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The Servant of God Catherine de Hueck, Foundress of the Madonna House Apostolate, once said: “A bell is not a bell till you ring it. A song is no song till you sing it. The love in your heart was not put there to stay. Love is not love till you give it away.” RoyContinue reading ““Listening and Obedient Love”, 6th Sunday of Year C, by Fr. Robert Manansala, OFM”

Roy B. Zuck tells us the main reason why so many healings and recoveries happen at the Menninger Clinic, a leading inpatient psychiatric hospital located in Topeka, Kansas, USA. We take note that the well-known Catholic priest, psychologist, spiritual writer Henri Nouwen did a fellowship and studied clinical psychology at the said hospital. The workContinue reading ““Love One Another As I Have Loved You” (Fifth Sunday, Year C) , by Fr. Robert Manansala, OFM”

Some days ago, the newspapers carried the Social Weather Stations survey results indicating that in the Philippines, on a national scale, religious affiliation to the Catholic Church has gone down from 85% in 1991 to 81% in 2013 and church attendance among Catholics has dramatically declined from 64% to 37% in the same time period.Continue reading ““FISHERS OF PEOPLE”, (Third Sunday of Easter, Year C) by Fr. Robert Manansala, OFM”

A story is told about a preacher who began his sermon by saying: “Brothers and sisters, here you are coming to pray for rain. I’d just like to ask you some questions. Where are your umbrellas? Do you have some doubts that the Lord will answer our prayers? Don’t you have faith in the powerContinue reading ““Doubting Thomas, Believing Thomas” (Divine Mercy Sunday), by Fr. Robert Manansala, OFM”

The story is told of a young French soldier who deserted Napoleon’s army but who, within a matter of hours, was caught by his own troops. To discourage soldiers from abandoning their posts the penalty for desertion was death. The young soldier’s mother heard what had happened and went to plead with Napoleon to spareContinue reading ““DIVINE MERCY”, Second Sunday of Easter, Year C, by Fr. Robert Manansala, OFM”

How many of us have copies of the Bible? More importantly, how many of us read these copies of the Bible regularly or even everyday? A survey conducted by the LifeWay Research some years ago indicated that 80% of Churchgoers do not read the Bible. The Rasmussen Poll recently did a survey about Bible-reading inContinue reading ““Readers, Hearers, Doers and Sharers of the Word”, by Fr. Robert Manansala, OFM on January 26/27″

His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Emeritus of the Church, who ended his papal or petrine ministry on February 28, has been called the Pope of the basics. During his papacy, Pope Benedict invited and challenged the faithful to return to the fundamentals of our Christian faith. This challenge has been expressed, for example, inContinue reading ““Turn and Return to the Lord”, by Fr. Robert Manansala, OFM”