Once my son in his young mind asked me who is the baby figurine in our altar. I answered him that it is Sto. Nino. Then a follow up question was raised. He asked ‘Is he a saint? My answer was automatic, No He is God, He is the child Jesus. Revering Sto. Nino …
A life of bliss is what I desire. I think most people do, if not everyone. A life where there is perfect joy. Where problems cannot be found and hurt is unknown. Where everyone is sincerely nice to each other. As Christians, we believe that there is such perfect place and that is in the …
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I strongly believe in one true God, the Father who created this world and breathed life into it. I believe that Jesus Christ, His son, died for my salvation. I believe that the Holy Spirit guides me as I live my life. I believe ‘that my existence in this world has a purpose. I believe …
As I have known for a long time a rosary is that string of beads used for praying. Recently, I learned that when the prayer is being referred to it is spelled with a capital letter “R” such as “Rosary” otherwise when the string of beads is being referred to it is spelled with a small letter …
A bishop is a Catholic Church’s leader of a diocese. I don’t know much about other faith or religion so I would just confine my definition within Catholicism. A diocese is a district or a community assigned to a bishop for pastoral caring. According to portlanddiocese.org and may I quote “ A bishop is regarded by …
I have been to five first communions. My own first communion and the first communions of my 4 children. I believe that attending this sacred Catholic event multiple times made me realize its importance to personal and communal lives . This article will contain all my realizations and the reasons for my resolve that first …
We have friends who are oblate. They are prayerful, warm hearted, kind and most of all God-fearing people. My whole family have known them for more than three years now. During the pre-pandemic years, we visited them almost every week. My youngest daughter and I would eat breakfast with them and joined them as choirs …
On May 24 of this year, 2022, our parish will have a grand event for the Pontifical Coronation of Mary Help of Christians, our patron saint. The title, Help of Christians, was first bestowed upon to the mother of Christ by St. John Chrysostom in year 345 AD and the devotion to the title was started …
In our parish of National Shrine of Mary Help of Christians, there is an announcement board dedicated for the Friends of Laura Vicuña. I got curious when I saw it. Seeing the smiles of the young people in the pictures posted on the board made me ask myself ‘Who is Laura Vicuña?’ Who is she …
Catholics are prayerful. We have different prayers for different occasions, situations and reasons. Our family, being Catholics all of us, practices this tradition of prayer. We have personal and group prayers, memorized and impromptu, praise and worship, asking for forgiveness of sins, begging for reconciliation with God and our most favorite prayer of all, prayer …
