“Lead me in your path, oh Lord…”

God’s nourishment would bring about a new life, a new journey, and a new beginning.

You may have bruised your life in the past with pains and heartaches. Remember, they do heal. You don’t have to stay in the stigma of fear that had been caused by these unpleasant memories. In the event that you’ll allow God to nourish your being, you’ll sprout a new stem that reaches out with strength for new leaves to grow. Allow him to be your supplement to heal the broken ligaments of relationship. Let go of the traumatic past and face the present with vibrance and with a strong determination to live a new kind of life in its fullness. Storms pass and so, too, with your past. There’s more to life than stay being stagnant in your hurts. Ignite a happy atmosphere and believe that life can go on amidst trials and tribulations. Believe that you can make it, only if you have the will to do it.

In your new journey, God will always be in your company.

PASTORAL VISIT AT IGANG PARISH, POTOTAN

PASTORAL VISIT AT IGANG PARISH, POTOTAN

ABP LAZO NAGPADULONG SA BRGY. IGANG, POTOTAN, ILOILO PARA SA IYA PASTORAL VISIT

 

Pototan Iloilo- Mainit nga gin-abiabi si Archbishop Jose Romeo O. Lazo DD sa iya pag-abot sa Brgy. Igang Pototan, Iloilo para sa iya nagapadayon nga Pastoral Visit sang tinalikdan nga Sabado, Abril 17, 2021 tubtob Abril 18, 2021.
Sa ila pag-abot sa Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish, ginpatigayon sang parish community ang isa ka simple nga reception rite sa grupo nanday Abp Lazo. Sa nahauna nga adlaw sang iya pastoral Visit, nakighinun-anon si Abp Lazo sa mga miyembro kag lideres sang nagkalain-lain nga mga Konsilyo kag Organisasyon lakip na diri ang Tri-council. (PPC, PAC kag PFC ).
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 Kasunod sini nagpadulong man siya Jamabalod para sa isa ka Barrio Visit kon sa diin ginhiwat ang “Dialogue with the Local Community” agod iya mahibaluan ang mga pastoral nga kinahanglanon sang mga pumuluyo didto.
Naghiwat si Abp Lazo sang isa ka Santos nga Misa upod si Fr. Virgilio Permosil, kura paroko kag pagkatapos sini, ang mga miyembro sang Youth Ministry nanguna sa pagpangamuyo sang Santos nga Rosaryo.
Ang ikaduha nga adlaw sang Pastoral Visit ginbuksan sang isa ka Santos nga Misa. Pagkatapos sang Misa, ang Parokya naghanda sang isa ka pamahaw kag ginsundan sang isa na naman ka hinun-anon kaupod ang Tri-Council kag ang mga lideres sang LOMAs kag MAMOs.
Ang Pastoral Visit sang aton Mahal nga Arsobispo, isa sa mga programa sang aton Arkideosesis sa sining tuig sang Misyon kag sa pagselebrar man sang ika-500 ka tuig nga anibersaryo sang Kristiyanismo sa Pilipinas. Ini isa sa mga misyon sang aton Arsobispo bilang manugbantay nga gintalana sang Dios nga magtatap sa panong nga gintugyan sa iya.
Magapadayon ang ini nga hilikuton sang Arsobispo tubtob nga ang tanan nga Vicariato kag Parokya sa idalom sa iya pagdumala mahimo nga mabisita kag mabuligan ilabi na gid ila Pastoral nga mga Kinahanlan.
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“NOURISH ME, OH GOD…”

When you immersed yourself in the kind of nourishment only God can give, a new life’s perpective unfolds.
 
Life defines its meaning by the way you live it and not just all about the abode of your domicile and tasty intakes. It is well reflected by how you reach out to other’s life than just feel the glamour of what you wear or what you eat. It’s all about how you gratefully appreciate your blessings than sadly grieving for what is lacking. Your life’s shortcomings are never meant to be ostracized but to add meaning to your outlook in life. It’s how you value them that brings you the strength to learn from your mistakes; it’s how you reject them that you become weak in handling difficulties. No amount of unsignificant persons and challenges may ever dampen your spirit when you are fully absorbed in gratefulness for all the blessings God has bestowed on you as his gifts.
 
