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The seasons of Christmas and Holy Week are good occasions for availing of the sacrament of confession. This video is a step by step guide on how to go through the process. See also my related blog entry on Peace and Joy in a Box : Why you should no longer neglect, delay or fear confession . Notes on this video 1. I first saw the Spanish-subtitled version of this video on Patrick Madrid's blog . 2. I don't know what the video means by indicating ¨Conscience¨ as one of the things you'll need for confession. Perhaps it refers to ¨sorrow for sins¨ which is the most important part of confession, but then I think this was covered by the other items ¨Desire to seek forgiveness¨ and the ¨Will to be better.¨ 3.Below is the text of the Act of contrition. You don't have to memorize it. You may bring a copy when you go to confession. Act of Contrition O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss ...

From the film The Nativity Story This is a collection of quotations from G.K.Chesterton's The Everlasting Man . In the chapter "The God in the Cave," Chesterton wrote about the uniqueness of the event in Bethlehem. Chesterton is a British writer known for his simplicity, wit and humor and  for defending the Catholic faith against secular philosophies. I provided the explanatory titles below. The Paradox of Bethlehem A Creator unable to reach his creatures A mass of legend and literature, which increases and will never end, has repeated and rung the changes on that single paradox; that the hands that had made the sun and stars were too small to reach the huge heads of the cattle. Upon this paradox, we might almost say upon this jest, all the literature of our faith is founded. The Child and the Strength that sustains the stars Any agnostic or atheist whose childhood has known a real Christmas has ever afterwards, whether he likes it or not, an as...

I was lucky enough to have published two articles in Philippine Daily Inquirer's Young Blood column ( Lord of the Rings: Not Just Fantasy  in 2004 and  Faith and Reason  in 2005). I'm sharing below some guidelines that I tried to follow when I submitted my articles. It may be of interest to you to know that two other articles I submitted did not get published. I guess I broke one or two of the guidelines below. Now, age has caught up with me. I think I will have to wait until I'm sixty to publish another article. By that time, it will be published in the Highblood column.  Writing for Young Blood Select your topic well It is good to write about a topic you feel very passionate about. You could also write about a striking and unique experience. Current events and issues are also good sources of topics. For example, it may be a good idea to write about soccer while the World Cup is going on, or to write about your views on death as the All Souls...