Let’s look forward to the Holy Week

Let’s look forward to the Holy Week

Let’s look forward to the Holy Week Fr. Roy Cimagala YES, we have to be eager to go through the Holy Week, not because it is fun time with the family and friends in the beach and other resorts, but because it is the holiest of weeks. It is THE week, the mother of all...
What the Holy Week Teaches

What the Holy Week Teaches

What the Holy Week Teaches Fr. Roy Cimagala MANY precious insights and lessons can be derived if we enter into the spirit of the Holy Week. Let us thank God for all of them and strengthen our resolve to go through the Holy Week keeping our faith and piety as vibrant...
Lent and its implications

Lent and its implications

Lent and its implications Fr. Roy Cimagala WE are once again in the season of Lent. It’s a period of preparation for the greatest event in the history of mankind—the passion, death and resurrection of Christ—which we will celebrate within the Holy Week, from the...
Stripping the Altars on Holy Thursday

Stripping the Altars on Holy Thursday

Stripping the Altars on Holy Thursday Fr. Edward McNamara Q: Is the stripping of the altar following the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday limited only to those altars upon which the Mass was celebrated? Do altars in churches and chapels (e.g., chapels in...