Life is but God’s beautiful gift, only if you learn to appreciate it.

“I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE…”

Meals are great times to commune. Leaning at the edge of a board, everyone partakes the same food. This is communion.

Determined in differences of one’s earnings, food varies in quality. Those blessed to have more enjoy the sumptuous intakes, while the lesser ones contend with the meager. This is unlikely in the way God would feed us. Unmindful of whatever our status, each one partakes equal sustenance and the same nourishment. Our bodies may have all the options to choose but our souls yearn only for the unanimous one – the body of God. We can be diversified in our wants but in partaking the essential necessity of our souls, we are unified. In the celebration of the Holy Eucharist that we participated, the meal had let us become one enormous family and one unified community in one loving fellowship. This was what made us gather. This was what made us one. This was how God united us in his meal. If there is one significant thing this epidemic crisis has brought us is this arduous longing to touch him, to receive him, and to let him become fully alive again in our hearts.

As we truly miss him, the absence makes our heart grow fonder.

“BREAD… BLESSED… BROKEN…”

You are blessed to be broken. Coming into shattered pieces, a new dawn in your life will come to rise.

The breaking causes pain but it is only through this affliction that something better comes out. Just as the shell of an egg breaks its form to produce a new life, the skin and flesh of God were torn and broken by the scourgings in order to bring about your salvation. In a like situation, the restriction that had been caused by this epidemic has led you to the breaking of your wants which led you to strengthen your fellowship with your loved ones. Your world of individualism has transformed into a communion of sharing. Never be afraid of further breakages to surface. Break the layers of your pride and an innermost humility will thrive. Break your insensitivity that you will be fully aware of how others would crave for your care. Break the core of your sinfulness and you will feel God’s loving embrace.

In the event of the shatter, scars are inevitable… and scarred people are always beautiful.

“Be not afraid…”

In the midst of confusion and weariness in life, strive to be a channel of courage and not of fear.

When your mind becomes subservient to your emotions, fear sips in and it becomes difficult for you to comprehend stability and calmness. Thus, when the storms of your life come in, you drown yourself easily in frustration. Never satisfy your feelings by going with the pains, and at times, of hurting yourself to the extent. This is depression. The antidote is obvious: mind control. This is the power of positive thinking. God has given you the gift of the will. He puts your mind above your heart so you can use this gift to control any ill-feeling and to alleviate your mood to eventually appreciate the value of life. Allow yourself then to become the strength to the many who are weak. A joyful atmosphere brings about good vibration that creates an ambience of courage and serenity.

No amount of fear can ever overcome your trust in following God’s will.

HOLY DOOR IN GUIMARAS OPENED, COMPLETES 7 JUBILEE CHURCHES

HOLY DOOR IN GUIMARAS OPENED, COMPLETES 7 JUBILEE CHURCHES

Rev. Fr. Norberto Tacadao led the Opening of the Holy Door at Saint Isidore the Farmer Parish, Navalas, Buenavista, Guimaras, last April 16, 2021.

NAVALAS, GUIMARAS – The 7th and Last Jubilee Church in the Archdiocese of Jaro opened its Holy Doors to the faithful in the island province of Guimaras last April 16, 2021. Iconic as it is, the Porta Sancta was opened at what is known to be the miniature of the Jaro Cathedral façade, the Parish of Saint Isidore the Farmer in Navalas, Buenavista, Guimaras.

The rite of opening the Holy Doors and the Eucharistic celebration was presided by Rev. Fr. Norberto Tacadao, parish priest of the Most Holy Name of Jesus Parish, Buenavista, Guimaras, and Vicar Forane of the Vicariate of Saint Bartholomew, and was concelebrated by the priests within their vicariate. It was also attended by the parishioners coming from some other parts of Guimaras, as this is the only Holy Door designated to the vicariate.

