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Who could have invented a greater sign of love? We are left in awe before the mystery of a God who lowered himself to take on our human condition, to the point of giving His life for us on the...

“You are the salt of the earth…”. One of the main functions of salt is to season food, to give it taste and flavour. This image reminds us that, through Baptism, our whole being has been profoundly changed, because it...

By his incarnation Christ became poor to enrich us with his poverty, and he gave us redemption, which is the fruit above all of the blood he shed on the Cross (cfr Catechism of the Catholic Church 517). On Calvary,...

It is true: Jesus is a demanding friend. He points to lofty goals; he asks us to go out of ourselves in order to meet Him, entrusting to Him our whole life : “Whoever loses his life for my sake...

His Gospel must become “communication” and mission. The missionary vocation summons every Christian; it becomes the very essence of every testimony of concrete and living faith. It is a mission which traces its origins from the Father’s plan, the plan...

Jesus came to provide the ultimate answer to the yearning for life and for the infinite which his Heavenly Father had poured into our hearts when he created us. At the climax of revelation, the incarnate Word proclaims,”I am the...

Holiness is the essential heritage of the children of God. Christ says: “Be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect” (Mt 5:48). This means doing the will of the Father in every circumstance of life. It is the high road...

Yes, discovering Christ is the finest adventure of your life. But it is not enough to discover Him just once. Discovering Him becames every time an invitation to seek Him always more, to come to know Him still better through...

The love of God poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit (cf. Rom 5:5) must deepen our awareness of the blatant threats posed by hunger and war, the scandalous disparities between opulent minorities and poor peoples, the violations of...

This Apostolic Letter, “Dilecti Amici” was the founding document of World Youth Day as a response of John Paul II to the United Nation’s International Year of the Youth. Delivered on in Rome, at Saint Peter’s, on 31 March, Palm...

FIRST READING: Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant could be seen in the temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a violent hailstorm. A great sign...

The Capuchin Order is a certified prolific producer of Saints in the Catholic Church. Aside from the great numbers of their saints in the official Canon of the Catholic Church, they are still continuing to provide us with inspiration and...

And I thought NAZIs are only endemic in Germany and Faroe Island. Remember when I posted here in OTWOMD the Horrible Massacre of Whales in Faroe Island? It is a shame that we here in the Philippines have our own...

It seems that life is imitating art. In the 1996 movie “outbreak”, a drug resistant virus spreads overnight, putting millions at risk of extinction. This year 2010, after the world has conquered bird flu, SARS and H1N1 virus, a new...

Pope Benedict XVI will create six new saints Oct. 17, including Blessed Mary MacKillop, who will be Australia’s first saint, and the Canadian Blessed Andre Bessette, who will be the first saint of the Holy Cross Brothers. The pope announced...

One of Hong Kong’s four new permanent deacons says his vocation is linked to Pope John Paul II, and particularly to the Pontiff’s death. Deacon Stephen Kwok Ping-fai was one of four to be ordained July 24 at the Cathedral of...

During Mass in Santiago de Compostela, Spain on Sunday morning, Cardinal Stanislaw Rylko made a call for young people to attend World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid. His words came in the culminating moment of another important youth pilgrimage in...

The Catholic Media is fighting back against mainstream media’s bombardment of sensational news of Priest’s sexual abuse and Pedophilia cases by laying down facts and not just sensation. I agree with this. Media always sensationalize issues that involve a “handful...