VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Taking care of those who are sick or struggling with illness requires taking care of the whole person — including their spiritual needs, Pope Francis said. Offering care and healing is focused not just on “the disease of an organ or of cells but of the person in his or her
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — What makes a politician “Catholic” is not party affiliation, but dedication to promoting the common good, particularly through listening to and empowering people who often are overlooked, Pope Francis said. “I invite you to live your faith with great freedom, never believing that there exists only one form of political commitment
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Long, orange flames consumed the palms Massgoers had brought in to Washington’s Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land March 3 to burn ceremonially before the noontime crowd that gathered for their last Sunday Mass before Lent. “This is kind of a graphic reminder of how Lent starts: We make the ashes, we
HAMPTON, Va. (CNS) — “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Those words from Chapter 4 of St. Paul’s Letter to the Philippians are words by which Melanie Paul lives. Deaf since she was 12, Paul has had a successful career as a guidance counselor and has helped countless people through her
Ash Wednesday Gospel Reflection by Pali Ike Ayuyu, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral Mt 6: 1-6, 16-18March 6, 2019
Gospel Reflection on the 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time by Rev. Fr. Anthony O. Aguason, San Antonio Parish Luke 6:39-45
Despite being bashed and criticized, Jesus pushed his agenda with or without public approval, to tell the truth, the truth that he is the Son of God, the truth about his mission to save the world, the truth about God’s love for sinful humanity, the truth about the stubbornness and close heartedness of the Pharisees and
This week, on March 4, is the 91st anniversary of the arrival of the Mercedarian Missionaries of Berriz to Saipan. The promotion of the Cause for the Canonization of Blessed Margarita Maria Maturana, their foundress continues. To that end, we joyfully share that the Novena for the Sick through her intercession is now available, without
The demands of love are straightforward, but that is not to say they are easy: Love your neighbor as God loves you. The commandment was given explicitly by Jesus but God had already made it clear from the very beginning that we are to care for each other. All the way back in the book
In last Sunday’s El Shaddai service, Bro. Ping started his talk with the song “Ang Salita ng Diyos” which translated in Tagalog as “The Word of God”. The lyrics of the song say, “that the Word of God gives healing and power. We all must listen to the Word of God so that we will
