January 19, 2020. It was about The Naboth’s Vineyard in 1 Kings 21:1-29 and the Sunday’s Gospel according to John in 1:29-42. Full text on my homily about Naboth’s vineyard will be published on Justice Sunday, March 29, 2020. It is quite surprising though that the story of Naboth’s Vineyard is also the story of […]
My HR-Work Buddy Is Arrested Today.
My human rights work buddy and an active human rights defender in Western Mindanao is arrested today, February 5, 2020 on the basis of a warrant of arrest for murder issued on July 26, 2019 by Judge Victoriano Lacaya, Jr. of Regional Trial Court Branch 9, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte. She is now detained […]
Eucharist in Salzburg, Austria
On January 19, 2019. Worshipping with our sister church, the Old Catholic Church Parish, Salzburg in Salzburg, Austria with the The Right Revd Dr. Heinz Georg Lederleitner the Bishop of Austria with Fr. martin the Parish Priest with Fr. Samuel and the other. The Iglesia Filipina Independiente is in Concordat of Full Communion with the […]
A Human Rights Crisis
Posting and sharing this presentation of the Philippine reality on Human Rights Situation taken from a document of the Ecumenical Voice for Human Rights and Peace in the Philippines – ECUVOICE and the Philippine Universal Periodic Review Watch – UPRWatch. Very recently, January 28, 2020, another lawyer, Carlos M. Anselmo, is killed by motorcycle-riding gunmen […]
Blessed Are Those Attacked But Still Standing Firm.
February 2, 2020, Fourth Sunday of Epiphany. A reflection on Matthew 5:1-12. “Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.” (5:11) Have you ever thought why church people even if attacked and persecuted are still standing firm on their ground and […]
Pastoring the Flock, Pastoring the Pastors
A short essay written and submitted in the year 2009 when I intended to be part of the list of candidates for the Episcopate to the National Search Committee. Introduction: Pastoring the flock is a very vital task in the Church but is mostly unattended to by our pastors, as our experience tells us. The […]
Quick or Quit?
January 26, 2020, Third Sunday of Epiphany. A reflection on Matthew 4:12-23. “Immediately they left their nets, their boat and their father, and followed him.” (v20&22) How immediate was immediately? Brothers Simon and Andrew, James and John immediately left and followed Jesus. Why could this be? Can there be urgency? In her writing Fishing Economy […]
“Broaden and Strengthen the Ranks of the Filipino Migrants and Their Families, Actively Defend the Rights of the Filipino People Against Tyranny and Advance the Struggle for Freedom, Democracy and National Sovereignty.”
A Keynote to Migrante Europe – Second Congress San Martino Parish, Via Alfonso Lissi 11, 22110 Como, Italy, December 8, 2019 My dear esteemed members of Migrante Europe: It is a great privilege to have been invited to a gathering, a congress of the brave Filipino migrants in this part of the globe – the […]
Thank You Zentrum für Mission und Ökumene!
Message to the General Assembly, Zentrum für Mission und Ökumene, (Centre for Global Ministries and Ecumenical Relations) September 6-7, 2019 Greetings of peace and solidarity in Christ to the delegates of this General Assembly, the Board of Directors and to all the staff! May I take this opportunity to extend my gratitude to the men […]
Away But Connected, Not Alone
I was not there when you were born For I was away for a Church mission But I was connected with your mom by phone Today, I am again away and we’re only connected by phone Yes, I am away but connected, not alone I was not there when you were born For I was […]
