We all, I believe, can agree that our daily life is blessed with many experiences. Each experience, good or bad, happy or sad, would solicit from our heart some emotions or decisions to be expressed.
In spiritual life, any action of the heart or of the human will is something that matters attention. First of all, [...]

by REV. JOSE PELAGIO A. PADIT, SThD
St. John the Evangelist says: “In the beginning was the Word… and the Word was God (Jn 1:1); … and the Word became flesh (Jn 1:14)…” Jesus Christ the Son of God is the Word of God who became flesh through the Blessed Virgin Mary. The story of Mary’s [...]

By REV. JOSE PELAGIO A. PADIT, SThD
In our Catholic Liturgical Calendar, The feast of Christ the King is the last Sunday of the Liturgical Year. With this feast we conclude the current liturgical year, the year cycle A. The first Sunday of Advent is the first day of the new liturgical year; it is our [...]

by REV. JOSE PELAGIO A. PADIT, SThD
For obvious reasons, there is definitely a difference between a death march and a victory parade. A death march is a journey of the defeated and the condemned. The person on a death march is sad, smitten with grief and hopelessness. Maybe crying as he walks, maybe conditioning his [...]

REV. JOSE PELAGIO A. PADIT, SThD
A game of pronounce: “I” and “You” tried to compete with each other on who is the most important. “I” said, ‘I am the most important, because I do everything. I am the subject of all actions. And you, pointing to “You,” are just [...]

BY REV. JOSE PELAGIO A. PADIT, SThD
The word of God creates. He speaks and things come into being, into existence. In the book of Genesis chapter 1: “God said, let there be…” He calls into existence from nothing all things. His word has the creating power that makes things become, like in verses 14-15: “And [...]

By REV. JOSE PELAGIO A. PADIT, SThD
Spiritual life is a journey of personal perfection cooperating to the sanctifying graces of God given to us through the work of the Holy Spirit in us. The saints corresponded to the actions of the Holy Spirit in their lives. They put into practice Christ’s teachings. They sought to [...]

By REV. JOSE PELAGIO A. PADIT, SThD
We have not yet reflected specifically on this topic sin and sinful life. I guess it is because the presupposition is that we know it or that it is better not talked about. Yet if we know it, why would we still fall into sins and sinful mannerisms? Wouldn’t [...]

by REV. JOSE PELAGIO A. PADIT, SThD
We believe that “the word of God is alive (1 Peter 1:23),” and one of the statements uttered by the Lord that have changed many peoples’ lives is this: “Follow Me.” I would us to reflect on some biblical passages that contain this invitation of the Lord Jesus. As [...]

By REV. JOSE PELAGIO A. PADIT, SThD
A healthy family will have some arguments but clarifications after; some misunderstandings but reconciliation after; many teasing, yelling and critiquing among members for fun, but after they will pat each others’ back to affirm and encourage each other. A healthy society would be similar: It is good to have [...]