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Charms dear, Poblacion, Aklan, Numancia (2026)

29/09/2026

St. Michael, Defender of Our Families and Our Barangay

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, from Barangay Alfonso XII,

Today we gather under the protection of a great warrior, but not a warrior of violence - St. Michael the Archangel. His name means, "Who is like God?" And his mission is clear: to protect, to defend, and to fight for what is good.

In the Book of Revelation, we hear that Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. That dragon is still present today. Not always in big, frightening forms, but in the small things that try to destroy our families - misunderstanding between husband and wife, disobedience, gossip that divides neighbors, poverty, drugs, and the loss of faith among our youth.

That is why today, we entrust everyone to St. Michael.

We pray for all families living in Barangay Alfonso XII. May St. Michael stand at the door of your homes. May he protect your children when they go to school, your parents as they work, and keep your homes safe from evil, sickness, and danger. A strong barangay begins with a strong and holy family.

We also pray for our leaders - our Barangay Captain, Hon. Joel Zonio, and all members of the council. Leadership is not easy. You carry the burden of the whole barangay. May St. Michael give you wisdom to decide fairly, courage to do what is right even when it is difficult, and a heart that truly serves, not for power, but for progress.

We pray for our chapel coordinator and all its members. You are the heart of our faith here. Thank you for keeping the light of Christ burning in this barangay. May St. Michael protect you and strengthen your service.

My dear people, St. Michael does not just fight for us, he fights with us. But we must also do our part. To have progress in our barangay, we must choose unity over division, honesty over corruption, and prayer over fear.

So today, let us ask: St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Protect our families, guide our leaders, bless our chapel, and may our Barangay Alfonso XII continue to progress in peace, unity, and love.

Amen.

28/09/2026

Barangay Alfonso XII - Eve of the Feast In Honor of St. Michael the Archangel

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Good evening! What a beautiful vesper this is.

Before anything else, allow me to express my heartfelt gratitude to our gracious host, Honorable Barangay Captain Joel Zonio and to his beloved family, for this wonderful dinner and for their generous love. Thank you for opening not just your home, but your hearts to us. Thank you for the love. 🥰

Tonight we gather on the eve of the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel, the great defender and protector.

In the Book of Revelation, we hear: "Then war broke out in heaven; Michael and his angels battled against the dragon." And Michael won.

Who is St. Michael for us today in Alfonso XII?

He is not just a statue with a sword. He is our protector.

First, St. Michael protects us from evil. Barangay life is not always easy. There are temptations, misunderstandings, conflicts, and sometimes darkness in the family and community. St. Michael reminds us to choose what is good. His name itself is a prayer: "Mi-ka-el" - "Who is like God?" No one is like God. So let us stay on the side of God.

Second, St. Michael protects our Barangay. Just as he defends heaven, we ask him tonight to defend Alfonso XII. To protect every home, every child, every mother and father. To protect our Barangay Captain Joel and his family who serve with dedication. To protect our youth from vices, and our community from disunity. May he stand at the entrance of our barangay with his sword and say, "Evil will not enter here."

Third, St. Michael brings us peace after the battle. After his victory, there was peace in heaven. The same peace we felt tonight — sitting together, eating together, laughing together, forming hearts with our hands. This is what heaven looks like. This is what a barangay protected by St. Michael looks like.

So tonight, as we share this meal prepared with love by the Zonio family, let us pray:

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Protect Barangay Alfonso XII. Protect our families. Protect Captain Joel and his household. Keep us safe from all harm.

May our devotion not end tonight. May we live like Michael — courageous, humble, and always on the side of God.

Happy Fiesta in advance!

St. Michael the Archangel, protect us. Pray for us.

Amen.

28/09/2026

FEAST OF SAN LORENZO RUIZ

My dear devotees of San Lorenzo Ruiz,

To our beloved Barangay Captain Hon. Oliver Saquita and his First Lady, to our lector, and to all of you who came today — Mayad nga agahon kinyo tanan!

