velled at Thee. Legazpi bent his knee and the Infant God! Muttudes souls, the medicin Thee alone our ances tors beseeched, who IFrains be wanting, and ‘Thou withholdest the cataraets of heaven, we bring Thee to swim in the sea, and at once ‘Thou releases che wa Thou alon acles, The citizens in the love of justice. We fly to ‘Thee cour steadfast defender, in the hours of our an guish, shew us Thine love, Oh heavenly Lord! te ithe fount of th pre mir verdant isles confess, ceach irs me and built Thy sh the infirm, the aliment of th 1, and ay tt Thee in ardent love conderfal glad- ness of the heart, incomprehensible goodness, mayth Thy charity enfold me, When Thou art thus loved, such love is not smothered: neither doth it become lukewarm, nor perish; it gro- weth more, and blazeth more, This love fram ar to me, kindleth the heaven sent cleaveth mind, and delighteth the spire from withint APRAYER FOR PRIESTS -sus, Frernal Priest, keep all Thy priests within the shelter of ‘Thy Sacred Hea may harm chem. Keep unstained anointed hands which daly couch Thy Sacred Body. Keep tunsullied their lips parpled with Thy Precious Blood. pure and unearthly where none sheie their hearts sealed with the sublime marks of Thy glorious priesthood. Let Thy holy love sur- round them and shield them from the world’s contagion, Bless their labours with abundant fruit, and may the souls to whom they have min ‘Mtered be here below their joy and consolation and in Heav- en cheir beausful and everkst- ing crown. Amen.A monthly newsletter for Filipino Traditionalists Anamnesis February In this issue Month of the Passion of the Lord* 1_5_ Sunday in Sepruagesima |2 0455, 2M. Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary | 2(1A55 3. I. Feriain Septuagesima (S. Blase B & M.) | 4 0455 4 W Saint Andrew Corsini B. & C. | 3 0455 5 T HOLY XxvI MARTYRS OF JAPAN | 3 (LASS 6 a 8 9 3 |On the Communion P.Palad 4 Union of aw and love Maurie Josep M. Almadrones F Saint Titus B.C. & D. | 3 (LASS — {First Friday | 3 C455} S Saint Romuald Abb. | 3 CLASS — {First Sanurday | 3 CLASS} S_ Sunday in Sexagesima | 2 (115i — {Holy Family of J. M.J.] 1 (isSat HEP} M_ Saint Cyril of Alexandria B.C. & D. | 3 (LAss TheAnamnesisisa monthly | 10, T Saint Scholastica V. | 3 (L455 11 W Apparition of the Immaculate Blessed Virgin Mary at Lourdes Ad Christum per Deiparam SAINT BULALIA OF BARCELONA V. & M. | 3 (L455 agesinna | 4 CLASS 1 F Feria in Ses 14_S_ SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST OF THE CONCEPTION C. | 3 (LSS 5 M 5 Sunday in Quinguaesima |? Lass Feria in Quinquagesinaa | 4 CASS 17 1. Feriain Quinguagesima | 4 Cass 18 W Ash Wednesday | 1 (1485 19 T. Feriain Quinguagesima | 4 CLASS 20 F sain anasvastus M. | 3 (LASS 21S Feria in Quinguagesina | 4 C1ASs 22_S First Sunday of Lene | 10455 23M Saint Peter Damian B.C. & D. | 3 CLASS 24 T. Saint Matthias Ap. | 3 (LASS 25 W Ember Wednesday in Lent] 2045s 26 1. Feria in the First Week of Lent | 4 CLASS 27 F Ember Lent 2 class 28S Ember Saturday in Lent | 2455 * Febuaryis cal sand the stuments ofthe Lod Passion, wich most ey afer Sepuagesi; the Pasion ofthe Lard on the Tuesday flr Sevagesi; horson the Thursday afr Ash Wes; andes the sucesing weeks, as in nouoracte & sMtats CAPs are prope othe Philippine Islands either the eank an the oF the proper prayers and texts ae diffrent from those indicted in the Mil Feasts enclosed in (parentheses) are commemorations. Only those commemorations fling on. fil day are given Eerarum: Anas 9. p4 Immaculate Conception, end of 2d paragraph. Leonardo ce Nogarolis shoul be writen as Leonardo de NogaroVOLUME 1, ISSUE 10 Anamnesis On the Communion at Luneta Carlos Antonio P. Palad ne common accusation that has been levelled against those who passed the Communion Hosts around during the Rizal Park Mass of Pope Francis is that they must have done this because they “did not believe in the Real Presence” I chink this accusation is simplistic—and wrong, For one if they believed that this was mere bread, then why would they have gone through the trouble of passing around the host in order to receive communion? Why go to such lengths to receive apiece of bread? No, i is more likely thar they did i precisely because they believed thar (Christ is truly and eeally in the Commun- jon Host, even if chey might not exactly be able to articulate whar transubstantia: tion is, Remember too thar the Philip- pines is the land of Perpetual