Ang Katin-awan

29/07/2024

Christ came to give meaning to suffering.

If there is no personal God, our anxiety, our sadness, and our pain are useless. We are just victims of a cruel world. We exist just to feel hurt. Like Richard Dawkins said, an atheist, the world is just "pitiless indifference".

The death of Jesus on the cross gives us life. Although we experience hardships, it gives us hope because of our love for Jesus.

10/02/2024

Panawagan!

Gihangyo namo ang tanang parokyano sa Birhen del Carmen sa Talisayan sa paghatag sa atoang kumbento sa dili pa o human sa inyong pagsimba sa inyohang daan nga mga lukay nga gipanalanginan niaging Domingo Ramos kay mao kini mahimong abog nga ipahid sa atoang mga agtang sa umaabot nga Miyerkules Badlis.

Dalaygon ang Dios!

03/01/2024

Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.

1 John 2:22 (RSV-CE)

24/12/2023

"Luhod kamo. Ang Dios nagpakatawo."

Malipayong pasko!

19/12/2023

We often misinterpret the silence of our fathers as cold, uncaring, but in this season of Advent we are reminded by the fatherhood of Saint Joseph, a quiet father, doing the will of the Lord without murmuring, contemplating the future of his family, and meditating his choices in life.

Atheists uses hiddenness as proof that God does not exists. They argue that the immutability of God makes Him apart from us but we know all too well that unless we take the covers of pride, unless we neglect to hear the deafening noises of the world, unless our hearts are open, unless our ears are ready to listen, only then we will know that God is always there, even nearer in our despair.

17/12/2023

Pahinomdom sa pagtambong sa Santos nga Misa:

ℹ Sa Katolikong pagtulun-an, gidapit ang tanan sa pagpuasa, usa (1) ka oras sa dili pa magsugod ang Misa.

🚻 Magsuot sa disenteng kasuotan. Paningkamotan ang kinamaayohan.

🛐 Pagluhod ug pagpanguros isip paghatag sa respeto (sa templo) sa Ginoo.

⛔ Likayan ang paglakaw-lakaw (gawas-sulod) ug dili kinahanglang paggamit sa cellphone ug pakigtabi panahon sa Misa labi na sa pagbasa sa Ebanghelyo (Gospel), pagsulti sa pari sa Homiliya, pagbalaan sa pan ug bino (Eukaristiya). Hinunoa, buhata ang angayan.

✝️ Dawaton ang Ostias (Host) sa pinakasagradong pamaagi.

⚠️ Dili mangalawat kung wala nakumpisal ang (mga) mortal nga sala.

✝️ Ipaambit ang mensahe sa Ebanghelyo sa imong pamilya, mga higala, ug mga kaila.

"Ania karon, ang pagsugot labi pang maayo kay sa halad, ug ang pagpamati kay sa tambok sa mga lakeng carnero. Kay ang pagsukol sama ra sa sala sa lumay, ug ang pagkagahi sa kasingkasing sama ra sa pagdiwata ug pag-alagad sa mga dios-dios."

1 Samuel 15:22b-23a

17/12/2023

I was lost but You found me.

Upon our meeting, I asked, "Why did you searched for me?". You replied, "Because I love you".

I left you. When I found nowhere to stay, I returned and found You waiting. Upon seeing me, You smiled, ran towards my direction, and welcomed me.

I said, "After all those thing I have done, why do you still want me?". You replied again, "Because I love you".

Convicted by my guilt, I retorted, "Why so adamant with me?". You replied with calm voice ever since, "Because I love you".

I was speechless, kneeled, and cried. You held me, felt Your touch, and filled with Your love.

16/12/2023

Most of the time, we tend to push away our family members when we find wrong in them but here comes Jesus, emerging in the world with a family, embracing the imperfection of humanity.

The beauty of Christian faith is that its Creator became one of His creation to save them and that was love unconditional.

08/12/2023

"Why more Christians should believe in Mary's Immaculate Conception?"

Indeed, the removal of such disordered inclinations (original sin) is by definition the return to right order within a person’s motivations. In preparation for a woman’s free decision of whether or not to have a child with God, I believe that God would find this removal [of original sin] fitting in the extreme.

The vacillation (hesitation) would be between the fear of reprisal (payment) for her refusal and the willingness to consent to God’s plan and this suggests to me a level of coercion (pressure) that God would like to do without.

While it is true that the coercion (pressure) would not be intended by God, one must remember that with disordered inclinations (original sin), the individual does not view God’s invitation simply under the aspect of her blessedness but also as carrying with it an awesome threat.

Reference:

Mulder, Jack E. "Why More Christians Should Believe in Mary's Immaculate Conception." Christian Scholar's Review 41, no. 2.00 (2012): 117-134.

03/12/2023

It is not our job to tell if the end of the world is near. Jesus made it clear that it only belongs to the Father. Rather than be scared of the second coming because the happenings, it should be expected full of joy, full of hope. The meeting of Jesus must be a festive celebration. It is not the real Gospel if it does bring fear. Our duty is to prepare.

03/12/2023

"At that time his voice shook the earth; but now he has promised, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heaven.” This phrase, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of what is shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us give thanks, by which we offer to God an acceptable worship with reverence and awe;"

Hebrews 12:26-28

21/05/2023