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 On the Sunday of the Word of God The Third Sunday of Ordinary Time was declared by the Holy Father Pope Francis as the Sunday of the Word of God the objective of which is to remind the Faithful of the importance and value of the Sacred Scriptures in Christian Life and its relation to the Sacred Liturgy. In addition, Pope Francis invites the Faithful that the Day assigned to the appreciation of the Bible not only be a yearly occasion but a year-long occasion of growth in the knowledge and love of the Sacred Scriptures which is the Word of God. In the Sacred Liturgy especially of the Holy Mass, by means of the designated readings, God himself speaks to the people and Jesus proclaims the Gospel. Thus, the Liturgy of the Word is the period of listening to the Word of God. Do our minds fly after hearing the commentator say “Please be seated for the Liturgy of Word”? Or go out of the Church? Talk to others? Or even use our cell phones to Text or Call? Instead, all attention must b...

  On Christianity in the Philippines and the Devotion to Santo Niño In the Philippines, the 3 rd  Sunday of January is the Feast of Santo Niño. Connected with this Feast is our commemoration of the Coming of Christianity in the Philippines in 1521. The year 2021 is the celebration of the 500 th  year since the Cross of Jesus Christ stood and the First Holy Mass celebrated on our Land. Fray Pedro Valderrama, the Chaplain of the Magallanes’ expedition, officiated the Mass and the Baptism of the first natives to accept Christianity. The Navigator Fernando Magallanes reached the shores of Samar on the 5 th  Sunday of Lent of 1521. He saw the many islands and named them as the Archipelago of Saint Lazarus because the Gospel of that day was the raising up from the dead of Saint Lazarus. The explorers continued sailing and reached the island of Limasawa where they were peacefully received by the King of Butuan, Rajah Culambo, who also ruled over Limasawa. According to An...

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