In The Hole

We officially started Holy Week today with the re-enactment of Jesus' entrance into Jerusalem. The photo above was taken just before the beginning of the afternoon mass. The "palms" are blessed in Church and brought home as a reminder of the Lord's entrance into Jerusalem. When the Easter season is... Sign in to see full entry.

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These were photos from last week's Feast of the Anunciation service held at the most depressed area of our parish. I have been celebrating Mass with the squatters of Maligaya once a month since July last year, and we have been growing since then. We celebrate the mass in an empty lot by the... Sign in to see full entry.

As I was writing about Psalm 118:22 about the stone rejected by the builders but now has become the cornerstone, I asked myself what possible catechetical value it can have. It was obvious from the way it was used by Paul (Eph. 2:20) and Peter (1 Peter 2:7) that its primary catechetical value is to... Sign in to see full entry.

I was wondering who won this year's New Catholic Blog, and it led me to "The Cafeteria is Closed" blog of one called Gerald Augustinus. Curious about the guy, I looked at his profile and found his story of conversion. Here is a snippet I had been following the controversy over the Passion of the... Sign in to see full entry.

In Augustine's Sermon 205, the great bishop of Hippo offers us some thoughts on the cross of Lent. The Sermon is an explanation of how during the season of Lent what Christians are already doing throughout the year is intensified. The cross, Augustine says, is the place where the Christian should be... Sign in to see full entry.

Tonight I started a new bible study session in the Sto. Niño chapel of Adelina subdivision. The bible study was announced only this week following an informal conversation I had with some of the parishioners there last Monday. Eleven persons came and given the short notice it was more than I... Sign in to see full entry.

Last Sunday, I had to oversee the planning of one of our parish groups. The session took four hours and we found out that we have to supplement the meeting with four hours more. We will have that next Saturday. Here are some images from last Sunday's session. Sign in to see full entry.

For two Sundays now, I have been experimenting with the Bible Team Ministry of our parish. Instead of the following the usual steps in Bible Sharing, we added a "section" on prayer. Normally, we follow the following steps: One reads the text aloud with the others listening; Everyone reads their... Sign in to see full entry.

Performancing.Com's Andy Hagans has an article entitled "Top 8 Pro Blogging Time Wasters" in which he discusses 8 (actually there are only 7, the 8th is a joke) ways by which pro bloggers waste their time on trifles instead of improving their blog content. The first three time wasters he discusses... Sign in to see full entry.