The opening of a holy door in a Jubilee Church is one of the special graces, not only to the diocese where it was named, but to the entire Catholic community around it. The grace of entering a Holy Door while desiring to gain a plenary indulgence is a gift that we are all called to share.

Photos courtesy of Herbs Niñada Simacio & Alyssa Ganila

“Let me share your blessing, oh Lord…”

Not all who ate the bread and the fish multiplied by Jesus were righteous people. Yet, they all had their sumptuous share.
Though how credible it might seem, God sustains everyone adequately and he sees the necessity of the need, and not just the diversity of the recipients. He used the smallness of what a simple boy can share for the welfare and satisfaction of the many. It was more of the act of sharing and not of the quality of what was shared, for there is no measure for what the poor can share nor what the rich can receive. Obviously, God sees how you treat people around you. Certainly, he would be glad if you can share much of his love when you can give more priority to among those who could not afford to deserve such blessings; to among those who could not return back the favors received; to among those who are in their utmost need to eat from your excessed wants; and to among those who desperately aspire for your kindness and generosity. This will be your own version of what a miracle is.
God lives in the humbled abode of the poor, longing to be a part of that simple bread you will afford.

MIAGAO PARISH JUBILEE DOOR OPENED

MIAGAO PARISH JUBILEE DOOR OPENED

The Sto. Tomas de Villanueva Parish, Miagao, Iloilo is one of the seven Jubilee churches in the Archdiocese of Jaro. On April 14 at 4:30PM, the Porta Sancta of the Parish Church was opened at 4:30PM. The Opening Rites was officiated by Rev. Fr. Bernabe Tutana, the Vicar Forane of the Vicariate of Sts. Philip and James, in behalf of Archbishop Jose Romeo Lazo.

It was then followed by a Eucharistic Celebration presided by Fr. Tutana along with other concelebrating priests, Rev. Fr. Nonito Pelobello (Cubay Parish), Rev. Fr. Joel Rudi (San Jose), Rev. Fr. Michael Nievales (Opus Dei, Miagaowanon priest), Rev. Fr. Jose Ma. Enrique Evidente (Parochial Vicar). The Parishioners, different religious organizations, and guests from other Parishes within the Vicariate joined and participated, and those who were not able to attend also witnessed this joyous celebration through livestream.

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The Porta Sancta of Miagao Parish was the sixth door opened in the Archdiocese of Jaro after the National Shrine of Our Lady of Candles (Jaro Cathedral), Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish Church (Estancia, Iloilo), Sts. Peter and Paul the Apostle Parish Church (Barotac Viejo, Iloilo), St. Augustine Parish Church (Dumangas, Iloilo), and Patronage of St. Joseph Parish Church (Pototan, Iloilo). The seventh door to be opened will be the St. Isidore Parish Church (Navalas, Buenavista, Guimaras).

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“YOU ALONE IS MY STRENGTH, OH GOD…”

In today’s uncertainties, everywhere you turn there’s a new atmosphere of a stronger reliance in God.

Amidst the fears that brought about instability there’s a new sound of rejoicing, not of triumph over the catastrophe but of victory of winning God’s esteem back in many of each one’s life. Something significant is happening among us – the fear has caused strength to the multitude to trust in God. He is doing a new thing in ways we have not known before. He is transforming our weariness into a new vigor of confidence; our anxieties into a hope of reliability; and our desperation into an inspiration to survive. We may find it to be alluring but nothing is too difficult with God. We may have empty churches but God fills our hearts with an abundance of assurance that He will suffer with us and that he will never leave us. He desires to be where we are for he wants to let us feel his saving grace and glory, not for his benefit but for our own sake. He will cause peace and calmness to spring forth all over the earth.

Our fear becomes the atmosphere to welcome his mighty presence, as we let him come alive with us in the truest sense.