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July 28, 2013 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) (Fil Mission Sunday) Forbes Park, Makati<br />

Transforming Lives<br />

Order of Franciscan Seculars (OFS) Admission of<br />

Candidates to Professed Members<br />

by Tina Teehankee, OFS<br />

In celebration of the Feast of<br />

our Patron, St. Anthony de<br />

Padua and the 60th Anniversary<br />

of the Founding of Santuario<br />

de San Antonio Parish, the Order<br />

of Franciscan Seculars (OFS) is<br />

happy to announce the Admission<br />

to Professed Members the Candidates<br />

of the St. Anthony Fraternity,<br />

Forbes Park Chapter during<br />

a special celebration of the Holy<br />

Eucharist, June 13, 2013 presided by<br />

Fr. Baltazar Obico, OFM, Spiritual Assistant<br />

and concelebrated by Fr. Joel E.<br />

Sulse, OFM, Parish Priest. <strong>The</strong> Candidates<br />

have answered God’s call in their<br />

life to follow Jesus and have undergone<br />

Formation. <strong>The</strong>y are now ready to live<br />

by His example following the footsteps<br />

of St. Francis in prayer and way<br />

of life.<br />

Congratulations to the newly Professed<br />

Members: Bro. Ernesto Valdez<br />

Tan, Sisters Ma. Elena C. Alvarado,<br />

Felicitas E. Dingle, Ma. Azucena V.<br />

Mewshaw, Nelia B. Navarrete, Elvira<br />

M. Sotaso, Emelita Valdez Tan, Ma.<br />

Aurora A. Tambunting (Admission –<br />

have always tried to<br />

I be a good Catholic. I<br />

go to daily mass, try to<br />

pray the rosary every night with my<br />

family, attend annual retreats sponsored<br />

by SSAP, Opus Dei, or Assumption,<br />

July 16, 2013) and Rosanna Valeriana<br />

V. Vergara! We welcome you to our<br />

fraternal family and Franciscan community!<br />

As the newly Professed Secular<br />

Franciscans, you have been blessed<br />

with this opportunity of getting to know<br />

Jesus more, living His Gospel in prayer<br />

through your life. “May you begin<br />

again in brotherhood and sisterhood<br />

for until now you have just started” (St.<br />

Francis).<br />

Ria Vergara, one of the newly Professed<br />

Secular Franciscans was asked<br />

“What does the Order of Franciscan<br />

Secular (OFS) fraternal life play in<br />

your life transformation?” With her<br />

permission, we share her testimony.<br />

What Does OFS Fraternal Life Play in<br />

My Life Transformation<br />

perform acts of kindness and charity,<br />

help those in need--and yet I still feel<br />

a certain incompleteness, like a jigsaw<br />

puzzle missing a piece. <strong>The</strong>re is always<br />

that gnawing feeling of emptiness that<br />

I cannot shake off. It wasn’t enough to<br />

<strong>The</strong> last Sunday of July is Fil-<br />

Mission Sunday. Today we<br />

remember in our prayers<br />

and sacrifices the Filipino Diocesan<br />

Priest-Missionaries of the Mission<br />

Society of the Philippines. (ORDO<br />

2013)<br />

August 2 is the feast of Our Lady<br />

of the Angels of the Portiuncula.<br />

It is celebrated by the Franciscans<br />

all over the world to commemorate<br />

and give due regard to the Blessed<br />

Mother Mary to whom St. Francis<br />

has entrusted the Order. It was in the<br />

little chapel of Portiuncula that St.<br />

Francis received the first brothers and<br />

officially started the Order of Friars<br />

Minor (Orden Fratres Minores). As<br />

the Province of San Pedro Bautista<br />

celebrates the Feast of the Our Lady<br />

of the Angels Seminary, let us join<br />

them in our prayers to gain more<br />

vocations for the Church as priests<br />

and brothers.<br />

Donations to the seminary can<br />

be coursed through the parish office.<br />

Please prepare your checks payable<br />

to FDO. Thanking you for your<br />

generosity.<br />

Fr. Joel Sulse, OFM<br />

be a good person, I needed to do more.<br />

I also felt my prayer life, spiritual life<br />

lacked structure.<br />

While I have always felt “close to<br />

God,” ours was a sporadic relationship.<br />

Ironically, I felt Him most profoundly<br />

during the moments when terrible<br />

things would happen in my life- cancer,<br />

betrayal, the sudden passing of my<br />

sister, the near death of a loved one.<br />

(turn to p.3)


