IHMP Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movement CCRM Maysilo Malabon

25/10/2021

𝘽𝙀𝙒𝘼𝙍𝙀: '𝙇𝘼 𝙎𝘼𝙉𝙏𝘼 𝙈𝙐𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙀' 𝙄𝙎 𝙉𝙊𝙏 𝘼 𝘾𝘼𝙏𝙃𝙊𝙇𝙄𝘾 𝙎𝘼𝙄𝙉𝙏

All Saints' Day is just around the corner, and I bet that you have a patron saint in mind that you always ask to intercede in your life. Well, Mary and the saints are powerful intercessors. They help us be closer to God more and more. But have you ever heard of a name being called by people as 'Saint' but no saint at all? Meet, La Santa Muerte, or the 'saint' of Death of the Narco-Satanic Spiritually.

The skeletal female figure has a growing devotion in Mexico, Central America, and some places in the United States, but don't be fooled by the Mary-like veil or the holy-sounding name. Because La Santa Muerte is no saint. At. all

She's not a recognized saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In fact, in 2013, a Vatican official condemned devotion to her, equating it to "the celebration of devastation and of hell."

In an interview, Rev. Msgr. Camilo P. Alia, emphasized that they never encouraged the parishioners to have a devotion to the La Santa Muerte in the Philippines.

“We do not venerate her, she is only part of the pasos. Not like in Mexico where in they treat her like a saint. She serves as a reminder to us that our lives have limits and that death is the door to the next life. The La Santa Muerte reminds us of death. That Christ died so that we may live and when we die we will be resurrected in Him,”

Truly, La Santa Muerte is no saint. And having a devotion to her would just result to idolatry. Beware, mga bok at 'ter!






Sources:

(1) Have you ever heard of saint of death?—Dont pray to her ( Retrieved on October 24, 2021);

(2) LOOK: La Santa Muerte leads Holy Week procession in Cebu—ABS-CBN (Retrieved on October 24, 2021);

(3) 📷 Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho

20/10/2021

𝘼𝙉𝙊 𝘼𝙉𝙂 𝙋𝙄𝙉𝘼𝙂𝙆𝘼𝙄𝘽𝘼: ANTING ANTING AT SAKRAMENTAL

Madalas tayong paratangan ng ibang sekta na tayong mga Katoliko raw ay isang kulto sapagkat gumagamit raw tayo ng mga anting-anting at agimat bilang proteksyon laban sa sakit, sakuna o kung ano pang mga pangyayari na naglalayo sa atin sa paniniwala sa Panginoon.

Taliwas sa kanilang mga paratang, ang mga katoliko ay hindi naniniwala sa mga Agimat, o ano pa mang anting-anting na mula sa mga katubong paniniwala.
Ang gamit nating rosaryo sa pagdarasal ay hindi isang anting-anting, kundi isang sakramental. At malaki ang pinagkaiba ng dalawa. Gusto mong malaman kung anong pinagkaiba ng dalawa? Halika, magpatuloy ka.

• ANTING-ANTING

Ang anting-Anting ay nanggaling sa paniniwala ng mga katutubo. Ayon sa mga matatanda, ang mga anting-anting raw ay nagbibigay ng swerte, o kaya naman ay proteksyon sa sakit, o pagkamatay dahil ito raw ay pinaniniwalaang naglalaman ng kapangyarihan na hindi tukoy kung saan galing. Ang mga anting-anting ay pinaniniwalaan ring ginagamit ng mga kulto o ano mang grupo na mas pinapanigan ang swerte kaysa sa mga biyayang pinaghirapan sa tulong ng Panginoon.

• SAKRAMENTAL

Ang mga Sakramental ay mga banal na bagay o seremonyas na ginagamit ng Simbahan upang makamit ang pagpapala at biyaya ng Diyos. Nariyan ang iba't ibang halimbawa gaya ng pag-antanda ng krus, paggamit ng insenso, krusipiho, eskapularyo, blessed oil, holy water, medalya, at ang madalas nating gamitin sa pagdarasal—ang santo rosaryo na nagmula pa sa Birheng Maria na binigay kay Santo Domingo.

Tandaan nawa natin, na kaakibat ng paggamit ng sakramental ay ang malalim na pananampalataya sa Panginoon. Hindi ito pinanggagalingan ng swerte, bagkus, salamin ito ng ating relasyon sa Diyos bilang mga anak Niya.



