Schade, we were not allowed to take pictures of the Eucharistic Celebration. Our Mass started at 10 AM with the theme "FEAR NOT" expounded in the homily as taken from the first reading of the day. A group of Filipino pilgrims from San Francisco, CA USA heard our singing and immediately joined us. Lumaki tuloy yung grupo ng Pinoy although the Mass was really scheduled for us. Thanks to Zarko and Alex for making arrangements for the Mass with the Sisters!

October 3, 2009
Saturday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time

A Reading from the Book of Baruch (Bar 4:5-12, 27-29)
Fear not, my people! Remember, Israel, You were sold to the nations not for your destruction; It was because you angered God that you were handed over to your foes. For you provoked your Maker with sacrifices to demons, to no-gods; You forsook the Eternal God who nourished you, and you grieved Jerusalem who fostered you. She indeed saw coming upon you the anger of God; and she said: “Hear, you neighbors of Zion! God has brought great mourning upon me, For I have seen the captivity that the Eternal God has brought upon my sons and daughters. With joy I fostered them; but with mourning and lament I let them go. Let no one gloat over me, a widow, bereft of many: For the sins of my children I am left desolate, because they turned from the law of God. Fear not, my children; call out to God! He who brought this upon you will remember you. As your hearts have been disposed to stray from God, turn now ten times the more to seek him; For he who has brought disaster upon you will, in saving you, bring you back enduring joy.”

SISTER FAUSTINA, pray for us!