2 Parish Bulletin<br />

Efficacy of and persistence in prayer<br />

Fr. Balltazar Obico, OFM<br />

Our prayers are efficacious<br />

not because of their forms. <strong>The</strong>y<br />

are helpful and facilitative, but<br />

because of the goodness and<br />

generosity of the Father, prayer<br />

is rooted in the kindness and<br />

generosity of God.<br />

Santuario de San Antonio<br />

Pastoral Team<br />

Fr. Joel Sulse, OFM - Parish Priest<br />

Fr. Baltazar A. Obico, OFM - Guardian<br />

Fr. Efren Jimenez, OFM<br />

Fr. Reu Jose C. Galoy, OFM<br />

Fr. Jesus Galindo, OFM - MMC Chaplain<br />

Tel.: 843-8830<br />

Email: ssap_info@yahoo.com<br />

Website: www.ssaparish.com<br />

Website email: ssap.webi@gmail.com<br />

Parish Bulletin<br />

Myrna B. Jurilla - Editor<br />

Marilou Consing - Associate Editor<br />

Dawnis C. David - Layout & Production<br />

Email: ssappb@yahoo.com<br />

<strong>The</strong> Parish Bulletin reserves the right to edit<br />

articles for space and clarity.<br />

Introduction.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re was a time during the<br />

height of the popularity of the Cursillo<br />

Movement when every Cursillista<br />

addressed Jesus as Brother Jess. He is<br />

not considered as a brother but can be<br />

called by his nickname. It gives one a<br />

weird feeling as calling Jesus in a very<br />

casual, intimate manner borders on<br />

disrespect and too much familiarity. It<br />

gives one an eerie feeling. It was most<br />

natural for us to realize and stress the<br />

gap and distance between God and us,<br />

that we feel unworthy to even pronounce<br />

the name of God. In fact there are still<br />

many, especially the old, the pious and<br />

the devout today, who when speaking<br />

about God won’t pronounce his name,<br />

simply point upwards to the sky and<br />

say it is up to someone up there.<br />

GOSPEL.<br />

In today’s Gospel, Jesus was<br />

requested by his disciples to teach them<br />

how to pray. <strong>The</strong>y were expecting<br />

that Jesus would give them some kind<br />

of effective formula that would give<br />

them assurance that they will be heard<br />

by the Father. Instead, Jesus taught<br />

them the Our Father. For the Jews,<br />

it was bordering on the scandalous,<br />

that they cannot call God their father<br />

like someone very close and intimate<br />

with them. <strong>The</strong>y have always related<br />

to Him as a transcendent deity so far<br />

removed from our earthly reality. God<br />

is totally unlike us. Any insinuation of<br />

anthropomorphism on God is considered<br />

blasphemous and sacrilegious. In<br />

Jesus he has bridged the immense gap<br />

between the transcendent realities and<br />

earthly ones.<br />

Now God is our Father. He is<br />

so near, the head of our household,<br />

so intimate that we are his children.<br />

Matthew even used the Aramaic word<br />

Abba, which is the informal address,<br />

akin to the youth’s lingo as Erpat. Try<br />

visualizing calling God as Erpat! How<br />

does it grab you? It’s edgy. Jesus is<br />

saying what is important in prayer<br />

is not the methods and strategies but<br />

first of all our relationship with God<br />

whom we are calling upon. God is our<br />

Father, we are his children. What is<br />

crucial in prayer is our filial trust and<br />

confidence.<br />

When we address God as our<br />

father, we are invited to pray with the<br />

same familiarity that Jesus showed<br />

when he prayed. <strong>The</strong> fact that the<br />

one to whom we pray can be thought<br />

of in such an intimate way, markedly<br />

affects the confidence with which we<br />

offer our prayer. God is not some<br />

withdrawn figure, unmoved by our<br />

pleas. He is not the impersonal deity<br />

who is arbitrary and capricious. He is<br />

not even a domineering figure up there<br />

watching us from a distance, ready to<br />

pounce on us whenever we fail. He is a<br />

Father, generous and kind.<br />

We need to pray. Its indispensability<br />

emerges from the fact that it puts us in<br />

touch with the incredible generosity of<br />

God. “Successful prayer” depends not<br />

on the methods and strategies (what<br />

day of the week and what time of the<br />

day we pray or the posture we assume.)<br />

In this age of charismatic renewal of<br />

our prayers, other forms have evolved.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re is more singing, dancing,<br />

clapping, amid other body movements.<br />

Most prayers are spontaneous, scripturebased<br />

and are prayers of worship. It is<br />

a laudable development. On the other<br />

hand we have no right to look down<br />

on others who are still comfortable<br />

in the traditional forms, formulas,<br />

novenas, rosaries, saint-inspired. What<br />

is important is regularity, persistence<br />

and trust. Our prayers are efficacious<br />

not because of their forms. <strong>The</strong>y are<br />

helpful and facilitative, but because<br />

of the goodness and generosity of the<br />

Father, prayer is rooted in the kindness<br />

and generosity of God.