Eucharistic ‘Adoration Chapels: thousands of these are to be found all over the land, Nearly every parish has one. I have no illusions about the level of eatechesis in the Philip- pines, bur I don’t chink that the average Filipino Catholic is ignorant of the Cath: clic Church's beliefs regarding the Blessed Sacrament. Te seems to me that the issue isa bie more fundamental. ‘The real issue here is not whether Filipino Catholics believe i the Real Presence. The real isue here is how Filipino Catholics relate cowards the Lord Jesus Christ. And i seems to me that chere isa tendency in Filipino Catho- lic cicles, under the influence of popular On the Communion | continued on p. 8 How dt you celebrate the C= caneision ofthe Lod which El on the cil ew year? Did you thank the Lon foe the Blesings you received he past yar? Did yo alo ask His lp inthe yar to come? Or dil you rrlyfoget—with a he hulp from the preposterous solu of akobal you ‘ingested during Advent tha this was what how the Church exhorts us to celebrate the cv new year Pty you step the ist dy of your yar with ‘nebo. caer than wth sabre (Oh, did you hear the Chinese amy | shamans cackling in on ellis? ag With technology replacing ab most every human rele, jo asf ) somes tin w sink tha che evils of modern sociery is he only enemy lee for us t0 overcome, we then realise the world is noe uie rid of etry superstiin. Goomancy sili businsss. And the rade of inkling trinkets, bronze buddha, jade fogs and money plans ssl raring. Do yon realy think they coud bing yu fortune? Last ime we checked, he only thing they rough was a smouldering ker ro Hell, Oh, andwe heard yo ev fistlas. We Filipinos surly have crook ed sense of humour ‘The Taga N ee ee ee aaron ss esa gg In Engi Man popes Gd dss, Manan begs God fr money and prsher- fey (au), then man should gather swehe roand frat and conse thom hy midnight onthe Bit day ofthe lew year (ous) Heshould wash t down wth water that ood overnight wich a singe rose petal sso one could think i's plo device in a Disney fairy tal. And tha’ Fst aay ale. Kecntog yon, hubs Tr fs luck and fortune is olen the inrumen the devil ses ish souls out of Saint Pete's argue. January is witness ro 90 ofthe greatest devotions inthe Philip pines: the Holy Child and che| Black Nazarene. Heresis often ruse these large gatherings of (Catholics eae their condemn. eee rena rere meet reearry sally lesened? ‘The siwation where non- and bad Catholics teach Catholics abour the tenets of heir sith is not an entively hycratve basi aness. The cecumstances are not ideal, adenie- tedly; which means that a serious catechesis about these devorionsis now very oveedae,OREMUS. Deus. qui unigénitum Filium tuum constituésti huméni géneris Salvatérem, et Tesum ussfsti : concéde Js: ut euius sanctum nomen venerémur in terris, eins quoque aspéetu perfrudmur in eoelis. Per edimdem Déminum. Anamnesis VOLUME 1, ISSUE 10 Union of law and love | ‘Maurice Josep M. Almadrones yok WITH WHAT JUDGMENT YOU JUDGE, YOU SHALL BE JUDGED! and with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again: Many people Matthew 7, 2 in admos d it praiseworthy to invoke this verse from $ int waist judging bad works sintrin sicily bad (or good), but seem to forget that it also applies—even more forcefully—to judging good works as bad (or intrinsically good) They find it relatively easy co look past the crimes of other people who claim they love our Lord, bur quite dificult to accept thar people who stick with law and rubric also have love and respect for the Lord. To them, law and rubric reduces that love and respect to hypocrisy, some: thing thar is infnicely lesser than the love and respect others have for Him. We have the law to discriminate between gen- une and fake love, between right and wrong. Holy Writ mightily assures us: Jesus did not come to abolish the law, but to perfect it. Contradiction, therefore, should not possess the relationship of love and law. One needs the other. Without cone, the other is incomplete and imper fect. People who uphold the law are hypo- cites and Pharisees, so runs the verdict, a Banker accusation thar conveniently ‘omits the fact that Nicodemus was not a shallow observer of the law. ‘Those who live by the law, without knowing why it exiits, and outwardly exercise it, without letting its essence seep into the heart, are the hypocrites. Bur those follow the law because they understand the law and love God (Who