Become Great by Being Small pondo ng pinoy Continues January

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Vol. 6 No. 41 January 15, 2011
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Become Great by Being
Small
January 16 is
Feast of the Sto Nino
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Pastor’s Message
by: Rev. Msgr. Emmanuel Suñga
Dear Parishioners
The Sto. Nino for us Filipinos has two basic
features, one is historical and the other is theological
or spiritual.
A. Historical
When Ferdinand Magellan rediscovered the
Philippines at the dawn of a Saturday, March 16,
1521, he had in mind the Christianization of the
islands besides colonization. The first step was
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Sunday Gospel
Pondo ng Pinoy Continues
By Gene Alberto
The mission of
Pondo ng Pinoy enables
us to imitate Christ in
his healing ministry
by serving others
wholeheartedly.
Mt 18:1-5,10
Human life is finite;
we sometimes fall into
sickness and woundedness. Our life on earth is short and
has an end. Jesus intended that his ministry of healing
be continued until the end of time. “As you go, make the
announcement: The reign of God is at hand! Cure the sick,
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Ministry of Church
Greeters and Collectors
(MCGC) Christmas Party
by: Claire Padilla, MCGC Coordinator
The MCGC had their Christmas Party last Jan.
08, 2011 held at Jubilee Hall A and B.
Members contributed for the food. Gifts were
given by benefactors and were raffled off. There
were gift exchanges and also small gifts from their
Coordinator-Claire Padilla.
Parlor games were played and a dance number
by Pia and Aya made the party lively.
Visitors including some of the Altar Servers
dropped by too. It was really fun getting together!
Who says its no longer Christmas… for the
GREETERS – Christmas is everyday!!!
Blessed Willam Carter
Feast day: 11 January
Born in London, 1549 William Carter entered the
printing business at an early age. For many years he
served as apprentice to well-known Catholic printers,
one of whom served a prison sentence for persisting
in the Catholic faith. William himself served time in
prison following his arrest for “printing lewd [i.e.,
Catholic] pamphlets” as well as possessing books
upholding Catholicism.
But even more, he offended public officials
by publishing works that aimed to keep Catholics
firm in their faith. Officials who searched his house
found various vestments and suspect books, and
even managed to extract information from William’s
distraught wife. Over the next 18 months William
remained in prison, suffering torture and learning of
his wife’s death.
He was eventually charged with printing and
publishing the Treatise of Schisme, which allegedly
incited violence by Catholics and which was said
to have been written by a traitor and addressed to
traitors. While William calmly placed his trust in
God, the jury met for only 15 minutes before reaching
a verdict of “guilty.” William, who made his final
confession to a priest who was being tried alongside
him, was hanged, drawn and quartered the following
day: January 11, 1584.
In an age when religious diversity did not yet
seem possible, it was high treason, and practicing
the faith was dangerous. William gave his life for his
efforts to encourage his brothers and sisters to keep up
the struggle to be free to practice one’s faith.
In November 10, 1986, he was venerated by Pope
John Paul II; in November 22, 1987 he was beatified.
He is well-known as Martyr of England, Scotland and
Wales
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Pastor’s Messasge
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realized when on a Sunday of April 14, 1521 the queen
of Cebu, the wife of Rajah Humabon was baptized and
named Juana after the mother of king Charles I. Pigafetta,
Magellan’s chronicler narrated it in the following words.
After dinner the priest and some of the others went
ashore to baptize the queen, who came with fifty women.
We conducted her to the platform, and she was made to
sit down upon a cushion, and the other women near her,
until the priest should be ready. She was shown an image
of our Lady, a very beautiful wooden child Jesus, and
a cross. Thereupon, she was overcome with contrition,
and asked for baptism amid her tears. We named her
Johanna, after the emperor’s mother; her daughter, the
wife of the prince, Catherina; the queen of Mazaua,
Lisabeta; and others, each their (distinctive) names.
