April 1 - 15, 2017
PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY
See Christ in poor, outcast —
Cardinal Tagle
MANILA— Cardinal Luis Antonio
Tagle kicked off the Holy Week by
celebrating Palm Sunday Mass where
he called on the faithful to welcome
Christ in the person of the poor and
the oppressed.
In his homily at the Manila
Cathedral, the cardinal said that Palm
Sunday is an invitation for everyone
to welcome Christ into their life in
the image of the hungry, the sick, the
lonely and the outcast.
“Ang pagtanggap natin sa tunay
na Jesus ay pagtanggap sa kanyang
presensya sa mga dukha, sa mga
dinuduraan ng lipunan, sa mga
iniinsulto sa ating mundo, sa mga
taong tahimik lamang kahit sila’y
sinasampal,” he said.
(The welcoming of the real Jesus
is the acceptance of His presence in
the poor, those being spat upon by
the society, those insulted and those
who remain silent even when they are
slapped.)
Thousands of Catholics packed
the cathedral, and parishes around
the country, to mark the Passion
Sunday, the start of the Holy Week that
concludes with Easter Sunday.
Many people waved palm fronds
to symbolize how worshippers greeted
Jesus over 2,000 years ago as he
entered Jerusalem.
Cardinal Talge also focused on
how Jesus’ passion and death served
as examples of God’s humility even if
people mocked and disobeyed Him.
“Tatanggapin ba natin ang
sugo ng Diyos? Mapagkumbaba,
ordinaryong tao, sugatan, puno ng
insulto at dura at hinubaran. Pero
sanay naman siya, hinubad niya ang
kanyang dangal,” Cardinal Tagle said.
(Are we going to accept the
Son of God? Humble, an ordinary
person, wounded, insulted, spat upon
and stripped. But he’s used to it, he
stripped Himself of His dignity.”)
According to him, God’s way is
humility as he called on the faithful to
imitate His attitude.
“Ganyan si Hesus at anyan
din ang pagsunod natin sa kanya,”
Cardinal Tagle said.
(“Jesus is like that and we
should follow him like that.”) (R.
Lagarde,CBCPNews)
This Holy Week, look for Jesus in
those who suffer- Pope Francis
On Palm Sunday Pope Francis said
that as Holy Week begins, we should
contemplate not only the glory with
which Jesus is recognized as king as he
enters Jerusalem, but also