11/10/2025
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[CBCP Circular No. 25-14]
For the past few days now we have been experiencing terrible calamities: typhoons, volcanic eruptions, fires, and earthquakesโone after another! Let us beg the Lord's mercy on our people.
Let us reiterate our invitation for our people to turn again to God with humble and contrite hearts. Let us reiterate our recently released National Call to Prayer and Public Repentance, asking our people to observe it every Sunday-and, where possible, every day-until the Solemnity of Christ the King, with the tolling of bells.
Let it be our collective Miserere, our plea for mercy and renewal as a nation.
"๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐บ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ฑ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ; ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ. ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต, ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ." (๐๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ 51:9, 12)
Following the beautiful suggestion of Bishop Jimmy Afable, we encourage our faithful:
โ๏ธ to wear white clothes every Sunday of October and November,
โ๏ธ and to display white ribbons in homes, churches, and public places - as a sign of our desire for transparency, accountability, and good governance, and as a humble prayer that our nation may be washed clean and renewed in God's mercy, and spared of further calamities.
Let our white garments be a symbol of the purity we seek for our land and our hearts. May this season of prayer and repentance lead us to hope, healing, and the restoration of our common life in truth and justice.
Let us beg the Lord to renew our nation, and make us instruments of justice and peace.
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Bishop of Kalookan
President, CBCP