Daily Readings

Sacred Tradition

June 4, 2020

Thursday, 9th Week of Ordinary Time
From the Moral Reflections on Job by Saint Gregory the Great, pope
The Church moves forward like the advancing dawn

Since the daybreak or the dawn is changed gradually from darkness into light, the Church, which comprises the elect, is fittingly styled daybreak or dawn. While...

Catechism-A-Day

Catechism of the Catholic Church

943 By virtue of their kingly mission, lay people have the power to uproot the rule of sin within themselves and in the world, by their self-denial and holiness of life (cf. LG 36).

Metro Manila Shrines

The National Shrine of the Sacred Heart

San Antonio Village, Makati City

Come to me all you who labor and are burdened and I will refresh you...

National Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Baclaran, Paranaque City

Near the end of the 1400's a ship was being tossed badly in a storm. It was in the...

Luzon Shrines

Shrine of San Antonio de Padua

Pila, Laguna

Two centuries ago, deluging flood waters necessitated the transfer of the Pila town, including the San Antonio de Padua church...

Spiritual Readings

Prayer Habits

Fr. Charles Belmonte and Fr. James Socias

Let us try to practice these acts of piety which will lead us, almost without our realizing it, to contemplative prayer...

Instruments of Good Works

St. Benedict of Nursia

The instruments of good works: First of all, to love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, and with all thy strength. Then, to love...

Daily Examination of Conscience

Fr. Charles Belmonte and Fr. James Socias

Make a short examination of conscience before going to rest at night. Two or three minutes...