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Is Ignorance Bliss?

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May 5, 2026 Hello!   How is each and every one? As I mentioned in last week’s post, we will be starting the month of Mary starting with the feast of St. Joseph the Worker.   How I would like to go and see our Lady of Manaog in Stella Orientis Oratory at the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P), Ortigas Center while she is there visiting. I expressed my wish to her and entrusted her to do something about it as I also try my luck to arrange a car service. Early in the morning of May 1, I received the text that I can go. I was lucky that a car and driver could be provided albeit at quick notice on the day itself.   The night before I already decided not to go out and just settle to do the pilgrimage around the area but you know the saying “ omnia in bonum ” ( All (things) for the good), I took it as a desire also of Our Lady as I did express my wish to see her particularly, Our Lady of Manaog, who is presently visiting Stella Orientis Oratory in the University...
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Religion without a Cross?

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  April 28, 2026 Scepter Pubishers   Hello!   How is each and every one?   In two days we will be starting the beautiful month dedicated to our Mother, Mary, on the first day of which the Church celebrates the feast of her spouse, St. Joseph the Worker.   Following is an excerpt about the feast and St. Joseph. 1 May St Joseph the Worker Apparently in response to the “May Day” celebrations for workers sponsored by Communists, Pius XII instituted the feast of St. Joseph the Worker in 1955. But the relationship between Joseph and the cause of workers has a much longer history.  In a constantly necessary effort to keep Jesus from being removed from ordinary human life, the Church has from the beginning proudly emphasized that Jesus was a carpenter, obviously trained by Joseph in both the satisfactions and the drudgery of that vocation. Humanity is like God not only in thinking and loving, but also in creating. Whether we make a table or a cathedra...
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