July 28, 2013<br />

<strong>The</strong> ABCs of Catholic Doctrine<br />

By Lianne A.D. Tiu<br />

Mind your own business?!<br />

People often criticize the Church<br />

for meddling in politics, especially<br />

when it now tries to stop the<br />

implementation of the RH law in our<br />

country. <strong>The</strong>y believe that the Church<br />

should be separated from the State.<br />

God established two kinds of<br />

authority: the government authority (or<br />

civil authority) and the church authority<br />

(or ecclesiastical authority). He gave<br />

government leaders authority over<br />

citizens on matters related to temporal<br />

welfare. And He gave the Pope and the<br />

bishops authority on matters related to<br />

eternal salvation, on matters of faith<br />

and morals. Matters of faith include<br />

any truth God has revealed (contained<br />

in the Bible and sacred Tradition).<br />

Moral matters are those that determine<br />

whether an act is good or evil.<br />

Sometimes, the Church intervenes in<br />

temporal affairs when it needs to clarify<br />

a specific issue related to faith or morals.<br />

It intervenes precisely because matters<br />

of faith and morals are not matters of<br />

opinion but they are issues of revelation.<br />

When the bishops inform the public<br />

that the use of artificial contraceptives,<br />

divorce and remarriage, and same sex<br />

unions are seriously wrong, they are<br />

simply doing their duty to preserve the<br />

purity of God’s revelation.<br />

When bishops preach at the pulpit<br />

on how to organize a bank or a political<br />

party, they are abusing their authority.<br />

And we do not have to obey them in<br />

these matters of opinion.<br />

When, however, there is a<br />

disagreement between the church<br />

authority and government authority,<br />

when there is a conflict between divine<br />

and human law - we must always obey<br />

God rather than men (Acts 5:29).<br />

(Reference: “<strong>The</strong> Faith EXPLAINED<br />

Today” by Joe Babendreier; Faith Seeking<br />

Understanding: “<strong>The</strong> Social Doctrine of the<br />

Church” by Urbano Ferrer)<br />

(My Life Transformation... from p.1)<br />

While I suffered almost unbearable Canon in D) that brings me peace, in<br />

pain, Jesus carried me through each the gentle breeze that cools me. He is<br />

time, never once failing me, never once present in every single person, even<br />

stumbling to catch me. <strong>The</strong>se are what the irritating ones, who comes my way.<br />

I call my God sent “wake-up calls.” Though I don’t help or like all of them,<br />

He was no longer whispering gently to He understands. When I know I am<br />

me but shouting loudly. And my cry to over extending His graciousness, Our<br />

Him was always--”Help me understand, Blessed Mother never fails to intercede<br />

give me the grace and Your strength to for me. And always, the Holy Spirit’s<br />

weather this.”<br />

abiding presence or palpable absence is<br />

In my search for the missing piece, a clear manifestation if I am living as a<br />

I began my journey as an OFS Inquirer true child of God--there is peace, joy,<br />

sometime in September 2011. Joining and love when I am; and fear, anxiety,<br />

the secular Franciscans as an inquirer desolation when I am not.<br />

provided my prayer life the structure, Unlike the ugly duckling that becomes<br />

a swan, I know my transforma-<br />

order and consistency that it lacked.<br />

More importantly, I realized that God tion is a continuous work-in-progress.<br />

is not only present during the “wake-up It continues till the day I die. Nevertheless,<br />

I am filled with hope. Like the<br />

calls” of my life. He is a constant loving<br />

presence: every day, every moment, uneven bamboo fence-- all pointing upwards<br />

but firmly rooted on the earth--<br />

always in all ways. He laughs and cries<br />

with me, encourages and supports me that marks the boundaries of the Franciscan<br />

spirituality center in Botolan,<br />

in any endeavor no matter how trivial.<br />

He is present in the clear night sky that Zambales, as long as I keep my gaze<br />

