FR. Catalino G. Arevalo, S.J., mentor and guide to many Jesuit and diocesan priests as well as bishops, including Manila...
Last weekend, I posted on Instagram the picture of the Infant Jesus peacefully sleeping, lying on a cross and holding one of his three nails. A friend asked what he was holding. A nail, I said. She messaged back: “It was all about mission from the start.”
It was a refreshing change from the Malacañan of old to see a mix of ordinary citizens gather and linger on the Palace grounds. This was such a contrast from the pomp and power glitz stereotypical of Palace gatherings of previous eras.
