The Papal visit is drawing near, and even if you can or cannot go to the Papal events, how about dropping by a chapel and avail yourself of the Sacrament of Reconciliation, especially those who haven't gone for years. You can encounter Christ through confession in persona Christi and also go to holy communion too afterwards now that you are in a state of grace as Christ comes to you in His body, blood, soul and divinity.
With permission from CBCP News and Fr. Mickey Cardenas
MANILA, Dec. 17, 2014 — In a gathering held to prepare young people for the papal visit to the Philippines in January 2015, delegates to past World Youth Day (WYD) highlighted Pope Francis’ view that “the Church should be more like a ‘field hospital after battle’ with bishops serving as true pastors and priests spending more time in confessionals, consoling wounded souls”.
Pope Francis celebrated his birthday last Wednesday, December 17, and I'm personally fulfilled since we reached 49,000 hits on that day. In this season of giving, I'm giving thanks and I know to whom. Alam mo yun. Birthday niya sa 25.
And since the Pope is arriving on January 15, twenty years to the day Pope St. John Paul II went to Manila for World Youth Day, I'm jumping only once on this wagon and that's to lead you to the official website of Pope Francis' trip to the Philippines, papalvisit.ph. The latest news and press briefings are there to keep you informed on His Holiness' visit.
Archbishop Socrates Villegas also suggested as preparation for the papal visit to give ourselves this opportunity to go to the sacraments of confession and then the Eucharist.
Sources:
Schneible, A. Tea and Cake for Pope Francis as He Celebrates 78th Birthday. Catholic News Agency. web. December 19, 2014