fills me with awe, in music (Pachelbel<br />

(turn to p.5)<br />

Please Pray for the Sick<br />

Memorials of the Week<br />

July 29 - St. Martha<br />

July 30 - St. Peter Chrysologus, Bishop and<br />

Doctor of the Church<br />

July 31 - St. Ignatius of Loyola, Priest<br />

August 1 - St. Alphonsus de Ligouri, Bishop<br />

August 2 - St. Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop<br />

St. Peter Julian Eymard, Priest<br />

3<br />

We invite the sick or their<br />

representatives to join the<br />

Healing Mass every First Friday at<br />

3PM, Rooms 1-3 at the New Parish<br />

Center. If you want someone’s name<br />

added or deleted, please contact the<br />

Parish office 843-8835 (Maela) and<br />

give the name, address and contact<br />

details.<br />

Meldy Cojuangco<br />

Connie Gomez<br />

Marilou Arteficio<br />

Ma. Pilar Oledan<br />

Iggy Clavecilla<br />

Maxima “Amah” Sy<br />

Rosauro “Boy” Zaragoza<br />

Cards Guevara<br />

Emmanuel Gerodias<br />

Tommy Dy Buncio<br />

Cedric Castro.<br />

Anselmo Trinidad Jr.<br />

Pilar del Gallego<br />

Nena Jalandoni<br />

Victoria Pajulas<br />

Rosario Lopez<br />

Sol Lavadia<br />

Cecilia Manalo<br />

Victoriano Chung<br />

Zwei Lopez Gadi<br />

Shallouh Bancil Swinnerton<br />

Tony Boy Floirendo,Jr.<br />

Francisco Tankiang<br />

Felicisimo Alcantara<br />

Rosario de Leon Tobias<br />

David B. Lu<br />

Gloria Syjuco<br />

Raffy Chan<br />

Edric Co<br />

Peter Soo<br />

Estela Zapanta<br />

Chito San Jose<br />

Ron Jacobs<br />

Marin Garcia<br />

Nancy Imperial<br />

Johnny Lopez<br />

Tricia Canapi


4 Parish Bulletin<br />

RANDOM THOUGHTS<br />

Voices from yesterday and today . . .<br />

By Peachy Maramba<br />

ST. MARTHA<br />

(First Century - d.c. 80)<br />

Patron of Cooks, Housewives,<br />

<strong>The</strong> Hospitality Industry, Hotel Workers, etc.<br />

July 29<br />

Are you a Martha or Mary? Martha and<br />

Mary were two sisters of Lazarus whom<br />

Jesus raised from the dead. <strong>The</strong>ir family,<br />

apparently one of some importance, was one<br />

of a few closest and beloved friends of Jesus<br />

mentioned in the Bible. In fact whenever<br />

Jesus was in Judea he frequently delighted in<br />

being guest in their home in Bethany, a small<br />

town two miles from Jerusalem. St. John<br />

himself tells us that “Jesus loved Martha and<br />

her sister Mary and Lazarus.”<br />

From the gospels of Luke (10: 38-42)<br />

and John (11-12) we get a clear picture of<br />

the characters of these two sisters such that<br />

in art and literature, there evolved a Martha<br />

type and a Mary type who portray two very<br />

different life styles. In religion they typify<br />

two kinds of religious devotion - the way of<br />

Martha and the way of Mary.<br />

Martha Type<br />

Of the two sisters we seem to get a more<br />

detailed picture of Martha presumably, the<br />

elder of the two, who seems to have had the<br />

chief care and direction of the household!<br />

<strong>The</strong> Martha type exemplifies the typical<br />

devoted, generous, conscientious and<br />

hardworking housewife. St. Luke tells us<br />

that she was always solicitous and concerned<br />

about giving the best possible service and<br />

hospitality to her guests especially to a very<br />

special guest as Jesus. She therefore serves<br />

as an example of the virtue of hospitality.<br />

She is always solicitous of and attentive to<br />

everyone’s needs. However in her efforts to<br />

do this she seeks cooperation and concerted<br />

effort and gets vexed when she doesn’t get it.<br />

In short she typifies the energetic, practical and<br />

positive person. She is the prototype of the<br />

very active and possibly activist Christian.<br />

Mary Type<br />

On the other hand the Mary type contrasts<br />

sharply with the active ever practical Martha<br />

type. She seems to be the prototype of the<br />

reflective, meditative and contemplative<br />

person. Appearing more reserved and devout<br />

she is more preoccupied with spiritual matters<br />

than ordinary house chores.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Need to Prioritize<br />

It was during Jesus’ last visit to Jerusalem<br />

when the sisters entertained Jesus in their<br />

home the last few days before the Passion that<br />

the famous incident told by Luke (10:38-42)<br />

took place.<br />

While Martha was stuck with the chores,<br />

Mary sat at the feet of the Lord raptly listening<br />

to his every word. Martha, burdened with<br />

work, came complaining to Jesus expressing<br />

irritation at her sister’s idleness. She said,<br />

“Lord, do you not care that my sister has left<br />

me by myself to do the serving? Tell her to<br />

help me.”<br />

While Jesus was very well pleased with<br />

the love and devotion with which Martha<br />

waited on Him, yet Jesus chided her and<br />

softly rebuked Martha for her somewhat<br />

overanxious bustling spirit which led her to<br />

pay more attention and put more emphasis on<br />

worldly matters such as the bodily comfort of<br />

her guests than to His message of salvation.<br />

So Jesus said, “Martha, Martha you are<br />

anxious and troubled about many things.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re is need of only one thing. Mary has<br />

