God Calls Us to Be Faithful
Let us be reminded of our true calling.
Articles by Mary Kris I. Figueroa
Have you been saved? – Office of Readings, Tuesday
Surely, at least once in our life, we have been asked “Have you been saved?” (or “Are you saved?” as the variant) by Protestants (like Born Again ‘Christians’, Mormons, Iglesia ni Cristo (ni Manalo), or Dating Daan (ni Soriano) members here in the Philippines). I have, even as early as …
St. Margaret of Scotland, and 10 Most Common Liturgical Abuses – Optional Memorial, Monday
The saint for this day’s Memorial in the Liturgy of the Hours is St. Margaret of Scotland. A Catholic Queen who used her might for the Church. Saint Margaret of Scotland Optional Memorial Optional memorial, 1969 Calendar, celebration November 16. St. Margaret of Scotland was probably born about 1045 …
Friend Proved Traitor – Office of Readings, Friday
When you see Psalm 55 in the Office of Readings of Liturgy of the Hours, you’d recognize immediately it’s speaking of the lament of Jesus Christ for his traitor Judas Iscariot. This goes on to our present time – we also know some people who are supposed to ‘Friends’ to …
Martyrs – Office of Readings, Morning Prayer, Thursday
This day, the Liturgy of the Hours remembers the Martyrs because of the Memorial for St. Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr. Psalm 44 painfully describes the misfortunes of God’s people. I We heard with our own ears, O God, our fathers have told us the story of the things you …
The Timely and Untimely Death – Tuesday, Office of Readings
Because our world has become hedonistic and pleasure-loving, suffering, whether financially, physically, or any sort, is never seen as any good, but just the most horrible and the worst that could a person experience. “Perhaps he is punished by God.” – according to Born Again ‘Christians’, who measure blessings with …
Why Pray the Liturgy of the Hours?
My real conversion started with the Liturgy of the Hours, a.k.a. The Divine Office / Breviary / Canonical Hours. (I like the sound of the Divine Office better, and Breviary sounds more traditional… but I first encountered and remembered this public form of prayer with “Liturgy of the Hours” so …
When You Call On God But He Does Not Answer – Wednesday, Midday Prayer
That’s what you only think so on these tough times. When we are almost crushed by our sufferings, or people have done horrible things to us, experiencing injustice, and we couldn’t lean on anyone else, we call on God to cry out for help and pray. But the problem is …
Jesus: Priest, Prophet King – Easter Tuesday, Evening Prayer
When I was a child, I always had to memorize the Threefold Missions of Jesus Christ – Priestly, Prophetic, Kingly. I pleasantly find out, in the Evening Prayer for this Easter Tuesday, that early on in Psalm 110 is one of the most important psalms, as early on, it had …
Thirst for God – Holy Monday, Morning Prayer
The famous Psalm 42 is in the Morning Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours for this day: I thirst for God. Like the deer that yearns for running streams, so my soul is yearning for you, my God. My soul is thirsting for God, the God of my …