Saint Anthony of Padua Cantores Dei

11/05/2023

Happy Birthday 🎂 🎂 🎂

Happy Birthday to one of our SOPRANOS, ate Rachiel Quilario

"Magnify the LORD with me; and let us exalt his name together."
~Psalm 34:4~

05/11/2023

23/04/2023

21/03/2023

Feast Day in Honor of St. Joseph
03/20/2023

22/02/2023

ASH WEDNESDAY IS A DAY OF:

✓FASTING (18-59 YEARS OLD)
✓ABSTINENCE (14 AND ABOVE)

A friendly reminder from your HugotSeminarista family:

Today is ASH WEDNESDAY. As Catholics, we are encouraged to do the following practices: FASTING and ABSTINENCE.

(1) FASTING
- It is a form of penance that involves limiting kinds or amount of food or drink consumption.
- Catholics who are 18-59 years old are eligible to this practice.
- Days of fasting (with abstinence) are Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.
- During fasting, the faithful should only eat 1 regular meal and 2 small meals (should not exceed the main amount of the main meal)
- Fast is broken by eating between meals and by drinks which could be considered food (milk shakes, but not milk).

(2) ABSTINENCE
- It is another form of penance that involves refraining from kinds of food or drink.
- This should be practiced by Catholics who are 14 years old and above (until death).
- During abstinence, the faithful should refrain from eating meat (i.e. flesh and organs of mammals and birds), but may consume fish and shellfish.
- Days of abstinence are Fridays in Lent.

N.B. Some people can be excused from fasting and abstinence. They are:

- persons with disabilities which make it difficult to understand or observe the practice (e.g. people with mental health concerns)
- the sick, frail, pregnant, or nursing women, according to need for meat or nourishment
- manual laborers, according to need
- guests at a meal who cannot excuse themselves without giving great offence or causing enmity
- those in other situations of moral or physical impossibility to observe the penitential discipline
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Sources:

(1) Chapter II: Days of Penance — Code of Canon Law

(2) Fast & Abstinence — United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)

(3) Fasting and Abstinence: A Guideline for Catholics — Catholic Fortress

(4) What's the point of fasting, anyway? — Catholic News Agency:

(5) Why do Catholics fast and abstain? — St. Peter Parish, Covington, LA

(6) Why Do Catholics Practice Fasting and Abstinence during Lent? — Catholic Answers

19/02/2023

Patronal Visit of St. Anthony of Padua at Brgy. Wilson Mayorga, Leyte.

"Actions speak louder than words; let your words teach and your actions speak."
~St Anthony of Padua~

02/19/2023

18/02/2023

LOOK || February 22, 2023
Ash Wednesday Mass Schedule.
⏰ 6:00 AM - (Waray-Waray) Main
⏰ 8:00 AM - (Waray-Waray) Brgy. Bonifacio
⏰ 10:00 AM - (Waray-Waray) Brgy. Sta Cruz
⏰ 2:30 PM - (Waray-Waray) Brgy Union
⏰ 4:30 PM - (Waray-Waray) Brgy. Liberty
⏰ 6:30 PM - (Waray-Waray) Brgy. San Roque

"All are from the dust, and to dust all return."
- Ecclesiastes 3:20

The season of Lent, a 40-day period of preparing for the commemoration of the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, begins with the observance of Ash Wednesday.

💜 What is Ash Wednesday?

It marks first day of the 40 days of Lent, a roughly six-week period (not including Sundays) dedicated to reflection, prayer and fasting in preparation for Easter. It ends on Holy Thursday, the fifth day of Holy Week (the week leading up to Easter) that marks the Last Supper. In addition to certain rules about foods and fasting, many Christians (and even non-Christians) abstain from additional foods, luxury or material goods or certain activities and habits.

💜 Where do the ashes come from?

They’re obtained from the burning of the palms of the previous Palm Sunday, which occurs on the Sunday before Easter, and applied during services. Palm Sunday marks Jesus’ return to Jerusalem, when people waved palm branches to celebrate his arrival. The ashes are typically mixed with Holy Water.

💜 What do the ashes mean?

The ashes, applied in the shape of a cross, are a symbol of penance, mourning and mortality. Centuries ago, participants used to sprinkle themselves with ashes and repent much more publicly, but the practice fell away sometime between the 8th-10th century before evolving into what it is today. There aren’t any particular rules about how long the ashes should be worn, but most people wear them throughout the day as a public expression of their faith and penance.

Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.🙏

18/02/2023

Feast Day of Our Lady of Lourdes
02/18/2023

“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.
~Luke 1:38~

17/02/2023

Novena Mass in honor of Our Lady of Lourdes

Day 9
02-17-2023

16/02/2023

Day 8 Novena Mass in honor of Our Lady of Lourdes
02-16-2023

15/02/2023

Day 7 Novena Mass in honor of Our Lady of Lourdes

02-15-2023

11/02/2023

MARIAN CELEBRATION | OUR LADY OF LOURDES
FEB 11, 2023

On this day, the Church commemorates the Immaculate Virgin Mary who appeared to Saint Bernadette Soubirous at Lourdes, France, eighteen times between 11 Feb and 16 Jul 1858.

The memorial of Mary under the title of “Our Lady of Lourdes” was extended to the Universal Church by Pope Saint Pius X in 1907.

The apparition of Our Lady at Lourdes is one of the most celebrated events in the Catholic Church in the nineteenth century. In fact, the popularity of this devotion contributed to a renewal of the Catholic Faith in France and the shrine at Lourdes remains one of the most popular destinations for pilgrims in the world.

PRAYER

Grant us, O merciful God, protection in our weakness,
that we, who keep the Memorial of the Immaculate Mother of God,
may, with the help of her intercession,
rise up from our iniquities.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.
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Sources:

(1) The Blessed Virgin Mary—Our Lady of Lourdes — Aleteia

(2) Courtesy of NATIONAL SHRINE of OUR LADY of LOURDES QUEZON CITY