Homily during the Healing Mass for the former Pres. Cory Auino at the St. Joseph Perpetual Adoration Convent by Bishop Ness F. Ongtioco, DD

Ascension Sunday: Freedom from Fear

Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord. Forty-days after his resurrection from the dead, Jesus returns to the Father. In front of his tired and fearful disciples, Jesus ascends to heaven. They felt uncertain and afraid. They were not sure what would happen now that their Lord and teacher is not with them anymore. Looking back at their past was already traumatic. How much more their future and what awaits them? Their hope for the future seems shrouded in the dark clouds of uncertainly and sagging hope. read more...

PASTORAL LETTER OF THE ECCLEASTICAL
PROVINCE OF MANILA

TOWARDS A MORALLY REBUILT NATION

Today we are experiencing a social and political mess. This however goes beyond the question of truth to the search for probity. Probity is about the integrity of all, the accuser and the accused. We are unhappy and we feel betrayed. And yet as Pope Benedict XVI reminds us “in spite of our great disappointment our great hope can only be God who has loved us and who continues to love us to the end, until all is accomplished”, (Spe Salvi, 27). We also know that together we have the capacity to correct and purify the nation by starting with ourselves. read more... english... tagalog...

MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS
POPE BENEDICT XVI
FOR THE 45th WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS

13 APRIL 2008 - FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

Theme: "Vocations at the service of the Church on mission"

Dear brothers and sisters,

1. For the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, to be celebrated on 13 April 2008, I have chosen the theme: Vocations at the service of the Church on mission. read more...

Seeking the Truth, Restoring Integrity
(A CBCP Pastoral Statement)

Beloved People of God:

Greetings in the peace of the Lord!

Today in the midst of restlessness and confusion, we come to you as pastors, for that is our precise role. We do not come as politicians whose vocation it is to order society towards the common good. Our message contributes to the flourishing of a democracy which must not be built only on political formulae. read more...

MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS
BENEDICT XVI
FOR LENT 2008

“Christ made Himself poor for you” (2 Cor 8,9)

Dear Brothers and Sisters!

1. Each year, Lent offers us a providential opportunity to deepen the meaning and value of our Christian lives, and it stimulates us to rediscover the mercy of God so that we, in turn, become more merciful toward our brothers and sisters. In the Lenten period, the Church makes it her duty to propose some specific tasks that accompany the faithful concretely in this process of interior renewal: these are prayer, fasting and almsgiving. For this year’s Lenten Message, I wish to spend some time reflecting on the practice of almsgiving, which represents a specific way to assist those in need and, at the same time, an exercise in self-denial to free us from attachment to worldly goods. read more...

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