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: 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 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 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 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 reading: Acts 8:1-8 After the martyrdom of Stephen, “on that day, there broke out a severe persecution of the church in...

Today’s readings: Acts 2:14-28 Psalm 16:1-11 1 Peter 1:17-21 Luke 24:13-35 “Keep me safe, O God; in you I take refuge.” (Psalm16:1) For...

Today’s readings: Acts 5:27-33 Psalm 34:2-20 John 3:31-36 “whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon...

Today’s reading: Psalm 93:1-5 New York Governor Cuomo, an avowed Catholic, says God has nothing to do with any containment of COVID-19....

Today’s readings: Acts 2:42-47 Psalm 118:2-4,13-15,22-24 1 Peter 1:3-9 John 20:19-31 “although now for a little while you may have to...

Today’s readings: Acts 4:1-12 Psalm 118:1-27 John 21:1-14 “The Lord chastised me harshly, but did not hand me over to death.” (Psalm...