perfected the law) in all sin- Union | continued on p. 10 /Magallaes gave to the newly-baptised Queen Joanna of Cebu, He marked the house where he found it with a cross, and posthaste went out to show it. The fikd marshal Mateo del Saz brought the image vo Legazpi, who, upon seeing the Chil, ell upon his knees, received Him with great devotion, took Him in his hands, kissed His fet, and lifting his eyes unto the heavens exchimed: © Lord, chou art mighty to chastise the offences in this isle, committed against Thine Majesty, and to establish in ie Thine House and Holy Church, whither Thy Most Glorious Name be praised and exalted. Hbeseech Thee to shine Thine light upon me, and to sec aright mine path, in such manner that all that we should cause ro ‘} be accomplished here be to Thine glory and honour, and to the exaltation of Thy Holy Catholic Faith. ‘Legazpi, who before seting out in his voyage invoked the Mast Holy Name of Jesus and ‘entrusted the expedition o His patronage, hus ondered that the image should be enthroned in the fist churel erected on the island, ancl thatthe Most Hioly Name of Jesus should be declared titular ofthe sail church, which was eventually founded on the very site ofthe house where the image was found. He likewise founded the Confratemity ofthe Most Blessed Name of fesus, ‘modelled afer the guldbvotherhood established in the Monastery of Saint Augustine in Mexico. Finally, Legrap ordered that the day shoul be kept a feat which the city of Cebu has thus consequently kepcas te feast of Saint Vitalis of Milan, one of the talars ofthe current metro: plan cathedral when the feat ofthe Holy Chil was eventually transferred to the third Sun- dayof January. (): 28 April 1575, Juan de Camuz found the image of the Holy Child thar Fernao de Images from the Inremet depiction ofthe invention ofthe Floly Child of Cebu, with Legazpand the Augustinian missionariesVOLUME 1, ISSUE 10 Anamnesis Filipino devotions in January JessonG. Allerite OWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD DOES THE PHRASE SEA OF DEVO: ‘ees find a more fitting example than in the Philippines. Year in, year out, major cities in the archipelago bear witness to the faith of ies inhabitants. The magnitude of Catholics flocking to churches in an act of devotion is simply unparalleled and unmatched. Here, the number of Cath olics ina procession easily surpasses the population of the Vatican. The Holy Name of our Lord is the most dominant object of these January devotions. The celebrations in the Visa yas show this quice very cleatly. Though the entite archipelago has come to coe borate the feast of the Holy Child of Cebu, the fall extent of the devorion is still ex- pressed in Central Philippines. Devotion to the Holy Child began wit che gifting ofthe image ro the newly baptised Queen of Cebu, bur at cis tage, the devorion quickly descended to synere tism, Iewas not until forty-four years later (see Testinony on previous page), upon the rediscovery of the image, that the de- votion would be reorder closer to and along the lines of Catholic praxis. Originally, Cebu kept the feast on 28 April, as willed by the adelantado Leg pl ‘but this dare was laer abandoned because ic fell within she Lenten months. Iris now eprom the chied Sunday of January. The sinulog, now strongly linked co the Holy Child, used to he a votive dance chandless and children in motley moro soro costumes performed in the presence the image of the Holy Child, This is a very common peadtice in the Visayas, if not the entice archipelago, Filipino devotions continued onp. 11 STU UOns Deus, qui unigénitum Fitium ‘tuum constituisti humdni g6neris Salvatorem, et Tesum voediri iussfsti : concéde propitius : ut cuius sau cius quoque aspéetu perfrudmur in coelis. Per edimdem Déminum. (On 16 May, Leyazpi made his official deposition of the great events of 28 April and called three witness to likewise ser their depositions: Juan de Camu who found the image: Mateo del ‘Suz, who brought the image to Legazpi: and Esteban Rodriguez. the soldier from de Goii'scom- a pany. Below we reproduce the deposition madeby Juan de Camuz. 