Today is a special day. Today is the feast day of San Lorenzo Ruiz, the first Filipino saint. And today, we have two words: THANK YOU.

First, we THANK THE LORD.

Thank you, Lord, because You brought us together. Look at this beautiful gathering. Our chapel is simple — yero ang atop, bamboo ang bintana — but our faith is rich. God is here. In our singing, in our praying, in our smiling faces. Thank you, Lord, for this barangay Magugba, for our families, for good health, for the gift of service through our barangay officials.

Second, we THANK SAN LORENZO RUIZ.

We thank him because he is one of us. He was not a foreigner. He was a Filipino. A layman like Captain Oliver — a man called to serve. A husband, a father, a church helper from Binondo. A simple man with an extraordinary faith.

When he was in Nagasaki, Japan, and they told him, "Deny your faith and you will live," he answered with courage:
"Ako ay Katolikong Pilipino at buong puso kong mamamatay para sa Panginoon. Kung may isang libong buhay ako, lahat ng iyon ay iaalay ko sa Kanya."

What faith! What love!

And that is his message for us today, in this barangay:

Holiness is possible in the barangay. You don't need to go to Rome to be a saint. You can be holy here — by being a good parent, a good neighbor, a good public servant like our Captain and his First Lady. Serving with honesty is already holiness.

Faith is worth keeping. We have many problems — sa pangabuhayan, sa pamilya, sa kalusugan. San Lorenzo reminds us: Do not give up on God. Kapit lang kay Kristo.

A grateful heart is a happy heart. We are not here only to ask. We are here to say "Salamat." Salamat, Ginoo. Salamat, San Lorenzo.

So today, let us ask San Lorenzo Ruiz to bless our Barangay, to bless Captain Oliver Saquita and his First Lady in their service, and to bless each family represented here.

May we all have the same courage to say everyday: "I am a Filipino Catholic. I will live for God."

San Lorenzo Ruiz, ipanalangin mo kami!

Amen.

28/09/2026

A Homily of Gratitude

"Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." - 1 Thessalonians 5:18

My dear brothers and sisters,

We have just shared not only food, but fellowship. And so our first word today must be gratitude. On behalf of all of us, a heartfelt thank you to Engineer and Mrs. Zabala for this generous lunch.

In the Gospel, Jesus always ate with people. The table was His favorite pulpit. He fed the five thousand, He ate with sinners, with Pharisees, with His friends. Because when we share a table, we share life. What you have done today, Engineer and Mrs. Zabala, is not just feeding us. You have practiced the Gospel of hospitality. You have reminded us that generosity is still alive.

This is the spirit of our Filipino saint, San Lorenzo Ruiz. He was not a priest, not rich, not powerful. He was a simple layman, a husband, a father, a worker - like many of us. But he had a generous heart for God. When he was called to leave everything and serve as a missionary, he gave his yes. And when he was asked to deny his faith in Nagasaki, he said his famous words: "I am a Catholic and wholeheartedly do I accept death for God; had I a thousand lives, all these to Him I shall offer."

Lorenzo gave everything, even his lunch, even his life. Today, you gave from what God gave you. That is how sainthood begins - in small tables, in shared meals, in kindness without counting the cost.

So what can we give back? Let us give our prayer.

We pray for Engineer and Mrs. Zabala: May God bless your family, your work, your health. May He return to you a hundredfold the goodness you have shown us. You fed our bodies; may God feed your spirit with peace and joy.

And as you requested, we ask for the intercession of San Lorenzo Ruiz.

San Lorenzo Ruiz knew what it was to be far from home, to be in need, and to trust only in Providence. May he accompany you in your journey. In your difficulties, may he be your strength. In your decisions, may he be your guide.

May San Lorenzo Ruiz help you always.

May God, who never forgets a single act of generosity, bless you and keep you always.

Amen.

