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As I write the ravages of Super Typhoon Karding (with the international name of “Noru”), a tropical storm that went through “rapid intensification” into unleashing category 5 winds, are still being daily reported in the Philippines.
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Just a week after Fratelli Tutti was published on October 3, 2020, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon, president of the Federation of Asian Bishops Conference, wrote a letter urging all FABC bishops to read the new encyclical where “our Asian realities are echoed in [its] urgent message.”
Tuesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
Homily by Fr. Roy Cimagala
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The malicious depiction of the Discalced Carmelite nuns (OCD) in Cebu playing mahjong with the late former President Cory Aquino in the movie “Maid in Malacañang” (MIM) took me down memory lane and reminded me of my visit to the monastery years back as well as my friendly conversation with the members of the religious community.
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In the explainer by the United States Energy Information Administration, natural gas is defined as “a fossil energy source that formed deep beneath the earth’s surface.”
In the Philippines a mountain is often associated with rebellion.
“Now the Spirit is Lord. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” (2 Cor 3:17)
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I once asked some altar servers about a deceased person whose funeral Mass, I was informed, was scheduled that same morning: “Does anyone of you know how he died?”
Memorial of Saint Justin, Martyr
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On the days after the last election, I was just contented with “liking” or “sharing” memes as I was trying to figure out how I feel deep inside myself. I took time to nurse my pain.
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Election Day, May 9th, 2022, has come and gone. We are left with the election results.
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For the last six years, the Philippines has gone through a dark period under a despotic regime comparable to the Marcos era.