The Hermit of Antipolo

The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) yesterday revised anew the Oratio Imperata against COVID-19 (please see below)....

I am sharing with you a letter I am sending today to the Philippine bishops. My basic message is this: There should be free individual...

More and more today, COVID vaccination is being mandated, and those who refuse are being ostracized and excluded from society. Such...

Today’s readings: Baruch 1:15-22 Psalm 79:1-9 Luke 10:13-16 The pandemic of COVID-19 has been with us for one year and eight months, and...

It has been over one and a half years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. And there is no end in sight, despite massive vaccination...

Today’s readings: Numbers 21:4-9 Psalm 78:1-2,34-38 Philippians 2:6-11 John 3:13-17 Exaltation of the Holy Cross September 14, 2020...

Today’s readings: Jeremiah 7:1-11 Psalm 34:2-11 1 John 4:7-16 COVID-19 has been with us for 5 months now, and still the virus continues...

Today’s readings: Amos 5:14-24 Psalm 50:7-17 Matthew 8:28-34 “Then call on me on the day of distress; I will rescue you, and you shall...

Today’s readings: Amos 3:1-8, 4:11-12 Psalm 5:5-9 Matthew 8:23-27 “Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God!” (Psalm 5:3a) After...

Today’s readings: Deuteronomy 8:2-16 Psalm 147:12-20 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 John 6:51-58 Feast of Corpus Christi Why has the world been...

Today’s psalm: Psalm 4 “May we see better times!” (Ps 4:7a) We have been praying intently for some months now for relief from COVID-19....

Today’s psalm: Psalm 90:2-16 “Relent, O Lord! How long? Have pity on your servants!” (Ps 90:13) This is our plaintive and desperate cry...

Today’s psalm: Psalm 91 We have been praying Psalm 91 as a community every day throughout this pandemic. It is a wonderful prayer, full...

Today’s psalm: Psalm 145:10-21 “he hears their cry and saves them.” (Ps 145:19b) Many are praying to God for relief from COVID-19. But...

Today’s psalm: Psalm 33:1-2,4-5,18-19 God chastises, God lifts His chastisement. Our only hope for relief from COVID-19 is God. This is...

Today’s readings: Acts 13:44-52 Psalm 98:1-4 John 14:7-14 As COVID-19 is God’s chastisement on a world steeped in darkness and evil, it...

Today’s psalm: Psalm 42:3-4; 43:3-4 “As the deer longs for streams of water, so my soul longs for you, O God.” (Psalm 42:2) COVID-19 has...

Today’s psalm: Psalm 116:12-17 “Then I called on the name of the Lord, O Lord, save my life!” (Ps 116:4) People are dying from COVID-19,...

Today’s psalm: Psalm 90:2-16 “Relent, O Lord! How long? Have pity on your servants!” (Psalm 90:13) Psalm 90 is a communal lament that...

Today’s readings: Acts 4:23-31 Psalm 2:1-9 John 3:1-8 Practically everyone at that time was against Jesus. “Indeed they gathered in this...