Archdiocesan Shrine of Nuestra Señora De Guia - Ermita Church

25/05/2026

Daily Prayer May 26

25/05/2026

In the Mass on St. Philip Neri’s feast day, we pray, “Lord, keep us always cheerful in our work for the glory of your name and the good of our neighbor” (Sacramentary, page 638). Philip was known for his cheerfulness and sense of humor. He used these gifts to serve God and to help others to grow in their faith.

Philip was born in Florence, Italy, in 1515. His family hoped that he would become a successful businessman like his uncle, but after spending time being trained by his uncle, he wanted to do other things. He went to Rome to study. He supported himself at the university by tutoring young students. He spent his free time praying in the churches of Rome and in the catacombs, the underground burial places of many of the saints. The early Christians often worshipped in the catacombs. While he was praying in one of the catacombs, Philip suddenly knew what God wanted him to do with his life.

Philip began to work among the poor and the sick of Rome. His work led him to the decision to become a priest. After ordination in 1551, Philip talked about his ministry whenever he met someone new and urged people to join him. He then founded the Oratory, a community of men who gathered together under Philip’s leadership to pray, sing, and discuss their faith.

Some people call Philip the “saint maker” because so many men who later became saints came to Philip seeking advice and direction for living their faith. Some of these men were St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Francis de Sales, St. Charles Borremeo, and St. Francis Xavier. It is said that even popes and bishops came to the Oratory to seek Philip’s advice.

Even though he was an important person of his day, Philip always kept his sense of humor. A legend about him says that when the pope wanted to a make Philip a cardinal, he hung a cardinal’s hat on Philip’s door. People say that he took the hat and played catch with it, throwing it like a Frisbee. His message was, “Don’t take yourself too seriously.”

Philip died in 1595, when he was an old man, leaving the Church a lasting legacy. He was canonized in 1622. His life teaches us to be optimistic and hopeful that God has given us Good News in Jesus and that the we are called to share that Good News with love and joy.

(Source: https://www.saintsresource.com/philip-neri)

24/05/2026

24/05/2026

The most glorious Mother of God largely lived a quiet and hidden life, and there are but a few stories about her in the Scriptures. Since her Assumption into Heaven, the Church has prayerfully pondered her life and role in the mystery of salvation. Little by little, saint after saint and pope after pope have shed greater light upon her unique and glorious role in the Father’s eternal plan. As our understanding of the Blessed Mother has deepened, the Church has proclaimed new titles and new dogmas about Mary. In 2018, a new liturgical memorial honored her with the title “Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church.”

To understand the Blessed Virgin Mary’s role as Mother of the Church, we begin with Scripture. As Jesus hung on the Cross, His mother and two other women stood before Him, alongside John, the disciple whom Jesus loved. From the Cross, Jesus entrusted His mother to John’s care. “When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, ‘Woman, behold, your son.’ Then he said to the disciple, ‘Behold, your mother.’ And from that hour the disciple took her into his home” (John 19:26–27).

Beginning with Pope Leo XIII in 1895, many of our popes have referred to Mary as the “Mother of the Church,” with each one adding to our understanding of Mary in that role. On September 17, 1997, Pope John Paul II defined “Mother of the Church” in this way in a Wednesday catechesis:

The title “Mother of the Church” thus reflects the deep conviction of the Christian faithful, who see in Mary not only the mother of the person of Christ, but also of the faithful. She who is recognized as mother of salvation, life and grace, mother of the saved and mother of the living, is rightly proclaimed Mother of the Church. ( #5).

On March 3, 2018, Pope Francis announced a new memorial on the General Roman Calendar, celebrated on the Monday after Pentecost: “The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church.”

In the decree instituting this memorial, Cardinal Robert Sarah, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, said:

This celebration will help us to remember that growth in the Christian life must be anchored to the Mystery of the Cross, to the oblation of Christ in the Eucharistic Banquet and to the Mother of the Redeemer and Mother of the Redeemed, the Virgin who makes her offering to God.

The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, was entrusted to the Church in the person of Saint John the Apostle at the foot of the Cross. From the Cross, the Church was conceived by the outpouring of grace that flowed from Jesus’ Sacred Heart. Our Blessed Mother was present at Pentecost as the Church was born.

Today, the Mother of the Church reigns in Heaven next to her Son; from there, she nurtures the Church as a loving mother. She intercedes for us and mediates her Son’s saving grace, making her the ongoing instrument of grace and mother of all.

(Source: https://mycatholic.life/saints/saints-of-the-liturgical-year/mary-mother-of-the-church-memorial/)

24/05/2026

𝗗𝗔𝗟𝗔𝗪 𝗗𝗘 𝗚𝗨𝗜𝗔 𝗦𝗔 𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗭𝗢

Muli po namin kayong inaanyayahan bukas, ika 25 ng Mayo taong 2026. Sa ganap na ikaw 5 ng hapon upang ating i-welcome ang Mahal na Nuestra Señora de Guia sa ating Parokya.

Narito po ang mga detalye para bukas.

