San Lorenzo Ruiz Parish: SLRP Welcomes Bp. Tobias for his 3-day Pastoral Visit

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

SLRP Welcomes Bp. Tobias for his 3-day Pastoral Visit

On a bright and sunny Wednesday morning, His Excellency the Most Reverend Antonio R. Tobias, DD, the Bishop of Novaliches, was received with a warm welcome as he began his 3-day visit to the parish. Led by Fr. JB Abellana and the PPC Chaircouple, a simple welcome ceremony was held at 8:00AM to officially start the bishop's stay in San Lorenzo Ruiz Parish.

It began with the customary kissing of the bishop's ring by the PPC, ministry heads and our barangay captain. Bp. Tobias then proceeded to the altar for the Kissing of the Cross and a short personal prayer. This was then followed by the Opening Remarks by the PPC Chaircouple, Kuya Peter and Ate Lina Tamayo followed by the official Welcome Address by our parish priest, Rev. Fr. JB Abellana.

The choir rendered a welcome song and then it was the good bishop's turn to give the parishioners his message. He thanked the parish for the warm welcome afforded him (although he quietly dropped in to the parish convent on the eve of his visit). He was looking forward to meeting as many of the people in the parish and its surroundings and getting to know the conditions currently prevailing.

The ceremony ended with the parishioners kissing the bishop's ring followed by merienda for all.

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Reflection for November - Solemnity of Christ the King

A Royal Truth

What’s the truth Jesus comes to bear witness to in this last Gospel of the Church’s year?

It’s the truth that in Jesus, God keeps the promise He made to David of an everlasting kingdom, of an heir who would be His Son, “the first born, highest of the
kings of the earth” (see 2 Samuel 7:12–16; Psalm 89:27–38).

Today’s Second Reading, taken from the Book of Revelation, quotes these promises and celebrates Jesus as “the faithful witness.” The reading hearkens back to Isaiah’s prophecy that the Messiah
would “witness to the peoples” that God is renewing His “everlasting covenant” with David (see Isaiah 55:3–5).

But as Jesus tells Pilate, there’s far more going on here than the restoration of a temporal monarchy. In the Revelation reading, Jesus calls Himself “the Alpha and the Omega,” the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. He’s applying to Himself a description that God uses to describe Himself in the Old Testament—the first and the last, the One who calls forth all generations (see Isaiah 41:4; 44:6; 48:12).

“He has made the world,” today’s Psalm cries, and His dominion is over all creation (see also John 1:3; Colossians 1:16–17). In the vision of Daniel we hear in today’s First Reading, He comes on “the clouds of heaven”—another sign of His divinity—to be given “glory and kingship” forever over all nations and peoples.

Christ is King and His kingdom, while not of this world, exists in this world in the Church. We are a royal people. We know we have been loved by Him and freed by His blood and transformed into “a kingdom, priests for his God and Father” (see also Exodus 19:6; 1 Peter 2:9).

As a priestly people, we share in His sacrifice and in His witness to God’s everlasting covenant. We belong to His truth and listen to His voice, waiting for Him to come again amid the clouds.

Reflection by Scott Hahn

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

SLRP Welcomes Bp. Tobias for his 3-day Pastoral Visit

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