4 teenth day of the month of May inthe one thousand five hundred and seventy-ifth year, |.) I: the island of Cebu ofthe Philipines ofthe Wester Islands of His Majesty, on the sin ‘And, afierwards, in this said day, month and year aforementioned, the said Lord Governor, for the sad information, ordered Juan de Camuz, a resident of the hamlet of Bermeo, in the suzerainty of Biscay, a sailor in the flagship, to appear before him, who swore by God and by Holy Mary, and by the words of the Holy Gospels, and by the sign of the eros, in accordance with law, and under charge f such oath, promised to sy the truth, and, being questioned about swhat he knew and what transpired concerning the matter stated that what transpired was that: 1. Onthe said Sararday, which was determined to be the rwenty eighth of April of this cent year, which was when the said Lord Governor ordered to attack the people on land in this town of Cebu, the affiane departed the fayship in a skiff, together with the sailors and sol 4 ders, who departed from the flagship othe sid eects and, 2. Walking o the part where che boats and canoes of the natives were with people, asthe natives abandoned their canoes and began to fe, the affan found an abandoned canoe tha the rnativeshad left and brought itv the shifin order bringitwo the flagship and 3. Upon reaching the ski with the canoe, and finding icempy,as the people inthe skiff ‘went ashore as the natives had fled and abandoned their homes and having left the canoe, Pedro de Alora, an arilleryman ofthe flagship, and the affiane went ashore and went to amongst the hhouses:and Testimony | continued on p. 12 Tages from the Ingemer:deption ofthe Holy Chill of Cebu venerated by devorees rom al walks of ie6 Anamnesis ICO PEM tc Rea yet tAy COS) Rev. Fr. Michell Joe Zerrudo History guided by God the Lord Jesus [ ancestors ofthe Lord [but] is actually a brief survey may seem to be a rall call of of che Old Testament which was God's prepara tion of history for the Incarnation of His Only Begotten Son. As wwe have been meditating about joy, the family tree of Jesus gives tus the occasion to consider how Christian joy was foreshadowed in the Old Testament. Blessed Paul VI, in his encyclical Gawete in Dosnino, sic “Christian joy is che spiritual sharing in che unfathomable joy, both divine and human, which is in the Heart of Jesus Chest glorified. As soon as God the Father begins to manifest in histo ry the mystery of His will, according to His purpose which He sot forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, this joy is mysteriously announced in the midst of the People of God, be- fore its identity has been unveiled” (GD, 1). The joy of Abraham over the birth of Isaac, his only begot ten son, was a prophecy of the joy at the birth of God's only Be gotten Son into the world, When Abraham was subjected ro a tet thar demanded of him to sacifce to God his beloved son Isaac, he received back his son alive—such was the prophecy of the resurrection ofthe Christ Who was to come in order t0.com plete the sacrifice. Abraham looked forward to the day of the Lord which he longed to see. “Abraham saw that day and re- joiced Guided by God | contin ap.7 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 10 SALT FROM THE DOCTORS Saint Cyril of Alexandria Name of Christ He NAME OF CuRiSr NEITHER OBTAINETH FORCE of definition, nor doth it signify something which mayeth be of some substance, as perhaps man, or horse, or bull but of some matter which, in some tone mayeth be made, rather hath significance. Insomuch as some of the higher people were anointed with oil, according to what pleased God then of thar rime. And the sign of His kingdom was tunétion. And the prophets were also sensibly anointed by the Holy Ghost, and from ir, they ae likewise called anointed, Final ly, blessed David sang of the person of God, and said: Touch ye not My anointed: and do no evil co My prophets. And the prophet Habacue also said: Thou wentest forth forthe salvation of Thy people: for salvation with Thy Christ. For in Christ, che Saviour of ll, we speak of the unction indeed to have been made, Neither symbolic in other respects, as made by oil, and not by prophetic grace, nor that which is understood to be unto che perfection of some business of this manner, do we speak of it 0 have been made upon Cyrus, king of the Persians and the Medi ans: he indeed leadeth forth an army against the Babylonians, through the instigation of God almighty unto this same end. For i said: This is whar the Lord saith to Cyrus, my anointed, whose right hand I grasped. Bur this man, while he might be a worshipper of dos, was called anointed, for thar reason because he was anointed in the kingdom by heavenly applause, and