I cordially welcome you, the delegates of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, who have…
Monthly Archives: June 2011
O God, You raised up St. John the Baptist to prepare a perfect people for Christ. Fill Your people with the joy of possessing His grace, and direct the minds of all the faithful in the way of peace and…
I remember watching his election (October 16, 1978) on television while a seminarian at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia. The first election of a non-Italian Pope in over 400 years surprised the world. I was 21 years old. Little…
The speaker will be Bishop Roberto C. Mallari, D.D. Auxiliary Bishop of San Fernando, Pampanga. Where: San Carlos Seminary Auditorium, EDSA, Guadalupe Viejo, Makati City. Everyone is welcome. ATTENDANCE IS FREE. Voluntary love offering is appreciated. For inquiries, please contact…
“Glory to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit: to God who is, who was, and who is to come” (Gospel acclamation). The Church ceaselessly repeats this praise to the Most Holy Trinity. Indeed, Christian prayer begins with the…
As planning is underway for World Youth Day 2011 in Spain, Family Rosary follows Father Peyton’s successful model of asking people to pray the Rosary for the success of the event. Last May 1, during the Beatification Ceremony for…
The speaker will be Bishop Gerard A. Alminaza, D.D. Auxiliary Bishop of Jaro. Where: San Carlos Seminary Auditorium, EDSA, Guadalupe Viejo, Makati City. Everyone is welcome. ATTENDANCE IS FREE. Voluntary love offering is appreciated. For inquiries, please contact 403-4534 (telefax…
In his intimate life, God “is love,” the essential love shared by the three divine Persons: personal love is the Holy Spirit as the Spirit of the Father and the Son. Therefore he, “searches even the depths of God,” as…
For those of us who think that the faith and zeal of the early Christians died out as the Church grew more safe and powerful through the centuries, the martyrs of Uganda are a reminder that persecution of Christians continues…
The speaker will be Bishop Gerard A. Alminaza, D.D. Auxiliary Bishop of Jaro. Where: San Carlos Seminary Auditorium, EDSA, Guadalupe Viejo, Makati City. Everyone is welcome. ATTENDANCE IS FREE. Voluntary love offering is appreciated. For inquiries, please contact 403-4534 (telefax…
Extravagant displays of devotion to Mary gets curtailed as world culture emphasizes the rational, scientific and technological aspects of life. There seems to be no more time for the more affective expressions of religion.
Then, after a while, people get fed up with the absolutely rational and logical culture, and rediscover religion and the affective part of the human soul and its needs.
And Mary is one of those.
The Church is certainly a human and historical institution with all that entails, yet her nature is not essentially political but spiritual: the Church is the People of God, Holy People of God making its way to encounter Jesus Christ. Only from this perspective can a satisfactory account be given of the Church's life and activity.
Christ is the Church's Pastor, but his presence in history passes through the freedom of human beings; from their midst one is chosen to serve as his Vicar, the successor of the Apostle Peter.
Yet Christ remains the center, not the Sucessor of Peter: Christ, Christ is the centre.
May every Christian rediscover the journey of faith so as to shed ever clearer light on the joy and renewed enthusiasm of the encounter with Christ.
A gift of love, faith and goodwill from the people of the Philippines. Pope Pius IX once said: “Give me an army praying a million rosaries a day and we will conquer the world.” We are not out to conquer the world…but to save it for God to whom it rightly belongs.