Let Us Pray To The Lord And

In A Very Real Way, The Poor Are Our Teachers. They Show Us That People’s Value Is Not Measured By Their Possessions Or How Much Money They Have In The Bank. A Poor Person, A Person Lacking Material Possessions, Always Maintains His Or Her Dignity. The Poor Can Teach Us Much About Humility And Trust In God.

In This Quest To Seek And Find God In All Things, There Is Still An Area Of Uncertainty. There Must Be. If A Person Says That He Met God With Total Certainty And Is Not Touched By A Margin Of Uncertainty, Then This Is Not Good.

I Invite All Christians, Everywhere, At This Very Moment, To A Renewed Personal Encounter With Jesus Christ, Or At Least An Openness To Letting Him Encounter Them.

Not So Much Anymore But Some Years Ago In My Homeland There Was A Habit, Something Called 'casamiento De Apuro,' A Marriage In Haste Because The Baby Is Coming And To Cover Socially The Honor Of The Family. There, They Weren't Free And It Happened Many Times This Marriage Is Null. As A Bishop I Forbade My Priests To Do This.

Now, At The End Of My Visit To The Philippines, I Commend You To Him, To Jesus Who Came Among Us As A Child. May He Enable All The Beloved People Of This Country To Work Together, Protecting One Another, Beginning With Your Families And Communities, In Building A World Of Justice, Integrity And Peace.