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  • Do not be afraid to set your sights higher, to allow yourself to be loved and liberated by God. Do not be afraid to let yourself be guided by the Holy Spirit. Holiness does not make you less human, since it is an encounter between your weakness and the power of God’s grace. For in the words of León Bloy, when all is said and done, “the only great tragedy in life, is not to become a saint”
  • During the Closing of the Year of the Clergy and Consecrated Persons in our diocese (for details click link in my bio), there was one religious who stood out for me in that sea of people inside Malolos Sports and Convention Center. During the entire mass, one brother wasn't facing the altar and was rather continuously making hand signs interpreting the readings and the homily for his deaf and mute companions. His familiar presence made me recognize him as one of profound faces of Brothers of Mercy in Igulot, Bocaue, Bulacan. Later on in the mass, the priests and religious were given tributes. Each religious congregation received this image of the Immaculate Concepcion. Brothers of Mercy, of course, received one and it was what we saw displayed inside their Chapel of the Precious Blood as shown in this photo when we visited Hospicio San Juan de Dios last Saturday, December 8, right after the concelebrated Mass for the #PistangBayan2018 or the Solemnity of Immaculate Concepcion in Malolos Cathedral. Guess who welcomed us? The brother attending to the deaf and mute during the closing who I later found out was Bro. Bernard Engay. I did some interviews for an article in our parish newsmagazine and one interviewee was Bro. Raymund from the Brothers of Mercy. The interview was done through email. Bro. Raymund sent photos which included Bro. Bernard so all the while I thought Bro. Bernard was who I interviewed. Anyway, we gave him copies of our newmagazine released two weeks ago. He was delighted that there exist a print like ours and even suggested we could be of help for vocation promotion (but more of that later). Bro. Bernard toured us around, sat down for stories, played piano for us, showed us an exhibit. We learned a lot from him during our short visit but the lesson that really makes a mark is the lesson that one teaches through his life. When asked why they advocate sign language, he stressed it is important because without it the deaf will not have a chance to hear the word of God. "So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."
  • Wishes and prayers from the hearts of the patients under the care of Hospicio San Juan de Dios of the Brothers of Mercy in Igulot, Bocaue, Bulacan. I read the cards written by some of the 99 mentally-ill patients hanging on this simple Christmas tree and look past the material things and food they had written there. I jumped right into the second or third sentences and there I find one common wish - to be reunited with their own family. Patients here are in the hospice because of one of two things. Either they don't have family members to take care of them anymore or they do have relatives but cannot or are not willing to take care of them. #advent #spendAdventwisely #hospice #hospicio #BrothersofMercy #vocation #mercy #consecratedlife #family #mentalhealth #StJohnofGod #Bocaue
  • How I wish that our own way of communicating, as well as our service as pastors of the Church, may never suggest a prideful and triumphant superiority over an enemy, or demean those whom the world considers lost and easily discarded. Mercy can help mitigate life’s troubles and offer warmth to those who have known only the coldness of judgment. May our way of communicating help to overcome the mindset that neatly separates sinners from the righteous. We can and we must judge situations of sin – such as violence, corruption and exploitation – but we may not judge individuals, since only God can see into the depths of their hearts. It is our task to admonish those who err and to denounce the evil and injustice of certain ways of acting, for the sake of setting victims free and raising up those who have fallen. The Gospel of John tells us that “the truth will make you free” (Jn 8:32). The truth is ultimately Christ himself, whose gentle mercy is the yardstick for measuring the way we proclaim the truth and condemn injustice. Our primary task is to uphold the truth with love (cf. Eph 4:15). Only words spoken with love and accompanied by meekness and mercy can touch our sinful hearts. Harsh and moralistic words and actions risk further alienating those whom we wish to lead to conversion and freedom, reinforcing their sense of rejection and defensiveness. #faith #Christ #ipreview #popefrancis #popefrancisquotes #wordstoliveby #inspirational #qotd #catholic #qotd #catholicism #faith #sinner
  • “If we fear the end then we have it all wrong!” 33rd week in Ordinary Time is the last week of the liturgical year and ending is the underlying theme. On Sunday we celebrate the Feast of Christ the King. My latest post under Lector Duties is up on my blog. ⛪⛪⛪ #linkinmybio #bloggergirl #faithblogger #lectorduties #catholic #homilyreflection #SundayHomily #33rdweek #ordinarytimes #biblereadings #gospelreflection #catholicblogger #lectern #ambo #cathedral #theend #blogpost #cybermissionary #goodnews #inspired #motivational #liturgical #ChristtheKing
  • Hindi dahil nagkamali ka noon, sira na ang buhay mo. Sa mata ng Diyos, mayroon tayong kinabukasan. One of the most moving statements for me last Holy Week, I heard from Fr. Luciano Felloni in an episode of "Ang Pinaka". Thought it would be nice to meet him and we did in this year's Catholic Social Media Summit held on November 17 at Sienna College. He won Male Influencer of the year and his and his team's Almusalita bagged the Best Vlog in the Catholic Social Media Awards which followed that night. He said another inspiring words in his subsession talk about finding one's own advocacy. Words that inspire me to carry through with my own. Fr. Felloni said: May mga tao na may alam tungkol sa technology. But yung passion hindi nabibili yan at hindi rin natututunan. Yung passion hindi mo mapag-aaralan sa libro. So if you have passion you have what is important in order to be a cyber missionary. If you don't have passion pwede ka maging pinakamagaling na techy sa buong mundo pero wala kang silbi bilang cyber missionary. PASSION FOR CHRIST IS THE CORE OF MISSION. ⛪⛪⛪ #passion #passionforChrist #mission #cybermissionary #armyofGod #activate #csma2018 #csmsv7 #csms2018 #frlucianofelloni #Catholic #socialmedia #socialmediaapostolate #communicator #FilipinoCatholic #church #bloggerforchrist #imblessed
  • "So death is at work in us, but life in you. Since, then, we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, I believed, therefore I spoke, we too believe and therefore speak, knowing that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and place us with you in his presence. Everything indeed is for you, so that the grace bestowed in abundance on more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow for the glory of God. " ✝️✝️✝️ Thank you, Lord, for the priviledge of serving You. #recommissioning #4years #leccom #lector #servantofGod #quotd #quotes #biblicalquotes #bibleverse #inspired #scripture #wordofGod #catholic #catolico #proudcatholic #faithful #notworthy #blessed #deogratias #mayGodbepraised #thankful #overjoyed #overloved
  • "Magpatuloy lang tayo sa paglilingkod bilang lektor." These are Ms. Mariz Umalis' parting words for me since I approached her for this photo op while telling her that I'm a lector, too, which is why her subsession talk was inspirational and relatable for me. Timely, too, as our ministry's recommissioning is scheduled a few hours from now. It's amazing (and amusing) how she, a renowned news anchor of GMA7, put being a lector in high regards, referring to it as a blessing, and how she shared having recruited Kara David to also serve as a lector like it were an accomplishment. Maybe because becoming a lector really is a gift? She said it's her way of delivering the "good news" to people instead of just the "bad news" she reads on tv all the time. I hold it true that being a lector and a Catholic social media communicator are small but concrete participation in the proclamation of the kingdom of God. So despite the conflicts in schedule, misunderstandings, hard pull of the bed in the morning, Ms. @marizumali, I really will continue. #thankyouagain #LecComMinistry #4yearsandcounting #Activate #activate2018 #CSMSv7 #CatholicSocialMediaSummit

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