Sources:

(1) Blessed Sacramentals —A means of Grace (Retrieved on October 20, 2021);

(2) Anting-anting Power—Kularts (Retrieved on October 20, 2021);

(3) Mga Sakramental—Catholic Patrician Apologetics.

(4) 📷Pinterest, PngTree

20/10/2021

𝙎𝙀𝙍𝙑𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙂𝙊𝘿 𝙄𝙎 𝙉𝙊𝙏 𝘽𝙊𝙍𝙄𝙉𝙂

Serving God is not boring so as attending masses. Because in reality, we don't come to serve the Church just to be entertained. We don't come to serve the Church just to be bored. We don't come to serve the Church for clout or fame. We accept the service because we follow the ever-willing Jesus who came down from heaven to earth to serve and not to be served.

Always remember that when we reduce our service to the Church to an entertainment value, we don’t enhance it, we diminish it. Jesus never bored people with His Words. Actually, a lot of His parables and teachings were very entertaining. But entertainment was never the point why we should serve or attend the mass. Truth was the point. And great truths are never boring.

12/10/2021

𝘼 𝘾𝙃𝙍𝙄𝙎𝙏𝙄𝘼𝙉 𝙋𝙀𝙍𝙎𝙋𝙀𝘾𝙏𝙄𝙑𝙀 𝙊𝙉 𝙁𝙊𝙍𝙂𝙄𝙑𝙀𝙉𝙀𝙎𝙎

"𝙔𝙪𝙣𝙜 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙠𝙖 𝙣𝙖 𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙩𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙤 𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙩𝙖𝙜 𝙠𝙖 𝙣𝙜 #𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣 #𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩. 𝙈𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙙𝙞𝙣 𝙠𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙙."

Have you seen this post circulating online?—that Christians should never join the and 'protest' given that we, followers, of Christ are expected to forgive everyone who trespassed against us.

To begin this perspective, allow us to clarify that the hashtags and are not signs of protest, not even an inch sign of bitterness, nor encouraging people to put hate to the perpetrators. It's more of highlighting the sin or the pothole in a road, or the darkest days of the history to make an awareness that people should know better by now, and to never cross the same road again or else, they are bound to experience the same cathastrophic crevices....again. And why do we need to speak out about this matter? Because Christians, including Catholics, are voters, too.

It is true that forgiveness is a tenet of our Faith. When Jesus was dying on the Cross, He said of His executioners, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they do”. (Luke 23:34). And whether intently or not, we should forgive people. But it is also important to note that forgiveness isn't the same as forgetting. The act of forgiving doesn't mean that you are also allowing the perpetrators to get away with their sins, nor tolerating them to sin again, it means that you are reminding to be accountable.

In the third encyclical letter of Pope Francis, he heightened that 'Forgiveness is precisely what enables us to pursue justice without falling into a spiral of revenge or the injustice of forgetting' (Fratelli Tutti, 252).

Forgiveness means that we don’t have to be consumed by revenge or bitterness. Forgiveness does allow us to move on, which is not the same as forgetting.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church offers a wide perspective about forgiveness, 'It is not in our power not to feel or to forget an offense; but the heart that offers itself to the Holy Spirit turns injury into compassion and purifies the memory in transforming the hurt into intercession.' (CCC #2843)

Given that we are talking about 'Christian' perspective here, let us go back to a scenario in the Old Testament when King David committed a sin (2 Samuel 11 ) The Lord did not forgive him right away, he had to be confronted by the Prophet Nathan about his actions and he confessed before he was forgiven but even after being forgiven he still had to be accountable for his actions.

It is recorded in the Bible that, after King David had sinned, He prayed to God, saying, "Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake." (Psalm 6:4)

This is where the power of confession enters. The Catechism states that “only God forgives sin” (1441). As Catholics, we believe that God does this through the means of a priest or in the person of Christ, in the Confessional. In complete privacy, we state our sins wholeheartedly, and are given absolution. The sin is forgiven, and we are relieved of the burdens, but not necessarily being relieved from the consequences or being free from any accounabilities that our sins have caused others. This is an obvious requirement for anyone who is sorry for their sins, and it is a clear sign that the Church expects, and encourages, justice to be done in reparation for sin. According to the Cathechism of the Catholic Church, in order to aleviate the harm, perpetrators must do the following:

'One must do what is possible in order to repair the harm (e.g., return stolen goods, restore the reputation of someone slandered, pay compensation for injuries). Simple justice requires as much.” (CCC 1459)

Truly, forgiveness is a virtue Jesus asks us to practice. But His Word also encourages us to 'be mindful of how we live each day and to use our time wisely. (Psalm 90:12)

6 years of presidency can change the whole world, so a wise decision is expected of us to do. Let us choose to be mindful on how we could better live the world—and it's up to us how it is gonna be: to cross the same street with potholes again, or to let God and His good people lead you in a concrete road?