25/09/2026

A HOMILY ON THE JOURNEY OF FAITH AND HEALTH

My dear brothers and sisters,

I saw a post today - an afternoon ride, 38.97 kilometers, more than 2 hours of moving time. Your longest ride in 2026. From Kalibo to Libacao, past Sigcay Elementary School. It is not just a record on Strava. It is a testimony.

What does biking teach us about our Christian life?

First, biking teaches us discipline. In 1 Corinthians 6:19, St. Paul says, "Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit." Biking is a way of honoring that temple. We cannot just pray for good health; we have to pedal for it. Every turn of the pedal is a choice to care for the gift God gave us.

Second, biking teaches us balance. On a bike, if you stop moving, you fall. If you look too far back, you lose your direction. Life is the same. We need to keep moving forward in faith, keeping our eyes fixed on Christ who is ahead of us.

Third, biking teaches us endurance. Hebrews 12:1 tells us to "run with perseverance the race marked out for us." Your 274 meters of elevation gain, the heat, the tired legs - you did not quit. That is perseverance. The Christian life is not a short sprint; it is a long ride. There are uphills, but every uphill has a downhill reward.

So my dear friends, continue to ride. Take care of your heart, your body, and your spirit. Because a healthy body helps us serve the Lord longer, love our family better, and enjoy His creation more fully.

The road is long, but God rides with us.

Amen.

23/09/2026

Monthly Mass in Honor of St. Padre Pio
Guadalupe National High School

My dear students, to Ma'am Myra, to our beloved teachers and academe, to our Grade 10 sponsors, to our lector Eva, and to the choir headed by Ma'am Maricon — good morning.

Today we celebrate our monthly Mass in honor of St. Padre Pio. I am so happy to see you all listening attentively. That is already a form of prayer.

What made Padre Pio a saint loved by young people?

He was given a great mystery — the stigmata, the wounds of Christ in his hands. For 50 years, he carried the pain of Jesus. When people asked him why he suffers, he said: "I only want to be a poor friar who prays."

His favorite advice to his spiritual children was simple: "Pray, hope, and don't worry."

Students, you know what it is to worry. You worry about grades, about projects, about your family, about your future. Padre Pio tells you today — pray first, before you worry.

Jesus says in the Gospel:

> "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." - Matthew 11:28

This is so true for you. When you are tired from exams, when you feel pressure from barkada and social media, Jesus is not far. He is here in this Mass.

Padre Pio spent many hours hearing confessions because he believed one soul is worth more than the whole world. He would say, "In confession, we throw our sins into the sea of God's mercy."

So my challenge for you this month, especially to our Grade 10 sponsors:

Pray the Rosary daily like Padre Pio, who called it his weapon.
Do not be afraid of Confession. Go back to God.
Offer your little sufferings — your puyat for studying, your small sacrifices — for someone else.

The Catechism says: CCC 2015 — "The way of perfection passes by way of the Cross. There is no holiness without renunciation and spiritual battle." Padre Pio lived this. He was not holy because he had no problems. He was holy because he brought all his problems to Jesus.

On behalf of the Church, thank you Grade 10 for sponsoring this Mass. Thank you Ma'am Myra and the academe for forming these young hearts. Thank you Eva and Ma'am Maricon for serving.

May St. Padre Pio, who loved the youth, pray for all of you. May you learn to pray, hope, and not worry.

St. Padre Pio, pray for us. Amen.

21/09/2026

Finding God in the Stillness by the River

My dear brothers and sisters,

Look at this image. A man sitting alone, not on a busy street, not in front of a crowd, but on the edge of a wooden dock, beside a quiet river. Behind him are rice fields, mountains, a wide sky. He is not doing anything. He is simply sitting. Smiling. Present.

How rare that is today.

Our lives are often like a fast, noisy river - deadlines, worries, notifications, problems that never stop flowing. We are always rowing, always rushing to get somewhere. And we get tired.

