May kahulugan ba sa iyo ang mawisikan ng tubig?

Ang pagbabasa ng tubig ba ay isang walang kahulugang ritwal tulad nang ginagawa natin sa Kapistahan ni San Juan Bautista? Kilala si San Juan Bautista bilang nagbibinyag ng tubig sa Ilog Jordan. Kaya, bilang paggaya at pag-aalala sa propetang pinsan ni Hesus, tinatapunan natin ng tubig ang isa’t isa. Palagay ko kailangan nating makita ang

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Pahalagahan ang Maliliit na Ritwal sa Bahay

Anong mga kinauugalian sa inyong bahay ang nakatutulong sa pagkakalapit ng bawat miyembro ng pamilya? Sa aking pamilya naaalala kong itinuro ng aking mga magulang ang paghalik sa kanila o sa kanilang kamay tuwing aalis at darating. Para sa akin, hindi lamang ito isang pagpapakita ng paggalang kundi ito ay isang pagbabasbas; isang pagpapahiwatig na

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Pahalagahan ang mga Maliliit na Ritwal sa Buhay

    Anong mga kinauugalian sa inyong bahay ang nakatutulong sa pagkakalapit ng bawat miyembro ng pamilya? Sa aking pamilya naaalala kong itinuro ng aking mga magulang ang paghalik sa kanila o sa kanilang kamay tuwing aalis at darating.   Para sa akin, hindi lamang ito isang pagpapakita ng paggalang kundi ito ay isang pagbabasbas;

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The Laws on Fasting and Abstinence

Note: This article is from Fr. Harold Parilla’s Facebook entry. Fr. Harold is a diocesan priest. He was trained in Theology by the Jesuits at the San Jose Seminary, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City. 1. Abstinence means avoiding the consumption of meat, but eggs, milk products and condiments made of animal fat may be

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Why Do We Pray the Rosary?

7 October 2010. Memorial of Our Lady of the RosaryGalatians 3, 1-5; Luke 1, 69-75; Luke 11, 5-13 As we celebrate the memorial of our Lady of the Rosary, allow me to talk about the rosary personally. If you were to ask me why I pray the rosary, I would probably answer you this way.

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The Place of Rituals

16 July 2010 Our Lady of Mt. CarmelIsaiah 38: 1-6, 7-8, 21-22; Isaiah 38; Matthew 12, 1-8 It is a common impression that our Catholic faith is ritualistic. Our faith has revolved around praying the rosary, processions, expositions of the Blessed Sacrament, fiestas and novenas. It is bound by time, practiced regularly especially those with

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Should We Preserve the Santacruzan?

From As Kingfishers Catch Fire. Introducing my new blog that contains articles other than practical homilies. Will appreciate it if you add it to your blogroll or your reading list. The growing consciousness of the important role of women in Christian faith has been brought about by many feminist Catholic theologians and their continuous writings

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Shall We Change the Flores de Mayo to Hunyo?

From As Kingfishers Catch Fire. Introducing my new blog. Articles other than homilies. Add it to your blogroll. When the dominant color of the countryside is brown and the heat is piercing, the need for water becomes pronounced. Imagine if your bread and butter solely depends on the fruit of the soil, nothing will make

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Should We Preserve the Santacruzan?

The growing consciousness of the important role of women in Christian faith has been brought about by many feminist Catholic theologians and their continuous writings on the subject. But long before this consciousness came about, the Filipino community particularly the Tagalogs concocted a popular retelling of biblical and historical female personages who contributed to the

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Shall We Change the Flores de Mayo to Hunyo?

When the dominant color of the countryside is brown and the heat is piercing, the need for water becomes pronounced. Imagine if your bread and butter solely depends on the fruit of the soil, nothing will make your heart jump for joy than the first signs of rain. In the past when climate change was

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The Fertility Dances of Obando: Will You Dance to Get What You Desire?

We do everything in our power to get what we truly desire. Even if they find themselves like fools, many childless couples are more than willing to dance to the saints of Obando, Bulacan just to have that one child they have been praying for years. The Scriptures have more than one story about barren

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How We Share the Passion of Christ on Good Friday

Good Friday is never a day of pleasure. On this day, Filipinos are open to sacrifice. They will choose the more difficult penance than any other day of the year. This day seems to be the hottest, even if it is not confirmed by PAGASA. They would forego cravings for a cold refreshment or a

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The Flagellants and ‘Kristos’ of Lent: Simple folks keep the faith

If there is any liturgical season in the Philippines that has character and culture, it is Lent. We hear the pabasa, with chants that date back centuries ago. Spectacular processions and rituals are performed during the season. But on Good Friday, everyone leaves his various concerns and participate in the very death of Christ: the

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The Flagellants & Kristos of Lent: Simple Folks Keep the Faith

The flagellants and ‘Kristos’ of Lent: simple folks keep the faith Note: An article about Filipino culture. For Good Friday. Published at the Philippine Online Chronicles (POC) If there is any liturgical season in the Philippines that has character and culture, it is Lent. We hear the pabasa, with chants that date back centuries ago.

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True Worship

30 August 2009. 22nd Sunday in Ordinary TimeDeuteronomy 4, 1-8; Psalm 15; James 1, 17-27; Mark 7, 1-13 Note: This homily appears in the English Sambuhay today. Sambuhay is a publication by the Society of St. Paul. For the devout Jews, the Law was the Ten Commandments, and in an expanded form, the Pentateuch which

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