chosen the better part (which is of the greatest<br />

importance, the attendance of the soul on<br />

God) and it will not be taken from her.” (Luke<br />

10:42). Jesus added, “Eternal salvation is our<br />

only concern.”<br />

It seems that of the two areas of life<br />

commonly thought of as the practical and the<br />

contemplative, Jesus chose as the “better part”<br />

the contemplative, reflective and meditative<br />

part. It was as if Jesus were endorsing the<br />

value of a life of adoration and heavenly<br />

contemplation where the heart is wholly taken<br />

up in God and united to Him by worship and<br />

love over a life of active works that allows no<br />

time for thought or prayer as then often the<br />

soul is distracted or concerned about worldly<br />

cares only. And yet it would not be the “better<br />

part” if the practical side of life was not<br />

running smoothly. So we actually need to<br />

balance and blend the two areas of life.<br />

But Jesus is stressing the need to prioritize.<br />

While it is good to be busy and to work hard<br />

we must always remember that God should<br />

always come first taking precedence over all<br />

these actions because God is the “only one<br />

thing necessary.” He should be our first and<br />

foremost priority and eternal salvation our<br />

only concern.<br />

A Devoted Follower<br />

Yet while Mary seems to be the more<br />

devout of the two sisters always sitting at our<br />

Savior’s feet feeding her soul with heavenly<br />

doctrine, it would seem that in the story of the<br />

raising of her dead brother Lazarus to life it<br />

was Martha who emerges as the more devoted<br />

follower and a woman of deep faith.<br />

When Jesus finally arrived after Lazarus<br />

had already been dead for four days and was<br />

in fact already in a tomb and the house was<br />

filled with mourners, it was Martha who came<br />

running out to greet Him while Mary remained<br />

at home (John 11:20). Naturally expressing<br />

her regret and disappointment at His not being<br />

there to prevent Lazarus’ death nonetheless she<br />

expressed great faith that whatever He asked<br />

of God, God will give Him. “Lord, if you had<br />

been here, my brother would not have died.<br />

But even now I know that whatever you ask<br />

of God, God will give you” (John 11: 21-22).<br />

Because of this act of faith and unbounded<br />

trust in the Lord’s divine power, she was the<br />

first to hear one of Jesus’ deepest revelation.<br />

When Jesus assured her that her brother would<br />

rise again Martha thought He meant at the<br />

resurrection on the last day. <strong>The</strong>n Jesus made<br />

His startling statement on the continuation of<br />

life after death: “I am the resurrection and the<br />

life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies,<br />

will live and everyone who lives and believes<br />

in me will never die.”<br />

When Jesus asked Martha if she believed<br />

this she replied with a magnificent act of<br />

Faith when she unhesitatingly answered,<br />

“Yes, Lord, I have come to believe that you<br />

are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who<br />

is coming into the world.” So not only did<br />

(turn to p. 5)