was ordained by God, that he may vigorously conquer Babylon. ‘This Name of Christ continued on p. 10 ews et Dominus nosterlesu Christe, euius nomen est super omne nomen, qui saneuinem tuum pretiosss- ‘mum, cum ad circumdentem ductus es secundum Mo sis legem, effdst: merits tuae Passions intervenien- tibus, exeritus sarracenorum mahometanoramque reprimerentur et dissiparentur, Beatissima Virgo Mater Maria et Domina nostra, frue- {us euius renris lumen ad cevelationem gentium ora culo Simeonis eloificatus est, cum ad se purifieandam ita Moysis legem exist : ostene ipsum ils flios wos persequentibus et patefae opem virtutum tuarum. ‘Te Amami expeeses its prattude ro Mr Enrique Macadanglang, St. and Mr José Marie Olloen foe recorlng he homies an sermons ofr. Zorro,VOLUME 1, ISSUE 10 Anamnesis SANTORAL FILIPINO Ildefonso arzobispo de Toledo, confesor y doctor de la Iglesia igura muy prominentemente el stesiono sim aro bisho de Toledo San Tkleoaso en ol Calendario propio des Iss Filipinas De nuestro santo eemos en el ‘marttelgio: En Toledo, San Ihle fonso obispo, que por la maravillosa integrdad de su vida, y porgue de J) fendis la vrginidad de la Maal de Dios conera Tos herejes que la i pugnaban, la misma Sea e diode ‘a1 mano ana blangoisima vesidurss yescarecido en santidad fie llama- doalppremio errno. “May forza pes la defer promovié el San Tdefonso ta Iglesia le nombro dlr del sis, con especial apo de dor de a ng nid de Mari. Su patronazyo tanto en las po ‘as pass como de hogano extendle tm tal el Ambito de ls Islas. Cala ano se observa ss esas y obseqios ‘naguells gaesel 3 de enero RACION. ;Quéafrena es para mi, Sef, poner mi vida al lado de wuesto obispo Sa Tigefonso,y compara mi bez com su fervor, mi descudo con st viglancia, ni ataso en Javea con aquelanhel suo continuo por aspira ala perfecién! No baya led yoen van eta vida sua, donde tans edtimulseesplandecen debi que en adelante, imitacin det ser, sean mis deseos de verte ad, mis temones de pede at god gue ahora y sie ivi, Anes bien concéeme,odube Jess, smi dalor de que noe sivocomo era rain yt revive unido ai pola caridad, (An colaedperanza ue t pia) Guided by God | p. 6 “The joy of salvation then increases and is transmitted throughout the prophetic history of ancient Israel. Ie persists and is unfailingly reborn in the course of tragic trials due eo the culpable infdeltes ofthe chosen people and to the external persecutions which try to detach them from their God. This joy, ever dhreatened Guided by God| continued onp. 11 ae a: Ana ynnesis VOLUME 1, ISSUE 10 On the Communion | p. 10 preaching, charismaci spirituality and popular culture, to sentially asa “pal, a "bro", ‘kuya” (elder brothe lover". Even in falk Filipino piety, Chris images are venerated not by standing in awe in front of the simply by kissing them or crossing and bowing before chem, but by ouching and caressing them—sometimes a bit to The issue, then, i intimately, thas robe sad. All of this does nor mean that Christ is nor seen as God cor ar least as “divine being” of sorts by Filipino Catholics” Bur the divinity is. prerey much in the background Christ's humanicy stands at the fore, and i certainly helps thar Filipino Catholic piety focuses on aspects that reveal Christ “at His most weak and most human,” soto speak: the Christ Child or Santo Nino, Christ carrying His Cross, Christ dead on the Cross, Chast And let the truth with His wounded and torn Heat eevealed to show His love (In conteast, the Resustected Christ and Chest in Majesty have never really had much of a hold on Filipino pieey,) Considering all his—is it eeally so much of a surprise that wds saw nothing wrong in passing around what not whether Filipino Catholics believe in the Real Presence, treat Christ with too much familiari a familiarity that may be unconscious and unintended but nonetheless real. Jamiliarity breeds contempt. wwe, and moat likely they, believed o be the Body and Blood of cour Lord Jesus Chit? The isue, then, is not whether Filipino Catholics believe in the Real Presence, or not, It is whether we hhave come to reat Christ with too much faniliavty, a famiiariey thar may be unconscious and unintended bur nonetheless rea. Ail the truth be said out loud—familarity breeds contempt Sem Perhaps much more needs to bee said—from the pulpit and in teaching, in catechesis and in worship—abour the realty that Christ is not just the Good Man from N Who died for our