Publisher's Note
Dear Kababayans,
I hope you are all doing well and had a great time celebrating the holidays with your loved ones. 2020 has been a roller coaster ride with the COVID-19 Pandemic arriving in our part of the world in March which resulted in much of our country being locked down. Fast forward nine months later [...]
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MANILA, Philippines – After months of livestreaming mass to millions of faithful from behind closed doors, churches in the Catholic-majority Philippines are beginning to reopen.
But strict coronavirus rules mean worship is still far from normal, and the contagion spreading across the deeply religious country has forced churches to get creative to meet the spiritual needs [...]
What a difference a year makes.
These are what devotees, the media and spectators noticed as the Black Nazarene procession on January 9, 2020 wove its way around the nation’s capital in the annual spectacle called Traslacion.
Authorities, both the local government led by the city mayor Isko Moreno and the Manila Police, introduced changes and made [...]
PASSION OF CHRIST. Scenes from the Via Crusis are re-enacted in the streets
From crucifixion rites to the Easter egg hunt adopted from Western countries, the Catholic faithful in the Philippines observe practices and traditions in observing Holy Week
MANILA, Philippines – Holy Week is observed by devout Catholic faithful around the world. In the Philippines, it’s [...]
By Consuelo (Chit) E. Munar
The Yuletide season, Christmas and New Year has come and gone. The Christmas lights and decorations are already kept and shelved;the greeting cards gathered in a tin; travelers for the holiday are safely home.
Before Christmas Day, many among us began a month-long dash to find the right gift for everyone in [...]
Are your aspirations falling apart and your toils slipping away to nothing? Or are you in the midst of a painful, dark time desperately seeking for answers of hope. In facing life’s burdens, it is humbling and wise to remember God’s promise to those who put their trust in the Lord, as He says:
“You will [...]
by Dingdong Amandy
Bakit kaya iniisip natin , kay sarap mag-ibang bansa
Tila bagay ang pera kay daling kunin sa bulsa
Laging iniisip nating pilipino, mas malaki ang kita.
Pero ang di nyo alam, kay hirap kitain ang pera.
Itong aking kwento, ay hango sa aking karanasan
Dati kong trabaho, papetiks-petiks lamang.
Pero di naman parati, pati utak ay pagod din minsan.
Ayun, [...]
My Christmas wish for our kababayans who are survivors of Typhoon Yolanda is new hope , fast recovery and new life in the year ahead.
Ruth Padilla
of Calgary, Alberta
I wish and pray that the effects of the devastating experience, the trauma, the loss of property and loved ones will soon be forgotten. May God’s divine healing [...]
by Pastor Nilo
How amazing words that proceed from our mouth can do – they can either give life to or destroy hopes, ambitions, and goals. If we speak words that give comfort, encourage, and strengthen others, then blessed are those who hear them. On the contrary, cold words make others cold and hot words [...]
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By: Tata “Tatsky” Gascon-Delos Reyes
The life and suffering of Jesus Christ was once again narrated in this annual religious tradition practiced by many Filipinos all over the world. Pasyon or Pabasa are verses structured in stanzas of five lines, with each [...]
It was like a self-made curse as I look back at it now. Every thought was towards myself. Was it all my fault? I will never know the truth to that question, but from what I have done up until now might draw a map to the source. That which has happened to me had [...]
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