July 28, 2013<br />

(My Life Transformation... from p.3)<br />

towards heaven, while at the same time<br />

being grounded on earth, I know there<br />

is nothing I can do that will ever take<br />

God’s love away from me. This fundamental<br />

reality of my life as a Christian<br />

helps me understand the suffering, sin<br />

and brokenness that earthly existence<br />

brings with it. I share this poem by<br />

Rabindranath Tagore, an Indian poet<br />

awarded the Nobel Literature Prize in<br />

1913, for it expresses eloquently and<br />

beautifully my continuing journey as a<br />

child of God committed to the Franciscan<br />

way of life:<br />

Let me not pray to be sheltered from<br />

dangers,<br />

but to be fearless in facing them.<br />

Let me not beg for the stilling of my<br />

pain,<br />

but for the heart to conquer it.<br />

Let me not look for allies in life’s<br />

battlefield,<br />

but to my own strength.<br />

Let me not crave in anxious fear to be<br />

saved,<br />

but hope for the patience to win my<br />

freedom.<br />

Grant that I may not be a coward,<br />

(St. Martha... from p.4)<br />

she express her belief in what He said but<br />

also in His divine mission. By this act did<br />

Martha prove that even a practical person like<br />

herself could also be deeply involved in things<br />

spiritual.<br />

According to a Biblical scholar, “Her<br />

words are the most profound confession of<br />

faith in the entire Gospel of John, comparable<br />

to the great confession of Peter in the Synoptic<br />

Gospels: ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the<br />

living God’” (Mt. 16:16, Mark 8: 29 and Luke<br />

9: 20).<br />

A Medieval Legend<br />

After the Resurrection and our Lord’s<br />

Ascension an untrustworthy Provencal legend<br />

narrates that the whole family – Martha, Mary<br />

and Lazarus were crowded into a boat with 70<br />

other Christians and pushed out to sea. <strong>The</strong>y<br />

went to France as missionaries to evangelize<br />

Provence. Miraculously landing in Marseilles<br />

they preached the Gospel and Lazarus<br />

eventually became its first bishop. Martha<br />

who wandered around Provence was able to<br />

convert many people with her preaching and<br />

miracles.<br />

feeling Your mercy in my success<br />

alone;<br />

But let me find the grasp of Your hand<br />

in my failure.<br />

<strong>The</strong> great Russian novelist Fyodor<br />

Dostoyevsky, in his novel Crime and<br />

Punishment, put it so powerfully: Salvation<br />

is Sought Through Suffering.<br />

I’d like to think that Christians –<br />

Catholics, Protestants or those of us<br />

– whether Professed Franciscans, Inquirers,<br />

Observers - - who have had our<br />

lives touched by some type of tragedy,<br />

a health crisis like cancer, a loved one<br />

dealing with substance abuse/addiction,<br />

an estranged child, uncaring parents, an<br />

unfaithful spouse, financial difficulty,<br />

extreme loneliness, or any other setback<br />

can draw strength from the words<br />

of this legendary writers, from the life<br />

of St. Francis, and most importantly,<br />

from the passion and death of our Lord,<br />

Jesus Christ.<br />

<strong>The</strong> insights and inspirations<br />

we gain from reflecting on them can<br />

help us cope more meaningfully and<br />

spiritually, no matter when and how<br />

we receive our own special God-sent<br />

“wake-up” calls.<br />

Certainly by her words and deeds Martha<br />

proved that even a practical person like herself<br />

can be deeply involved in the “better part” of<br />

spiritual realities. Through the story of her<br />

life too we learn the “virtue of order in our<br />

homes in our lives and in our souls.”<br />

Death<br />

When she died in about the year 80 her<br />

alleged relics were discovered at Tarascon,<br />

France and placed in a magnificent crypt in<br />

the church there. Later angels are said to<br />

have carried her to the oratory of St. Maximus<br />

near Aix-en-Provence.<br />

Martha is often portrayed in art as a<br />

housewife in homely attire armed with either<br />

a broom, basket, ladle or keys. She is the<br />

patron of cooks, dietitians, homemakers,<br />

hotel workers, lay sisters, and the hospitality<br />

industry.<br />

SOURCES of REFERENCE:<br />

Butler’s Lives of the Saints – Vol. III pp 205 - 206<br />

Butler’s Saint for the Day – pp 352 - 354<br />

Illustrated Lives of the Saints – pp 335 – 336<br />

My First Book of Saints – pp 162 - 163<br />

<strong>The</strong> Big Book of Women Saints – p 226<br />

Servants of God – pp 60 – 61<br />

And others<br />

a glimpse of Reality...<br />

“Jesus told him, ‘Return home, your<br />

son will live.’” . (Jn.4;49)<br />

For as long as I remember, this<br />

daughter of mine has been giving me<br />

some problems regarding her beliefs and<br />

spiritual practice which I find so contrary<br />

to the Catholic upbringing I tried<br />

very hard to instill in her. Aside from the<br />

many prayers and novenas I say for her, I<br />

never lacked in reminding her to stick to<br />

the strict traditions of the Church in order<br />

to be saved. Needless to say, our resulting<br />

strained relationship was causing me<br />

much distress and endless anxiety over<br />

her salvation.<br />

Today, the phrase that spoke to me in<br />

the John’s gospel was ‘Your son will live<br />

‘. It very clearly told me not to worry so<br />

much about my daughter because her life<br />

was in God’s hands, and no matter how<br />

much I think I love her, could never love<br />

her more than the Father does. I was also<br />

struck with the awareness that I was the<br />

one who had the problem...that I could<br />

not accept her the way she was. She was<br />