Let us pray for the incoming Philippine election! Let us make a choice that will benefit, not just the priveleged Filipinos who never came to experience being opressed under the past and the present administrations, but also for the benefit of the 100 + Million Filipinos! Let us include this intention to our Rosary Novena!








Sources:

(1) Does Forgiveness Mean the Other Person Gets Away With It? A Catholic Perspective on Forgiveness —Catholic Voices (Retrieved on October 10, 2021);
(2) DOES FORGIVING MEAN FORGETTING?—FaithMag (Retrieved on October 10, 2021);
(3) Top 5 Myths About Forgiveness: A Catholic Perspective—Catholic Mobilizing Network (Retrieved on October 10, 2021);
(4) “Fratelli tutti”: short summary of Pope Francis's Social Encyclical—Vatican News (Retrieved on October 10, 2021);
(5) King David Truly Repented to God—Holy Spirit Speaks (Retrieved on October 10, 2021);
(6) CCC—SC Borromeo (Retrieved on October 10, 2021);
(7) 📷 Rappler, Swarajya, Catholic Sensitivity, Bullit Marquez

08/10/2021

Lets practice 90/10 challenge by Bro Bo.

08/10/2021

08/10/2021

23/09/2021

𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐑
THURSDAY | ST. PIO OF PIETRELCINA

First: Haggai 1: 1-8
Psalm: Psalms 149: 1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a and 9b
Gospel: Luke 9: 7-9

All-powerful and ever-living God,
at morning, noon, and evening we pray:
cast out from our hearts the darkness of sin
and bring us to the light of your truth,
Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
– Amen.

23/09/2021

𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙉𝙂𝙎 𝙏𝙊 𝙆𝙉𝙊𝙒 𝘼𝘽𝙊𝙐𝙏 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙎𝙏𝙄𝙂𝙈𝘼𝙏𝘼

The stigmata represent a sign of Christ’s sufferings during the Passion, and therefore they constitute a theological statement; that is to say, they are a faithful reproduction in certain people of Jesus’ wounds at the moment of his crucifixion, above all in what refers to the place of the wounds (feet, hands, side and head).

In the cases the Church has approved, the stigmata are a grace of God granted to few saints; the stigmata are physical manifestations of Christian mysticism.
The Church doesn’t canonize anyone just because they have the stigmata. What the Church does when it canonizes is recognize the exemplary Christian life of a saint, whether or not he or she has the stigmata.
The Church uses criteria to determine whether or not the stigmata are authentic:

1. The stigmata are located in the same places as the five wounds of Christ.
2. The stigmata all appear at the same time.
3. The stigmata appear spontaneously while the person prays in ecstasy.
4. They cannot be explained by natural causes.
5. They do not deteriorate into necrosis.
6. The do not give off a bad smell; on the contrary, sometimes it is said they smell of flowers.
7. They do not become infected.
8. They bleed daily and profusely.
9. They remain unchanged despite treatment. They do not become worse.
10. They cause a significant modification of the bodily tissues.
11. They do not close perfectly and instantaneously.
12. They are accompanied by intense physical and moral suffering, as from participating in the sufferings of Christ. (The lack of pain is a bad sign and a cause for doubt.)

As if the above were not enough, the entire life of the person involved is also studied. He or she must be a person who practices Christian virtues heroically — in particular, their great love for humility and for the cross should stand out.

The case of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina not only fulfilled the rules listed above; in addition, Saint Pio of Pietrelcina bore fruit that reveal to us who he really was.

What fruit do we see?

1. Obedience to all of the Church’s orders.

2. His spiritual soundness, expressed in his humility, obedience and prayer, was never disproven.

3. Real charitable work through the hospital he founded.

4. The way he lived his religious community life.

5. Doctrinal fidelity in his priestly ministry.

6. He bore his moral sufferings patiently — sufferings stemming from people doubting him, in addition to the suffering of his soul due to the isolation imposed on him by authorities.

7. The spiritual strength to bear the stigmata and persecutions for fifty years.

Despite persecution, Padre Pio’s actions always showed his firm and constant fidelity and intense love for Holy Mother Church. In the midst of the sorrow that this suffering caused him, he would often say, "The hand of the Church is gentle even when it strikes us, because it is the hand of a mother."

