La Naval de Manila Novena!

For some years now, I've always wanted to pray a Novena to Our Lady of the Holy Rosary - La Naval de Manila in the "traditional form", that is - the same novena that our forebears have always prayed ever since the most illustrious temple of Santo Domingo was still inside the Walled City of …

Nagtagumpay ang Bata.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/manuelpanares/3178966308 Ipinagdiriwang ngayong ikatlong Linggo ng Enero para sa buong 'sangkapuluan ng Pilipinas ang Dakilang Kapistahan ng Ating Panginoong Hesukristo, ang Banal na Sanggol, o ang Santo Nino. Ang maliit na imaheng ito ng Batang Hesus - na isa sa pinaka matandang relikya ng 'sangkaKristiyanuhan sa ating mga kapuluan - ay ang pinagkakautangan natin ng …

Ang Araw na Naggala ang Nazareno sa Maynila

Lumaki ako sa aking mga lola at tiyahin na masidhi ang debosyon sa Poong Nazareno. Alas-tres ng umaga, dali-dali ang kanilang paghahanda. Dala ang mga rosaryo at dasalan, sasakay sila ng dyip sa Pantranco hanggang makarating sila sa pamosong Simbahan ng Quiapo. Kada oras tumutunog ang batingaw sa kampanaryo nito. Malalim ang tunog, tumatawag sa …

no one’s favourite – and it’s okay

I am no one's favorite. "Nobody has ever chosen me over someone else. I'm not anyone's favorite person. I'm nobody's first priority." Ang it's perfectly fine. Kailanma'y hindi ako naging paboritong estudyante ninumang guro, o 'di kaya'y paboritong kaibigan ninumang tropa, 'ni paboritong kasama sa mga galaan o anupaman. Isa lamang ako sa napakaraming pamimilian at palagi …

What is the Divine Office?

Seven times a day I will praise thee, and I will rise at midnight, to sing thy glory. (cf. Ps. 118: 164, 62). What is the Divine Office? Back then, I have always wondered about the term "Divine Office", "Liturgy of the Hours": I was then naïve and ignorant of this great treasure of Holy …

The Sublime Passivity of Eucharistic Adoration

As we approach the great feast of Corpus Christi, I have noticed that some circles (especially those in the United States), are at odds with each other regarding one of the distinctly-Catholic forms of devotion: Eucharistic Adoration. Traditional-leaning Catholics tend to support the devotion, along with some of their shepherds' goal of a national "Eucharistic …

FLORES DE MAYO 2022 Souvenir Program (Digital Copy)

Buwang ito ay mahalaga, at lubhang kaaya-aya, 'pagkat sa iyo, Senora, nahahain sa pagsinta! (Dalit sa Mahal na Birhen) Last year, the Pamunuan of the Kapisanan ng Flores de Mayo 2022 released one hundred physical copies of the Souvenir Program for our benefactors, sponsors, and members. The program features prayers for Our Lady, an updated …

“a decade for penance”

"for your penance, pray five decades of the Holy Rosary". . . Commonly, priest-confessors give penitents the penance of praying the Rosary - either in full or partial. Penance is a prayer or an action that we do in order to atone for the sins that we have committed. We may say that it is …

the criticism of Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI, retreating to the Castel Gandolfo on 28 February 2013. Pope Benedict XVI's skullcap. Yesterday was the tenth anniversary of the Sede Vacante of 2013 - following the abdication of Pope Benedict XVI - of happy and glorious memory. It was the first anniversary of abdication following his death last 31 December 2022 …

Panalangin para sa Debosyon kay Papa Benedicto XVI

Noong nakaraang buwan, inaprubahan ng Lubhang Kagalang-galang na Antonio Carlos Rossi Keller, Obispo ng Frederico Westphalen (Brazil), ang isang panalangin para sa pam-pribadong pagdedebosyon sa yumaong Papa Benedicto XVI. Ang orihinal na wika nito ay nasa wikang Portuges at isinalin ng mga sikat na pook-sapot sa wikang Ingles. Dahil sa pagnanasang mas maging madali itong …