her own self, so different from me and<br />

therefore was searching for God in her<br />

own way. I realize now that this situation<br />

is allowing me to learn more about myself<br />

in the light of my relationship with<br />

my daughter.<br />

Thank you Lord, for making me see<br />

your love and mercy in the midst of this<br />

turmoil in my life. Please give me the<br />

grace to do the right thing that your Will<br />

may be done.<br />

MONTHLY TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED IN<br />

THE YEAR OF FAITH<br />

ARCHDIOCESE OF MANILA<br />

TOPIC OF AUGUST:<br />

COMMUNION OF SAINTS<br />

SUB TOPICS:<br />

- Communion of Saints with<br />

Mary and the Saints<br />

- <strong>The</strong> dignity of the human person<br />

as one called to holiness/<br />

sanctity (eternal communion with God)<br />

DOCTRINE:<br />

- Mary (Mariology)<br />

- Meaning of Mary's Assumption<br />

for the Church and all mankind<br />

MORAL/VIRTUES:<br />

- Human and Christian solidarity<br />

- Compassion and generosity<br />

- Prayer for the Dead<br />

- Communion of Saints<br />

- Indulgences and Intercessory Prayers<br />

LITURGY:<br />

- <strong>The</strong> cult of the Saints<br />

- Marian practices/ devotions<br />

SACRAMENTS:<br />

- <strong>The</strong> Eucharist as “Sacrament of Communion”<br />

FOLK RELIGIOSITY:<br />

- Devotion to Saints<br />

- Marian Devotions: Perpetual Help, etc.<br />

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6 Parish Bulletin<br />

Hospital Ministry Updates – PGH Outreach Program<br />

SYA PGH Ministry Manila Zoo Field Trip<br />

By Sabrina Soriano<br />

Several days of thunderstorms during<br />

the week got us worried that the field<br />

trip would not be able to push through.<br />

Saturday dawned with perfect looking<br />

skies - bright and blue but with some<br />

clouds so as not to make it too hot for<br />

the kids.<br />

Everyone was in high spirits as we<br />

met at the entrance of Manila Zoo. We<br />

were joined by children and mothers, all<br />

excited to be able to go around and see<br />

the animals. Most of them had not visited<br />

the zoo yet and this was a major treat for<br />

them already!<br />

We were lucky to meet a volunteer<br />

group who were advocates of saving<br />

Mali, the only elephant, not just in Manila<br />

Zoo, but for the entire country! We<br />

were given the opportunity to go up close<br />

to Mali, touch her and feed her. That really<br />

set the tone for the group, with the<br />

kids even more excited with their tour!<br />

We had to go through our tour slowly,<br />

not just because of the numerous pictures<br />

the mothers took of the animals and<br />

their children, but also because these kids<br />

are discharged patients from the Pediatric<br />

<strong>The</strong> Hospital Ministry of Santuario<br />

de San Antonio does regular visits<br />

to the pediatric wards of PGH every<br />

Tuesday to give out food and drinks to the<br />

patients/watchers and prescribed meds<br />

to patients. This is part of its mission to<br />

help out and to share its blessings to the<br />

sick and needy.<br />

Last June 11, 2013, members of the<br />

Single Young Adults, one of the youth<br />

groups of our parish, joined. <strong>The</strong>y are<br />

HEALTH CARE MINISTRY<br />

HEALING MASS<br />

WHEN: August 2, 2013, Friday, 3pm.<br />

WHERE: ROOMS 1-4 , Ground Floor,<br />

Parish Center<br />

All parishioners with sick family<br />

members are invited to attend.<br />

Wards of PGH, and<br />

tire easily because<br />

of mostly congenital<br />

conditions that<br />

they have.<br />

This was the<br />

first field trip of<br />

the year done by<br />

the Single Young<br />

Adults of Santuario<br />

de San Antonio,<br />

one out of<br />

the many different<br />

activities that they<br />

do on a monthly<br />

basis with PGH.<br />

This was a very fun and light activity,<br />

with everyone - mothers, children and<br />

volunteers alike - enjoying and having<br />

the time to catch up with each other and<br />

get support from one another.<br />

<strong>The</strong> big smiles, lit up faces and<br />

squeals of excitement were the biggest<br />

thanks we could have gotten from the<br />

children! Hearing them exclaim, "Ang<br />

ganda-ganda naman dito," was reward<br />

enough for all the planning, preparation,<br />

FIESTA NI SAN ANTONIO SA PGH<br />

By: Sabrina Soriano<br />

also quite active in supporting<br />

the Hospital Ministry and have<br />

activities of their own with<br />

PGH. <strong>The</strong>y helped in giving<br />

out the food, drinks and meds,<br />

and mingled and talked to the<br />

patients and their parents, who<br />

appreciated being visited by<br />

the group.<br />

<strong>The</strong> SYAers also donated<br />

some school supplies and treats<br />

to the grade school students of<br />

the Silahis ng Kalusugan School in the<br />

hospital premises. <strong>The</strong> students enjoyed<br />

the treats and were thankful, not just for<br />

the supplies, but also having their Ate's<br />

and Kuya's visit them in their newly built<br />

classroom.<br />

We would like to thank Mrs. Doris<br />

See for the hotdog sandwiches that we<br />

and sweat that we went through. <strong>The</strong><br />

mothers were also very grateful for having<br />

been invited to join, and it was nice<br />

to see how thankful they were for such a<br />

simple treat.<br />

Watch out for our August activity!<br />

distributed and Mrs. Inday Canoy for the<br />

juice drink.<br />

If you would like to know more about<br />

the Hospital Ministry, our activities and<br />

join, please visit Nimfa Dumago, our<br />

Social Worker/coordinator, at the parish<br />

office.<br />

'Til the next PGH visit and activity!


