(Reflections for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time) My dear sisters and brothers in the Lord, The theme for this Sunday’s Word of God is humility. Jesus reinforces this in our Gospel when He said: “for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” (Luke 14:11) The [ Read More ]
“Faithfulness of Christ, Faithfulness of Priests” – A celebration of priestly vocation. The Blessed Sacrament Fathers, a.k.a SACRAMENTINOS were able to muster a considerable number of priests who joined the Second National Clergy Congress in the Philippines held last January 25-29, 2010 at the World Trade Center, Pasay City, Philippines. Our presence might have been [ Read More ]
This year the Servants ofthe Blessed Sacrament, the feminine branch founded by St Peter-Julian Eymard, is celebrating its 150 years of foundation. This can appear as a very small event in comparison with the 500 or 800 years of the great orders of the Church. However, it is an important landmark that encourages us “to [ Read More ]
Over-all Theme: “Rekindling our passion for the Eucharistic Mission to become, following Father Eymard disciples and apostles of the Eucharist (Mk 3:13-15) for a world that is challenging us.” St. Peter Julian Eymard called an outstanding apostle of the Eucharist in the “Decree on the Insertion … “of his Celebration in the General Roman calendar, [ Read More ]
(The following is the first part of a series of talks given by Rev. Fr. Bong Luistro, SSS, during the Parallel Eucharistic Congress held in Dublin, Ireland from June 15- 22, 2008.) June 15 – Opening of Parallel Congress Today, together with the universal church, we open our parallel Eucharistic congress in this chapel, a [ Read More ]
(The following is the 4th and final part of the series of talks given by Rev. Fr. Bong Luistro, SSS, during the Parallel Eucharistic Congress held in Dublin, Ireland from June 15-22, 2008.) June 21: There are many gifts, but it is always the same spirit; there are many different ways of serving, but it [ Read More ]