redemprion eth or nol. IL is whether we have come to cour of pure love and obed: ence. He is also the Risen Lord Who triumphed over death and Who sits ar the . right hand of the Father; He is be said out loud 304: oF the Cosmos, God Who reigns in majesty esearch that reveals that many, if Jot hej Filing Caskey Aran es abo he Din of Ch (Aran fl iat Chit a nla man Ba ao ee) slg h pte deny th Dy oh ent Hlumaniy is much aes Announcement of the date of Easter bust as jour. sus Christ we sI On the tw: Christ. | Ay wa En ages. Amen, now ye, most beloved brethren, that by the will of God's mercy, we rejoiced in the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ, so we announce to you the joy ofthe Resurrection of our very same Sav- On the twenty-fourth of January shall bethe Sunday in Sepeuagesima. On the tenth of February, Ash Wednesday, and the beginning of the fast ofthe most holy Lent. On the ewenty-seventh of March, the hallowed Pasch of our Lord Je- hal celebrate with joy. Onthe fifth of May shall be the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ. On the fifteenth of the same, the feast of Pentecost. enty-sixth of the same, the feast of the Most Holy Body of On the twenty-seventh of November, the First Sunday of the Advent of our Lord Jesus Christ, to Whom be honour and glory in the ages ofthedom. ian (hoc ann ri. k.febr) In nomine lsu omne genu fleatur, coeestumy temesum et infrnorum: et ormilingua conftest, qua Dominus lsu Christus in gloria est Dei Pat Saat ed coy lis10 Name of Chrst| 9.6 is also rather conc 1 Christ. For through the prevarication of Adam, hrath come ta rule upon al, and the Ghost haath le humanity, so by this very same cause, in all wicked things humaniey hath bbeen constituted, it was aso beneficial, so thar having recalled the mercy of God unto the pristine Stare, it may meric the ‘Ghost: The Word, the only-begorten Son ‘of God was made man, and with an earth- ly body He appeared on earth. He was free from sin, so thar in Him, and in Him alone, mayeth the nature of man be crowned with the praises of innocence by the Holy Ghost, and thus be reformed ‘unto God through sanctification. Of this, John, saying: He thar cometh from above is above all. And this same Christ also said to the people of the Jews: You are from beneath: | am from above. And a Tam not of this world. Ir is lawful thar the part of the world had been called as man; bur when He was also above the world, lee Him be called as God. We re- member Him plainly speaking: And no ‘man hath ascended into heaven, bur He thar descended from heaven, the Son of man. We also speak of the have descended from heaven through dlishensatory unity, through the Word's tribute of the brightness of His glory and divine majesty unto His own Flesh. [..] Divine Paul writeth: For although there be that are called gods, either in wth (for there be gods many and lords many): yet to us there is burone God, the Father, of Whom areall things, and we unto Him: and one Lord Jesus Christ, by Whom areal chings, and swe by Him. Whereas the most wise John said of the Word Who is God, that all things were made by Him: and without Him was made nothing that was made, And blessed Gabriel also evangelised the Holy Virgin, saying: Behold thou shalt conecive in thy womb and shale bring forth a Son: and thou shale call His Name Jesus. Therefore, when divine Paul may. Name of Christ | continued on p. 12 on of man to heaven or on Anamnesis © Almadrones ‘© Almadrone: Union| p.4 cerity, “without wax,” as is often said, are not hypocrites. They benefit from the fll pleasure and insight of the law and love they exercise. ‘The law exists to define and discriminate berween what is in harmony with Truth and what is nor. ‘The law cant not finetion without love, yes, and love for God cannot be right with- out the lave A. person can claim thar he loves God, but commits adds contrary to His command Why, pray ell, do we iments. know that this love is misguid ed and wrong? We know so becausé of the law, which was given to us to deter mine whether such love is in accordance with the law. The Lord taught us nor t0 discredit or discount the law On the con trary, in Saint John 14, 15, we hear: “If you love me, keep my commandments.” Ss ———« Holy Writ mightily assures us: Jesus did not come to abolish the law, bul to perfect il. Con- tradiction, therefore, should nol possess the relationship of love and law, One needs the other. Without