CROSS CONTROVERSY: Did God forsake Jesus?
NOTHING, it seems, escapes controversy. Even Jesus on the cross is not spared.
March 28, 2018
NOTHING, it seems, escapes controversy. Even Jesus on the cross is not spared.
Famous Dominican preacher Fr. Erasmo “Sonny” Ramirez, OP, returns to the preaching circuit this Holy Week when Santo Domingo Church in Quezon City holds its renowned “Siete Palabras,” the traditional
It’s Holy Week, and Filipinos will hold their favorite Catholic devotions, such as saying the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary and the Stations of the Cross, and holding the traditional religious pilgrimage, the Visita Iglesia.
“Siete Palabras,” the traditional commemoration of Jesus’ last words on the Cross, held annually at the historic Santo Domingo Church in Quezon City on Good Friday, will have a woman
The “pabasa,” or the chanting of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ—which has been feature of the annual Lenten TV program “Siete Palabras” since 2012—is a notable community practice of Filipinos across the centuries.
The Kannawidan foundation of Ilocos Norte tendered a dinner in honor of Cotabato Archbishop Orlando Quevedo, the first Ilocano cardinal, recently.
A key Lenten program on Philippine TV, “Siete Palabras”—the communal recitation of the Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ, which are accompanied by reflections from priests and testimonies from lay people—is an experience Filipinos overseas surely miss during the Holy Week, said a Dominican priest who had directed the program for half a decade now.
The annual Siete Palabras at the historic Santo Domingo Church in Quezon City, which has become a key Lenten broadcast on Philippine TV, will be on Good Friday, April 6.
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