My dear sisters and brothers in the Lord Jesus, grace and peace in Jesus, our Eucharistic Lord! In our Sunday Gospel, Jesus challenges all of us to “strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough!” What does Jesus mean by this? [ Read More ]
Religious life, being profoundly Christian, urges us as followers of Christ to live as He lived, loved as He loved, and obey the Father as He had. It is a distinct lifestyle that greatly requires us to live “liminally” and radically as defined by Sandra Schneider. Liminally, which demands of us to be both natural [ Read More ]
For someone who lived in a tropical country his whole life, La Mure can be a daunting experience. I literally had a cold reception when I first arrived here, the summer of August, with the fog and the morning chill greeting me at the town’s threshold. But that was soon exchanged with the warm welcome [ Read More ]
My first religious experience in Uganda started with a question why our Lord Jesus pulled me out from the Philippines when I think I still have many things to do for His people in our country. He brought me to Uganda and there I felt the emptiness, while I tried to cope with daily boredom [ Read More ]
“…Tomorrow will be too late.” A maxim as old as Eymard, yet ever new and truthful to anyone, whose search for meaning of life has gone a long way, before coming to know that in emptying oneself, life starts telling untold and unexpected prayers of becoming. Often silent search for truth ends to sweet surrender [ Read More ]
Last March 19, 2009, the Feast of St. Joseph, was a double celebration for the Servitium Christi – Davao Center. Susan Matutina and Lorna Castanares made their devotional commitment together with Lour, Connie and Meng for their 2nd renewal of Vows during the 5:45pm Eucharistic celebration in Our Lady of Assumption Church. The main celebrant [ Read More ]