one, the other is incomplete and imperfect. ee VOLUME 1, ISSUE 10 © Almadrones In order, therefore, tobe perfected in love, ‘we must keep the law that God gave us. Love God above all, and after God, love cour neighbour as we love ourselves. The law does nor discredit love, nor does love discradie the law Due process of law in our civil judici ary established cepts—such as the balancing of interest tet. the q danger rule, the ‘proof of mali elear and pre cious inten, among oth- an attempt to harmonise secular law and the committed dt Such res fxis-in order to reine judgment, to see if excusable, ui, acceprabl long the right path of love, or dered, or disordered. Laws are intrinsic t9 cur exigtence, just as love is intrinsic to cour humanity. One cannot operate with cout the other END OF PARTVOLUME 1, ISSUE 10 Anamnesis u Filipino devotions|p.5 Other places inthe Visayas emulated the shirie of celebration, The Parish of San Jose in Toilo keeps the feast on the the time when fourth Sunday of January the eeplica ofthe image arrived in Panay. The celebrations were introduced to pat- alle hose of Ibajay in Aklin, which keeps the feast on the third Sunday ‘Tacloban used ro observe the feast also on the third Sun- day of January, bur transferred it to 30 June in order t0 com- return of the after_a ship. wreck in 1888, manifestations of the Holy Name of Je sus. The propers of both feasts are one elt rorthy that these devotions we and the same—that of the Holy Nan cultivated under the auspices of the Aur gustinian family (see Testimony, p. 4) The Recollects administered the arra bali6F Manila then called Calumpang ste Sa em of Quiap and I beseech Thee to shine Thine light upon me, and to s aright mine path, in such manner that all that we should cause to be accom- memorre the plished here be to TI and honour, and to the exalta- tion of Thy Holy Catholic Faith, &y se of San. Scbastin. In 2014, organ isers revived the mirata oF ddungaw, with Our Lady of ‘Mount Carmel of San Se bastiin looking ne glory on asthe Black Nazarene of Quiapd passed the t a In Mani, oo NE vivid reminder the largest confluence of Catholis occirs every 9 Jannary, feast of the Translation of the image of the Black Nazarene, en- shrined in Quiapd. Filipino Catholics may no longer associate the Holy Child with the Black Naz , bur both are Images fom che Internet (el to OF the encuentro of the Blessed Mother and our Lord on His way to Calvary Fog Saint Paul in the Epistle teaches: There is no other Name, than dhe Name of our Lord Jesus Christ the Nazarene, given ro men, whereby we must be saved,” the Legazp-Uinlaneta monument; asain ofthe Black Naza Guided by God |. 7 and springing up again, is proper to the people born of Abraham.” “Thus,when we look ar the family tree ofthe Lord, wesee the constanthighs and lows, triumphs and tragedies and in al of them, we discover how the joy of salva- tion persists and is always reborn. And what accounts for this persistence of joy? Te comes from the fact thar the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases and His faithfulness never comes to an end. God faithfully guided this history rowards Christ His Son. Through thick and thin, through hell and high water, God was always there. When all seemed lost dur- ing the rime ofthe exile, God surprised us by keeping the lineage of David intact. His promise endured even when in spite of the threat of external enemies and even the infidelities of God's own people. The “uplifting experience of liberation and restoration (at least foretold)” has “its origin in the merciful love of God for His beloved people, on whose behalf He ac- complishes, by pure grace and miraculous power, the promises of the Covenant. Joy is born of knowing that in spite of the hharmfal things which we have afilicted ourselves, God's love remains constant. He guides all the movements of history towards the fillilment of His plan of sal- vation in Chris Te was when Jesus resurrected from the dead char the entire story of salvation really made sense. From this point of view, we are able to look back at every- thing that happened and thereby say to ourselves: Now T understand: everything would really come to this great vietory cover sin. Looking back ar everything, we recognize the hand of the Lord lovingly guicing allthis towards the new creation in Christ. Then we become thankfal for God's fidelity. When it happens, we shall be filed with joy. “For