Daily Readings

Sacred Tradition

June 17, 2019

Monday, 11th Week of Ordinary Time
From a treatise on the Lord’s Prayer by Saint Cyprian, bishop and martyr
Our prayer is communal

Above all, he who preaches peace and unity did not want us to pray by ourselves in private or for ourselves alone. We do not say “My Father, who art in heaven,” nor “Give me this day...

Catechism-A-Day

Catechism of the Catholic Church

987 "In the forgiveness of sins, both priests and sacraments are instruments which our Lord Jesus Christ, the only author and liberal giver of salvation, wills to use in order to efface our sins and give us the grace of justification" (Roman Catechism, I, 11, 6).

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...