VIVA SAN JOSE!!!

VIVA LA VIRGEN!!!

23/05/2026

Daily Prayer May 24

23/05/2026

Today, we celebrate the glorious Solemnity of Pentecost, the promised Gift of the Father and the Son to Jesus’ disciples. After rising from the dead, Jesus appeared to His disciples for forty days, offering them proof of His resurrection, teaching them, and reminding them of all He had revealed to them about His death and Resurrection to prepare them for the next step of their mission.

During the ten days after Jesus’ Ascension, the eleven Apostles gathered together in the upper room—most likely the place where they ate the first Eucharist—with Jesus’ mother and many other disciples, totaling 120. As they met, they cast lots and chose Matthias as Judas’ successor.

On the fiftieth day after Jesus’ Resurrection, ten days after His Ascension, the 120 disciples were again gathered in the upper room when they experienced something beyond their imagination. From the sky, a noise like a strong driving wind filled the room. Tongues, as of fire, fell upon all gathered, and by the power of the Holy Spirit, they were given the gift of tongues, which enabled them to speak in different languages to the diverse groups of people in Jerusalem.

The disciples went out into Jerusalem and boldly proclaimed the Gospel. Peter stood up and gave a stirring and powerful sermon that presented the whole mystery of salvation. He spoke of Jesus as the Savior and of the need to repent and be baptized. “Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand persons were added that day” (Acts 2:41). The new followers then devoted themselves to learning from the Apostles and to the celebration of the Eucharist.

Pentecost is the birthday of the Church. The Holy Spirit formed the Church and empowered each baptized member to fulfill a specific duty. Some preached, some cared for the poor, and some shed their blood for their faith. The newly converted and empowered disciples traveled far and wide to expand the newborn Church that grew rapidly as the new Body of Christ fulfilled its mission.

In the years and centuries ahead, the Holy Spirit continued to form the Church. The Apostles were inspired to write what is today the New Testament so that future believers would have firsthand accounts of the Gospel. The Apostles’ and Saint Peter’s successors helped form Sacred Tradition, the ongoing deepening revelation of the Word of God to address new questions.

The Holy Spirit also sanctifies every individual believer, especially through the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, “The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord…They complete and perfect the virtues of those who receive them. They make the faithful docile in readily obeying divine inspirations” ( #1831). The Holy Spirit also instills twelve fruits: “The fruits of the Spirit are perfections that the Holy Spirit forms in us as the first fruits of eternal glory. The tradition of the Church lists twelve of them: ‘charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control, chastity’” ( #1832). These graces are given in Baptism and perfected in Confirmation. Each baptized and confirmed member of Christ has the potential to fully realize these graces so as to grow in holiness and fulfill their divine mission.

(Source: https://mycatholic.life/saints/saints-of-the-liturgical-year/pentecost/)

22/05/2026

Daily Prayer May 23

22/05/2026

Giovanni Battista de Rossi was born in the Piedmontese village of Voltaggio, in the diocese of Genoa, and was one of four children. His parents, of modest means, were devout and well esteemed. A nobleman and his wife vacationing in Voltaggio, and impressed with the ten-year-old John Baptist, obtained permission from his parents to take him to live with them and be trained in their house in Genoa.

After three years, hearing of his virtues, John’s cousin, Lorenzo Rossi, Canon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, invited him to join him in Rome. Thus John Baptist entered the Roman Jesuit College at thirteen. Despite episodes of epilepsy, brought on by excessive zeal in imposing harsh penances upon himself, he was granted a dispensation and was ordained at the age of twenty-three.

From his student days he loved visiting hospitals. Now, as a priest there was much more he could offer suffering souls. He particularly loved the Hospice of St. Galla, a night shelter for paupers. There he labored for forty years.

He also worked at the hospital of Trinita dei Pellegrini and extended his assistance to other poor such as cattlemen who came to market at the Roman forum. He had a great pity for homeless women and girls and from the little that he made in Mass stipends, and the 400 scudi sent to him by the Pope, he rented a refuge for them.

John Baptist was also selected by Pope Benedict XIV to deliver courses of instruction to prison officials and other state servants. Among his penitents was the public hangman.

In 1731 Canon Rossi obtained for his cousin a post of assistant priest at St. Maria in Cosmedin. He was a great confessor to whom penitents flocked, and as a preacher, the saint was also in demand for missions and retreats.

On the death of Canon Rossi, Fr. John inherited his canonry, but applied the money attached to the post to buy an organ, and hire an organist. As to the house, he gave it to the chapter and went to live in the attic.

In 1763 St. John Baptist’s health began to fail, and he was obliged to take up residence in the hospital of Trinita dei Pellegrini. He expired after a couple of strokes on May 23, 1764 at sixty- six years of age. He died so poor that the hospital prepared to pay for his burial. But the Church took over and he was given a triumphant funeral with numerous clergy and religious, and the Papal choir, in attendance.

(Source: https://americaneedsfatima.org/articles/saint-john-baptist-de-rossi)