Online Visita Iglesia

 

The Visita Iglesia has been a common tradition for Filipinos during the Lenten Season. Families or friends sequentially visit seven to fourteen churches where they recite the stations of the cross. In order to adhere to tradition to cover fourteen churches, careful planning for the trip is necessary.

Here in the Philippines, the Catholic church has provided a way for those are unable to do the Visita Iglesia. An online Visita Iglesia has been put up. Here you can find popular churches across Manila starting with the Manila Cathedral. An audio narration is available for each station.

The site is favorably setup for Filipinos abroad, seamen, or those who are physically incapable. Click the image below to try it.

 

A Lenten Diet

 

“Eat our negative words, Swallow our pride, Digest God’s teachings, Eliminate our ego, and for dessert, Indulge in prayer…”

Today is Ash Wednesday

Today is Ash Wednesday. The beginning of a 40-day journey in the season of Lent. Be reminded that we are nothing but ashes, and dust and mud that were lifted and given privilege to walk, to live, to prosper. In this light, comes the very reason to be humble any time and whatever you had achieved to become. Learn to share the gifts of talent and success for these are not for your own glory but for His.

Happy Easter 2008

Happy Easter to all! Hope that the risen Christ finds His way into your hearts and that the reflection on the past Holy Week gives birth to a new you.

That is actually the basic message in the Easter celebration - rebirth. Which is why we have Easter eggs because eggs symbolize the nature of being reborn. It is the season of renewal. We reflect on our past past values, shed those that were not proper and instill in our hearts those that Christ wants us to accomplish.

The season of Lent re-echoes God’s call for us all to reorient and redirect our hearts toward God. What we love reveals what we value. The secret of having a meaningful and grace-filled season lies in what is hidden in us. May God find a contrite heart in each of us. May we be renewed!

Give Thanks

In view of the Lenten Season, let's pause and remember why we are here, how we were saved, and what we keep on forgetting...

Give thanks
with a grateful heart
Give thanks
to the Holy One
Give thanks
for He's given
Jesus Christ, His son

And now let the weak say
I am strong
Let the poor say
I am rich
Because of what
the Lord has done
for us

Give thanks...