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Like the Gospel, our liturgical feasts must be incarnated in our reality, which may sometimes be hard, shameful, cruel, and painful, but it is the reality that Christ raises up to be redeemed and sanctified —St Oscar Romero, Corpus Christi 1979 #StOscarRomero #CorpusChristi

On Corpus Christi, Pope Francis says “Bread of the Eucharist” belongs in “streets filled with rubble and destruction,” and warns against “flashy” processions just to “show off.” vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2…

The way we treat the Eucharist in the rich west too often reflects our individualistic, consumerist culture. We can treat it as fuel, sustenance, consolation — for us, for me. Something we “have” or “do”. Francis in yesterday’s Angelus reminds us what the Eucharist really is:

Marcos Jr is being portrayed as a staunch defender of our national sovereignty. But is he really sincere in protecting our territory and resources? Let's recall that he is behind econ chacha which aims to surrender our land, natural resources, etc to big foreign businesses.

When we pray, God “takes us, blesses us, and then breaks and gives us,” so that we may satisfy everyone’s hunger. In God’s hands, every Christian is called to become bread broken and shared. #YearOfPrayer

Jürgen Moltmann died yesterday at the age of 98. I did my doctoral dissertation on him and had the distinct pleasure of meeting him in his home in Tübingen. His was a life well lived. Rest in power.

Jürgen Moltmann on his spiritual awakening as a German prisoner of war in Scotland in 1945:

At a school year Mass I asked: Why we had the Feast of the #SacredHeartOfJesus? To which a grade 2 student replied: "Because there is room in the heart of Jesus for everybody!" We need to hear this today, more than ever! (Open Your Heart statue by #timothyschmalz) #NPSCFaith

"𝕊𝕒 𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕝𝕦𝕝𝕦𝕡𝕚𝕘, 𝕕𝕚 𝕜𝕒 𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕚𝕝"

“Continue to cheer people up, especially those who find it hardest to look at life with hope. Help us, with a smile, to see reality with its contradictions, and to dream of a better world!” - Pope Leo XIV

Many, including priests ourselves, forget that the primary symptom of clericalism is not manifested in clerical clothing or proper liturgical vestments, but in the priest's mentality that he is the one to be followed by all means. Whether the priest wears the cassock or a

Let’s debunk the allegations that Bini is silent on social issues. Speaking up for the rights of indigenous groups, worker’s wages and condition, pro-LGBTQIA+, among others, amid their fame? Don’t get me wrong, I am a Swiftie. But her white and convenient feminism is disturbing.

The gifts God has given us should not remain in the hands of just a few people while others are dying of hunger. The children’s bread should be distributed as God desires, to all those invited to the banquet of life —St Oscar Romero, Birth of John the Baptist, 1979 #StOscarRomero

Sumablay na sila! Forever akong proud sa mga batang ito. Mula noong estudyante ko pa lang sila sa Bakwit School at hanggang ngayon na nagtapos sila. #Sablay2024

Kabilang ako sa sampung libong kabataang lumad na pinasarhan ng Lumadnong paaralan, kung kaya’t isang prebilehiyo ang makasuot ng sablay. Maraming salamat sa buwis ng mga magsasaka, manggagawa, mangingisda, ng masang Pilipinong nagpaaral sa amin sa loob ng UP. - Kat Dalon

Quote of the week: “Your ‘yes’ to God requires your ‘no’ to all injustice, to all evil, to all lies, to all oppression and violation of the weak and poor...” ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer Prints: kellylatimoreicons.com

Sila ang mga kandidato ng Makabayan. Hindi sila mga bilyonaryo. Simple lang ang pinagmulan, pero maipagmamalaki namin na hindi sila nagnakaw, hindi nagpayaman, hindi nang-api ng kapwa. May bagong pag-asa, isinilang ngayong araw. Dalhin natin sila sa tagumpay. #TaumbayanSaSenado

Pope Francis unveils Nativity Scene this year with Jesus draped in a Palestinian keffiyeh #PalestineLivesMatter #GazaGenocide #FreePalestine