The Church has canonized Padre Pio because it proved, through canonical procedures, the authenticity of his stigmata. If they had been false, the Church would certainly not have canonized him.

That is to say, the Church doesn’t canonize anyone just because they have the stigmata, but if someone does have the stigmata and the Church concludes, after rigorous study, that they are false, then that is an impediment for a future canonization of that person, even if he or she leads a holy life.




Sources:

(1) The Mystery of the Five Wounds—SmithSonian (Retrieved on September 22, 2021);

(2) What are the Stigmata and How do We Know if They are Authentic—Aleteia (Retrieved on September 22, 2021);

(3) Pinterest

23/09/2021

𝙎𝘼𝙄𝙉𝙏 𝙊𝙁 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘿𝘼𝙔 | 𝙎𝙀𝙋𝙏𝙀𝙈𝘽𝙀𝙍 23, 2021
𝙎𝙏. 𝙋𝘼𝘿𝙍𝙀 𝙋𝙄𝙊 𝙊𝙁 𝙋𝙄𝙀𝙏𝙍𝙀𝙇𝘾𝙄𝙉𝘼

Heavenly Father, I thank you for loving me.
I thank you for sending your Son,
Our Lord Jesus Christ, to the world to save and to set me free.
I trust in your power and grace that sustain and restore me.

Loving Father,
touch me now with your healing hands,
for I believe that your will is for me to be well in mind, body, soul and spirit.
Cover me with the most precious blood of your Son,
our Lord, Jesus Christ from the top of my head to the soles of my feet.
Cast anything that should not be in me.
Root out any unhealthy and abnormal cells.
Open any blocked arteries or veins and rebuild and replenish any damaged areas.
Remove all inflammation and cleanse any infection
by the power of Jesus’ precious blood.
Let the fire of your healing love pass through my entire body
to heal and make new any diseased areas
so that my body will function the way you created it to function.
Touch also my mind and my emotion,
even the deepest recesses of my heart.

Saturate my entire being with your presence,
love, joy and peace and draw me ever closer to you every moment of my life.
And Father, fill me with your Holy Spirit
and empower me to do your works
so that my life will bring glory and honour to your holy name.
I ask this in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Amen.

Sources:

(1) THE MOST POWERFUL HEALING PRAYER BY ST. PADRE PIO—Holy family Parish (Retrieved on September 22, 2021);

21/09/2021

ORDINARY TIME na ulit, mga bok at 'ter!

Remember to be HOLY even if the time is ORDINARY, because HOLINESS is not only limited during Lent and Easter, it is to be observed everytime.

The term ordinary in English most often means something that's not special or distinctive, many people think that Ordinary Time refers to parts of the calendar of the Catholic Church that are unimportant. Even though the season of Ordinary Time makes up most of the liturgical year in the Catholic Church, the fact that Ordinary Time refers to those periods that fall outside of the major liturgical seasons reinforces this impression. Yet Ordinary Time is far from unimportant or uninteresting.

Why Is Ordinary Time Called Ordinary?

Ordinary Time is called "ordinary" not because it is common but simply because the weeks of Ordinary Time are numbered. The Latin word ordinalis, which refers to numbers in a series, stems from the Latin word ordo, from which we get the English word order. Thus, the numbered weeks of Ordinary Time, in fact, represent the ordered life of the Church—the period in which we live our lives neither in feasting (as in the Christmas and Easter seasons) or in more severe penance (as in Advent and Lent), but in watchfulness and expectation of the Second Coming of Christ.

It's appropriate, therefore, that the Gospel for the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time (which is actually the first Sunday celebrated in Ordinary Time) always features either John the Baptist's acknowledgment of Christ as the Lamb of God or Christ's first miracle—the transformation of water into wine at the wedding at Cana.

Thus for Catholics, Ordinary Time is the part of the year in which Christ, the Lamb of God, walks among us and transforms our lives. There's nothing "ordinary" about that!

Why Is Green the Color of Ordinary Time?

Likewise, the normal liturgical color for Ordinary Time—for those days when there is no special feast—is green. Green vestments and altar cloths have traditionally been associated with the time after Pentecost, the period in which the Church founded by the risen Christ and enlivened by the Holy Spirit began to grow and to spread the Gospel to all nations.





Source: What Ordinary Time Means in the Catholic Church —Learn Religions (Retrieved on May 24, 2021)