I. The Road to the Infirmary
Today is the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul. It’s 5:30 p.m. and I haven’t yet went to mass. I am thinking of going to de la Strada, but it requires an effort. I called my friend and she suggested that I go to the Jesuit Infirmary chapel [...]
Archive for June, 2009
30 Jun
Mass at the Jesuit Infirmary in the Loyola House of Studies: the Anointing of Sick Jesuits
28 Jun
Sta. Maria de la Strada Parish Church in Katipunan, Quezon City: the Hidden Tabernacle
My friend and I usually visit the Sta. Maria de la Strada Parish Church along Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City. It is only a 5 minute tricycle ride from Ateneo de Manila University. We usually go to de la Strada if we can’t make it to mass at the college chapel, especially if there [...]
27 Jun
On the road to Cuneta Astrodome: a dialogue with a Jesuit aspirant who became a “Born-Again” Christian
Last night, I agreed to watch a Worship Concert with Tommy Walker held at the Cuneta Astrodome, featuring Tom Hughes with special guests Jonalyn Viray and Donita Rose. My colleague here at the Manila Observatory gave us free tickets; she was one of the organizers of the concert. I know that this is a [...]
26 Jun
Rev. Leo A. Collum, S.J. on the Consecration of the Philippines to the Sacred Heart of Jesus by Pres. Ramon Magsaysay in 1956
During the ceremonies of the Second Eucharistic Congress held in the Philippines on Dec 2, 1956 in the Philippines, against the protest of several non-Catholic groups, President Magsaysay read an act consecrating the Philippines to the Sacred Heart. The non-Catholic groups contended that it violated the principle of “Separation of Church and State,” and that [...]
25 Jun
My prize in elementary storytelling contest: pictures of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary
When I was a Grade 1 student in St. Rose of Lima School in Bacolod City, I was asked to represent the class in a storytelling contest vs. the representatives of Grades 2 and 3. My story piece is “The Boy who Cried Wolf.” When the results were out, the winner was Grade 3, followed [...]
24 Jun
Archdiocese of Manila: Pastoral letter on Sunday celebration of the Eucharist
Last June 14, 2009, on the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, Gaudencio B. Cardinal Rosales, Archbishop of Manila, issued a pastoral letter on the Sunday celebration of the Eucharist entitled, “Without Sunday we cannot live.” The full letter is 36 pages long (see pdf), divided into three parts. I shall provide [...]
20 Jun
Tantum Ergo in an elevator: a Filipino meets an Indonesian
Yesterday I was in Singapore for a conference on earthquake prediction using electromagnetic waves, one of the workshops of the Science Council of Asia. (I was only asked by my boss to go in his stead, because he is busy at enrollment at Ateneo de Davao University.) I left my room at the 11th floor [...]
13 Jun
St. Josemaria Escriva’s Opus Dei and St. Ignatius of Loyola’s Jesuits
January 08, 2002
Interview by Lola Galan, El Pais, Madrid
Javier Echevarria, 69, has been at the top of the Opus Dei hierarchy since April 20, 1994. He is currently preparing to celebrate the centennial of the birth, on January 9, 1902, of Blessed Josemaria Escriva, Opus Dei’s founder. The centennial will have its culminating moment in [...]
9 Jun
Fjordman’s Comparison of Christian and Islamic Science: Gregorian Chant and Muslim music
As for music, Greek theory on the subject evolved from Pythagoras before 500 BC. The Church was the dominant institution in post-Roman Europe and drew on Greek philosophy and musical theory. Some elements of Christian observances may derive from Jewish tradition, too, chiefly the chanting of Scripture and the signing of psalms, poems of praise [...]
7 Jun
“Tumbukin Natin” blog: Catholic apologist Cenon Bibe answers questions from Balik Islam
As I thought before, the debate of the Catholic apologist Cenon Bibe and the members of Balik Islam will never push through. But Cenon has been receiving text messages on his mobile phone from those who claim to be members of the Balik Islam (Return to Islam) movement, a movement of former Christians who [...]
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