the young man shall dwell with the virgin, and thy chil- dren shall dwell in thee. And the bride groom shall rejoice over the bride, and thy God shall rejoice over thee” (Is. 62,5) ne: snug dang the festivities ofthe Floly Child12 Anamnesis VOLUME 1, ISSUE 10 Name of Christ| 9.10 cth recall everything to have been made through Jesus Christ, le the divine Bvan- gelist, saying true the matter, also Strengthen the force of the pronounce ment, and evangelise God ro have been the Maker ofall and ler the voice of the ‘Angel likewise indicate Jesus Christ to have truly been born of the Haly Viegin and not without humanity do we under: Stand the Ward Wha is God, but we speak of Him brought forth from both, and God made man; Him Who was di- vinely begorten of the Father as. the Word: and Who was humanly born of the woman as man: nor as much as when He was named is called according to the beginning of substance, then when He was born is called according to flesh; bur indeed born before all ages, noewithstand- ing the time wherein he had to fulfil he dispensation, and boen of the woman according 10 flesh. Therefore, although these ae others who were called christs by the same appellation, He is only one, through Whom all ac, Jesus Christ: not thar man might have heen made maker of all; bur that God Who is the Woed, by Whorn all were made, in the same man- nner as we do, did share in flesh and blood, and was called man, nevertheless did not lose whar He was. ‘Therefore, likewise made in flesh, He is understood by merit tobe the Maker ofall. ecerpted from the Notes on he Incarna ¢ion of only begotten Son of Go TRADITIONAL MATRIMONY (CES marriages in the Philippines are solemnised according to the she- cial ritual aken from the MANUAL OF TO- apo (cf Ada & Decreta 1 Concili Plevari Inseam Phiippinarn,n. 464). ‘This ritual is abligatory forthe Philip pines (Rit, Roman, tit. VIL, ¢. 2... 63 CIC, ‘can. 1100).—IMPRIMATUR José N. Jovellanos. For enquiries, please contact 09162290128 anv 09176227187 Detals onthe ceremonies can be found here: www.deipraesidiofultus blogspot.com/ seatchylabel/Movrabics2URte Testimony] p.10 4. “The said Pedro de Alorca climbed one house, and old the affiane that he should climb another to se what might be in them: and 5. The alfiant went three or four houses farther because there were people from the soldiersin themsand 6. Having arrived in one small house, ast appeared to him that nobody had entered it yet he imbed and upon climbing e found wo chests ofthe natives which were wrapped up, and he opened one and it contained nothing more thana litle vessel and a boars tooth, and the other, asit appeared ight 10 him, and thai contained nothing, was brought nto the house and 7 Upon entering further, he found another chest hound with what appeared to his witness to bea thread of Casta canvass, and witha rope of Castikan hemp, and because it appeared to im to be heavy and to contain someting he cat the rope and opened the chest and 8. Having been opened, he found inside it another pinewood chest and inside ie a Child Jesus of Flemish provenance, with His filled shirt and gilctin necklace, and upon the head, ‘pint the Flemish fashion, afte shaggy woollen cap:and 9. Ashe knew it xo be the image of the Chul Jesus he rook it and placed a stick cross atop the aid house to identify 10, Goingout with the mage in his hands, heran into a solder from the company of Cap- tain Marin ce Goi, and rl him how he hal Found char image, anal the image was shown: and, 11. Goinga lite further he ran into the field marshal, Mateo del Saz, o whom he gave the said image and the sid field marshal rook it, and brought ito che ships in oederto show it to the said Lord Governorand tothe friarsand 12, Thatthisisthe ruth of what happened forthe oath th he had made; and 13, Thathe found insdethe sal house no other person because he wasalone: and 14. Thatinthisthache had sid, he affirmed and rated, and he dl nor signit because he said he knew not how to write. “The sid Lord Governor Mice Love signed it ‘This happened before me, Fenxaxoo Riguet, notary of government fel ‘And I, the suid Fernando Riguel, the aforesid chief clerk and notary of government, re ‘moved and transferred this information from the orginal according to what happened before se, and in witness hereof, [hereunto see my signanure and customary rubric which sin ea mony of ruth, Pensaxpo Rigurt, hie clerk and notaryof government