When people in our islands greeted Mother Margarita as she came ashore in 1928, little did they know she was a saint in the making. What does it take to be a saint? What set her on this journey to sainthood? Mother Margarita’s journey begins with the desire to serve God; a desire that she
In my experience, many people have mixed feelings and thoughts regarding fasting during Lent. I know many who fast simply as a way to lose weight. Lent becomes a diet season to shed 10-15 extra pounds. A time to sacrifice all the “good stuff” and reap the health rewards. On the other hand, I do
ROME (CNS) — Lent is a time to receive God’s breath of life, a breath that saves humanity from suffocating under the weight of selfishness, indifference and piety devoid of sincerity, Pope Francis said. “Lent is the time to say no to the asphyxia born of relationships that exclude, that try to find God while
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Like the people of Israel freed from the bondage of slavery, Christians are called to experience the path toward hope and new life during the Lenten season, Pope Francis said. Through his passion, death and resurrection, Jesus “has opened up for us a way that leads to a full, eternal and
MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — Expressing concern about thousands of deaths in the nation’s so-called “war on drugs,” the president of the Philippine bishops’ conference has sought courage from a deceased cardinal whose influence helped overthrow a dictator in the mid-1980s. Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan wrote a public letter to Cardinal Jaime Sin Feb. 25,
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — People who don’t give money to the homeless because they think it will be spent on alcohol and not food should ask themselves what guilty pleasures they are secretly spending money on, Pope Francis said. “There are many excuses” to justify why one doesn’t lend a hand when asked by a
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Lent, the 40-day period before Easter, is often viewed as a time to give up something and go without meat on Fridays. But a glance at almost any Catholic parish bulletin during Lent will reveal that a lot is more going on during this time with increased opportunities for prayer, confession, Stations
By Pali Isaac Ayuyu THE following directives to be observed throughout the parishes in the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa. Season of Lent – Lent runs from Ash Wednesday (March 1, 2017) until the Mass of the Last Supper exclusive on Holy Thursday (April 13, 2017).Lenten weekdays are not commemorated on solemnities and feast. Ash Wednesday
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Jesus was motivated by truth and mercy, not blanket judgments that lead to deceit and hypocritical ways of skirting around God’s law, Pope Francis said. Christians are called to be “just in mercy” rather than following the letter of the law but not the heart of the law, the pope said
(This is the first of a series of articles which the Committee for the Canonization of Mother Margarita Maturana will publish in the next few months. The purpose of this series is to make the faithful of the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa aware about the amazing person of Mother Margarita and the blessings that have
