YEAR OF VOCATION: A CALL TO HOLINESS
Carmelitas Misioneras Teresianas sisters and volunteers joined the Diocese of Lucena as it launched the 74th Year of Foundation as preparation for its Jubilee Year with the theme "A Synodal Church Embracing a Culture of Vocation.” The theme tackles celebrating and...
GO DEEPER IN RELATIONSHIPS: 24th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
During my undergraduate years, I recall that our group was ecstatic each time we got together. Usually, we would remain at our friend's place to talk, eat, or even take a trip out of town. One time, surprisingly, something went wrong with one of our companions. She...
HEARING GOD’S WORD: 23rd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
In today's story from the Gospel of Mark, we see Jesus performing a miraculous healing. With the touch of his hand, Jesus cures a man's deafness and speech impediment, giving him new life. The narrative serves as a reminder of the profound impact Christ can have on...
LISTENING TO GOD’S WORD AND LIVING IT OUT: 22nd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Reflecting on the readings for this Sunday, I can see as the central theme: Listening to God’s Word and Living it or putting in into practice. In the first reading, Moses encourages the Israelites to listen to the commandments of Yahweh and to practice them. The psalm...
“HOPE AND ACT WITH CREATION”: SEASON OF CREATION 2024
To hope and to act are two essential attitudes of every Christian. In the words of Pope Francis (Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation), it means "to live an incarnational faith, one that can enter into the suffering...
MAKING WORLD A BETTER PLACE: VOLUNTEERING EXPERIENCE
Summertime in Europe is getting closer to an end, but some brave people, instead of preparing for new school year, decided to prepare their luggage and backpack and come to the Philippines. They are not tourists eager to explore the wild beauty of the country, but a...
RENEWALS OF RELIGIOUS VOWS IN VIETNAM
"I am no longer mine. From now on, I belong to you, oh Holy Church". With these words, based on spiritual experience of our Founder, Bl. Francisco Palau y Quer OCD, two of our vietnamese sisters renewed their vows of chastity, poverty and obedience, and committed for...
LIFE’S LESSONS FROM DRIVING A MOTORBIKE IN VIETNAM
Riding a motorbike in Saigon can be tiring and stressful. But one can learn a lot about oneself and life in general while struggling with traffic in this largest city of Vietnam.
ALWAYS A CHOICE: 21st SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
"Whom will you serve?" "Do you want to leave?" Today's reading put us face to face with basic questions of our faith. And demand our answer leaving an open door for us to turn away. Because faith is a free choice. God's questions and demands of answer don't come from...
TRUE LIFE IN SPIRIT: PALAU’S SCHOOL OF LIFE (LETTER 40)
What is needed to lead a meaningful spiritual life? Maybe much less than we used to think… “God alone is enough”
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