After her baptism, Magellan gave her an image of
the child Jesus as a gift. The incident of Mactan that
followed, brought an empty space in the history of this
image until April 28, 1565, when one of Miguel Lopez
de Legazpi’s soldier named Juan de Camuz discovered
the image in an unburned Cebuan house. The Spanish
force assaulted the defenders of Cebu led by their native
leader, king Tupas. Spanish artillery and muskets made
the Spanish win the day with the town in flames except
that house where the image was. Ever since then, the
devotion to the Sto. Niño became one of the most popular
devotions in our country.
B. The Theological or Spiritual aspect.
a. In the Christmas scene, the infant Jesus was
shown in his helpless humanity, thereby stressing his
human nature. But this infant Jesus is also divine, the Son
of God, co-equal with His father. We Filipinos express
this belief in our Sto.Niño. This reminds us of this
passage of the letter of Paul to the Philippians 2:6-11
“Though He was in the form of God, He did not deem
equality with God something to be grasped at. Rather,
He emptied Himself and took the form of a slave, being
born in the likeness of men… accepting even death on the
cross.
b. This Son of God, as we had seen in the mystery
of Christmas became “flesh and dwelt among us” No
wonder we identified ourselves into this Child God
in many different forms like Sto. Niño mangingisda,
magsasaka, bombero, tindero, pulis, and many others.
But the latest addition is Sto.Niñong palaboy (a street
child).
c. In the Sto.Niño we see the spirituality so well
expounded by St. Therese of Lisieux, “My Little Way”.
We are great if we become children again. Great are
not the kings of the world, great is not somebody who
lords it over other people. But great is Christ, who
is king of kings, although he humbled Himself and
became a little child. We too can become great if we
become children again. We are like a child, if we can say
“ABBA=Father” again as a child does. Every child of
God has this prerogative, as St. Paul puts it in Gal.4;6
“The proof that you are sons is the fact that God has sent
forth into our hearts the spirit of his Son which cries out
‘Abba’ (Father!).” Rom. 8:15
By this feast of Sto. Niño, we are called to a spiritual
childhood, they way of trust and absolute self-surrender.
VIVA STO.NIÑO
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Pondo ng Pinoy
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raise the dead, heal the lepers, and expel demons. The
gift you have received give as a gift.” (Mt 10:7-8)
Today one of the outstanding ways Jesus cares for
the sick and heals them is through Catholic hospitals.
Evangelization in the Philippines has made use of these
institutions to bring comfort and healing of Christ to
people. They witness to the Gospel by their dedication
and compassionate attention and care for the sick.
Aside from those who work in the hospitals, Pondo
ng Pinoy movement has organized community-based
program on healing and proper care for the sick in
remote areas. For a good number of years, trained
community-based health care workers often work as
volunteers, with little or no remuneration. They help
not only towards the cure of diseases but towards
their prevention. They have developed indigenous and
inexpensive medicine affordable by the poor.
It is also important for us to see our own need
for healing not only physically but also spiritually.
God desires that we be freed from our own spiritual
illness and personal sins. Therefore, we who are sick
spiritually because of sin are called by God to approach
Him to obtain healing and forgiveness through the
sacrament of reconciliation. By this sacrament Jesus
in the Holy Spirit forgives our sins that often are the
cause of sickness in ourselves and others; through
forgiveness we are restored to His love and reconciled
with the Holy Church.
Jesus as the Great Healer of all kinds of sickness
values the human body because partakes in our reality
as having created in the image and likeness of God.
Therefore we need to maintain this grace of wellness
through respect and proper care of ourselves. We need
to avoid any act that is detrimental to our health of
body and spirit.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Evangelization Ministry will conduct a Bible
Study for Children. Classes will start on January 16,
Sunday from 3:00pm to 4:30pm. Children ages 7-13
are invited to attend.
Regular Schedule of Masses
Monday-Friday
Sunday
6:30 a.m. 6:00 a.m.
12:00 (noon)
12:15 p.m.
7:30 a.m.
5:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
9:00 a.m.
6:00 p.m.
10:00 a.m.
7:00 p.m.
11:00 a.m.
8:00 p.m.
Saturday
6:30 a.m.
12:15 p.m.
6:30 p.m. (Sunday Mass)
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