Why Catholics Pray to Saints — All Saints/Souls Day on November 1st and 2nd are two very important “holy” days for Catholics in my home country (Philippines). I say “very important” because we highly value these two holidays and celebrate them in a very special way. …

My Mother’s After Life Experience while Undergoing Surgery I never thought about death during my younger days. Until . . . I came face to face with death itself. The death of my mother. It was then I realized that death — especially the death of a loved one —…

An Ash Wednesday Recollection — Wednesday night on March 2nd was no different from any other winter nights where I live in Virginia. It was dark. I don’t always feel comfortable driving alone at night. But I had to this time. …

The Importance of a Solemn Rest for the Lord We Catholics do not celebrate Sabbath — as a day of rest — on a Saturday but we celebrate our day of rest on Sunday, the glorious day of Jesus’s Resurrection. Because Sunday is the day of Jesus Resurrection, we pay…

A sister in Christ always comes in front of the assembly to share a testimony during our monthly gatherings.

Why Catholics pray to Mary For us Catholic Christians the best thing we could do when we are in a difficult, hopeless situation, is to tell it to Mary — our Mother in Christ. I am saying this from the point of view of a Catholic who once turned against…

God truly hears us and he answers our prayers in various and sometimes unusual (funny) ways I have personally proven from several experience that God always hears us and he always answers our prayers. I have also discovered — from the many ways that God answered me and met my…

There is an alternative greater than modern medicine “Do you still have water?” I asked Mamang, my husband’s mom who lived with us, her oldest son’s family, as soon as I got inside our house in silence. I decided to come home that day from the hospital where my baby…

A childhood story — I hate horror movies. I wouldn’t dare watch one. Be it on TV or on a movie theatre. Horror for me is one that is like the movie Twilight Zone, Exorcist, or Zombies. And, yes - any story about Dracula (Ngee!). …