But in today's Gospel, Jesus often withdraws to a quiet place. To the mountain. To the lake. To the desert. Why? Because God does not usually shout over our noise. He whispers in the stillness.

This river in the photo teaches us three things:

First, life flows. Like this water that winds through the fields, life will not stop for us. There will be bends, shallow parts, and deep parts. We cannot control the flow. But we can trust the One who made the river. As the psalm says, "The Lord is my shepherd, there is nothing I shall want. Beside restful waters, He leads me."

Second, peace is a choice. Notice - the man is not in the middle of the river fighting the current. He is sitting at the edge, watching it flow. Many of our anxieties come because we jump into every current. God invites us to sit at the edge sometimes. To pray. To breathe. To just be with Him. Peace is not the absence of the river, but learning to sit calmly beside it with God.

Third, beauty is already here. The mountains, the green fields, the light on the water - all of this was there before she arrived. God's grace is like that landscape. It is already around us. We just need to stop and see it.

So today, my invitation is simple. Find your own wooden dock this week. Five minutes without your phone. Sit by a window, in a chapel, or outside. Don't ask God for many things. Just sit with Him. Let the river of your thoughts flow by, and let Him smile at you, as you smile at Him.

Because in the end, we will realize: God was not in the rushing. He was in the quiet sitting, all along.

Amen.

16/09/2026

"Dew and Rain, Bless the Lord" - from Daniel 3:64

My dear brothers and sisters,

In the Canticle of the Three Young Men in the fiery furnace, they sing: "Dew and rain, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt Him above all forever!"

Why would they call on dew and rain to bless God? Because both are gifts, but they come differently.

Dew comes silently. You don't hear it fall. You wake up in the morning and the grass is wet, the leaves are fresh. No noise, no storm. That is how God often blesses us - quietly. A small kindness, a good night's sleep, a child’s smile, another day to live. We often miss it because it is so gentle. That is the dew.

Rain comes loudly. It pours, it soaks, sometimes it frightens us. But rain gives life to the rice fields, it cleans the air, it fills our rivers. That is also God - coming in our trials, in strong moments that shake us, but in the end, make us grow.

Sometimes we only thank God for the rain - for big miracles, big answers. But we forget the dew - the daily, silent graces that keep us alive.

Those three young men were inside a fire, and yet they could still see blessings in dew and rain. If they can praise God inside the furnace, what about us?

Today, do not wait for a big miracle to thank God.

Thank Him for the dew - your family, your health, your faith that is still there.
And thank Him even for the rain - the problems that taught you to be strong and to trust Him more.

Every drop, whether gentle or strong, comes from the same loving hand.

Dew and rain, bless the Lord - and so must we.

Amen.

16/09/2026

My dear brothers and sisters,

Before, our hanging bridges were made of rope and bamboo. They swayed and were easily broken by a strong flood. But now, many are made of steel. It still hangs, it still sways a little, but it is strong. It will not break easily. It can carry many people, even in a storm.

Our lives are like that.

We live on different sides - the rich and the poor, the young and the old, parents and children, even husband and wife sometimes. We are separated by pride, by hurts, by misunderstanding. We need a bridge.

And Jesus Christ is that Hanging Bridge.

He is not a strong, concrete bridge that we can take for granted. He is humble. He hangs on the Cross for us. He sways with our struggles, He feels our weight, our fears, our sins. But because He was willing to hang and suffer, He now connects us - He connects man to God, and person to person.

But we are also called to be hanging bridges for others.

To be a bridge, you must be stepped on. You must allow yourself to be in the middle. To forgive even when it hurts. To listen even when you are tired. To reach out to that family member you have not spoken to in years.

A mother who sacrifices is a bridge. A friend who reconciles two people is a bridge. A person who chooses kindness over anger is a bridge.

Today, ask yourself: Am I a wall that divides, or am I a bridge that connects?

The world does not need more walls. It needs more hanging bridges - simple, humble, but strong enough in love to carry others.

Let us become that bridge.

Amen.

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