July 28, 2013<br />

CALENDAR OF MINISTRIES FOR<br />

THE WEEK, JULY 28 - Aug. 3 , 2013<br />

SUNDAY - July 28<br />

• 8:00AM - Thrift Shop<br />

• 4:00PM - CORO Practice<br />

MONDAY, JULY 29<br />

• 1:30PM - Order pf Franciscan Secular<br />

Formation<br />

TUESDAY, JULY 30<br />

• 2:00PM - CWL Prayer Meeting<br />

• 2:00PM - Prison Ministry<br />

• 3:00PM - Health Care Ministry<br />

• 4:00PM<br />

Dancersize<br />

- Cenacle Group Prayer<br />

Meeting<br />

WEDNESDAY, JULY 31<br />

• NO Scheduled Activities<br />

THURSDAY, AUGUST 1<br />

• 7:00PM - SYA Prayer Meeting<br />

FRIDAY, AUGUST 2<br />

• 9:00AM - Health Care Ministry Hospital<br />

Visitation at Rizal Medical<br />

Center, Pasig City<br />

• 3:00PM - Health Care Ministry Monthly<br />

Healing Mass<br />

• 3-5PM<br />

- Health Care Ministry<br />

Dancersize<br />

• 3:30PM - Men of the Sacred Heart<br />

Monthly Meeting<br />

• 7:00PM - LUKE 18 Weekend<br />

* 7:30PM - Household Help Charismatic<br />

Prayer Meeting<br />

• 7:00PM - SYA Payday Prayer<br />

• 9:00PM - TigAwit Choir Practice<br />

Bibliarazar<br />

SATURDAY, AUGU ST 3<br />

• 8:00AM - Thrift Shop<br />

• 8:00AM - LUKE 18 Weekend<br />

• 4:00PM -VOSA Choir Practice<br />

- LUKERS Prayer Meeting<br />

Wedding Banns<br />

27-Jul-13<br />

10-Aug-13<br />

17-Aug-13<br />

18-Aug-13<br />

20-Aug-13<br />

06-Sep-13<br />

06-Sep-13<br />

7-Sep--13<br />

7-Sep--13<br />

8-Sep--13<br />

12-Sep-13<br />

14-Sep--13<br />

15-Sep--13<br />

17-Sep-13<br />

18-Sep-13<br />

25-Sep-13<br />

28-Sep-13<br />

29-Sep-13<br />

Birthdays<br />

29-Jul<br />

Winnie Monsod<br />

Peter Kawsek<br />

Paul Kawsek<br />

Jitty Sison<br />

Crystal Meer Anievas<br />

30-Jul<br />

Jippy Tantoco<br />

Ito Velhagen<br />

Julie Jalbuena<br />

Rey Asuncion<br />

31-Jul<br />

Marilyn Tiangco<br />

Bianca P. Bautista<br />

Ignacia Javien<br />

01-Aug<br />

Donnie Tantoco<br />

Angela Magsaysay<br />

Charlotte de Mesa<br />

Sharley Sakhrani<br />

Bianca Romero Salas<br />

Isabel Montelibano<br />

Alphonsus Castañeda<br />

02-Aug<br />

Marilou Arteficio<br />

Stevie Tambunting<br />

Gabby Tripan<br />

Erika Ty<br />

03-Aug<br />

Angel Narciso<br />

Rica Tamesio<br />

Raul Cantada<br />

Rafael B. Sison<br />

04-Aug<br />

Rina Santos<br />

Chiara Santos<br />

Girlie Zaldariaga<br />

Efren Teodoro<br />

Dondie de Ocampo<br />

Ana Quintos<br />

Edie Mckenzie<br />

Anton Manotok<br />

Bambi Reyes<br />

Minggoy Mapa<br />

Caitlin S. Toredesillas<br />

Bernadette Andulte<br />

Denis Gorecan Fras & Mariela Abrugar Cometa<br />

Jesus Dango Go & Leilyn Equipaje Delina<br />

Jose Ernesto Martin Katigbak Lagadameo & Maria Patricia Cu Unjieng<br />

Bunag<br />

Sabino Pablo Jose Besa de Leon III & Maria Cenezita Salvador Concepcion<br />

Philip Mark Gueco Santiago & Frederika Juliana Villalon Dario<br />

Justin Francis Yenko & Christine Ayen<br />

Ian Lester M. de Vera & Rizza G. Valdez<br />

Franz Alvarez & Yanee Patrice Ortega<br />

Richard Allen Ang Lim & Yasmine Mae Co Sy<br />

Christopher Albert Celestino Howard & Nicole Diane Sembrano Son<br />

Sinclair Go & Patricia Camille C. Garcia<br />

Guillermo Julian L. Chanco & Jennifer Margarete E. Heukelbach<br />

Marc Allan C. Cohu & Katherine L. Chua<br />

John Mitchell Bernardo dela Cruz & Rowena Dumlao Feliciano<br />

James Arthur N. Del Rosario & Candice Edna B. Ontiveros<br />

John Carlo E. Victor & Wilda Fauziah A. Rodriguez<br />

Miguel Carlos Pascual & Katrina Anne Flores Alvarez<br />

Harold Eeru O. Alonzo & Iris Belle Cokieng, Shrine of St. <strong>The</strong>rese, Villamor<br />

Airbase, Pasay City<br />

30-Sep-13<br />

26-Oct-13<br />

26-Oct-13<br />

09-Nov-13<br />

29-Nov-13<br />

01-Dec-13<br />

09-Dec-13<br />

15-Dec-13<br />

28-Dec-13<br />

11-Jan-14<br />

Siegart Molina Gamboa & Lesley Ann Recana Villanueva<br />

Jose Carmelo J. Porciuncula & Justine P. de Guzman<br />

Mark Padua Mariano & Kristine Mapue Marquez<br />

Christopher Kyle C. Malig & Diana Kristina B. Reyes<br />

Manuel S. Reyes <strong>The</strong> Seventh & Alexandra Marie Louise P. Guerrero<br />

Victor John Paul Hurgo Ronquillo & Catherine Rose Punongbayan Santos<br />

Cordelio Vibar Sarte & Joan Daguro Coloma<br />

Romulo Nuger Co, Jr & Ma. Triccia Andrea Calsado Tansiongco<br />

Gerard Joseph Mataban Jumamil & Anna Marie <strong>The</strong>rese Chan Castillo<br />

Jose Antonio Paulino Esteban Villacorta & Joanna Patricia Valenton San<br />

Juan<br />

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