Year for Priests

BEC Formation with catechists and seminarians.



Celebrating Parish Priest's Day











Day of Fasting and Prayer for Priests (Megamall Chapel)

Newly Elected PPC Officers

Congratulations to the newly elected PPC officers. In alphabetical order:

Joyce Anne Bongkingki (Legion of Mary)

Ramiro Calopez (EMHC)

Jennifer Millette Gurango (PYM/LeCom)

Cesar Musngi (EMHC/KoC)

Edgar Ortega (EMHC/El Shaddai)

They will undergo a leadership training seminar before they will be appointed to their respective positions. Let us all pray for them and for a fruitful two-year term.

Thank you very much also to the outgoing officers: Johnny Cosep, Aida Corpuz, Dehl Gollayan and Babes Romero.

Ako Mismo!

Again, thanks to those who took part in this video. It shows how much creativity and talent we have in our parish. I believe this is the video version of the Spiritual Offering book which Cardinal Rosales launched for the Year of Priests. Thanks to the indefatigable director and editor, Gladys Francisco, and of course to the whole cast who also served as crew, lights men and women, make up artists and set designers. I heard you spent practically one whole evening for the taping. Artistang artista na talaga dating nyo. Mabuhay kayong lahat!!!

On the Death of the Beloved

Though we need to weep your loss,
You dwell in that safe place in our hearts
Where no storm or night or pain can reach you.

Your love was like the dawn
Brightening over our lives,
Awakening beneath the dark
A further adventure of color.

The sound of your voice
Found for us
A new music
That brightened everything.

Whatever you enfolded in your gaze
Quickened in the joy of its being;
You placed smiles like flowers
On the altar of the heart.
Your mind always sparkled
With wonder at things.

Though your days here were brief,
Your spirit was alive, awake, complete.

We look toward each other no longer
From the old distance of our names;
Now you dwell inside the rhythm of breath
As close to us as we are to ourselves.

Though we cannot see you with outward eyes,
We know our soul's gaze is upon your face,
Smiling back at us from within everything
To which we bring our best refinement.

Let us not look for you only in memory,
Where we would grow lonely without you.
You would want us to find you in presence,
Beside us when beauty brightens,
When kindness glows
And music echoes eternal tones.

When orchids brighten the earth,
Darkest winter has turned to spring;
May this dark grief flower with hope
In every heart that loves you.

May you continue to inspire us:
To enter each day with a generous heart.
To serve the call of courage and love
Until we see your beautiful face again
In that land where there is no more separation,
Where all tears will be wiped from our mind,
And where we will never lose you again.

John O'Donohue

Welcome Home Noemi! See You Again Fr. Egay!

** Ate Noemi Hubilla and her family arrived from Baltimore, Maryland, US last June 17. Her co-lectors and commentators were ecstatic as she joined them in their monthly meeting yesterday. Ate Noemi left Manila in 2007 after her fruitful years of service to the parish as Coordinator of the Lectors and Commentators' Ministry. Welcome home and enjoy your vacation Ate Noemi!

** Fr. Egay Cleofe dropped by last Sunday to say goodbye temporarily. He is leaving for Virginia, US on Tuesday, June 23. He is being sent there by his diocese as a priest on-mission for 5 years after the bishop of Virginia asked their bishop for help. MMJP will miss Fr. Egay, the gentle giant (parang butanding) from Sorsogon.

ME Anniversary and Solemnity of Sacred Heart

Congratulations to the Good Shepherd Marriage Encounter Community- Comembo Chapter (GSMEC) on their 10th year of service to our parish. Last June 13, they celebrated their anniversary with a celebration of the Holy Eucharist at 3pm followed by a program complete with surprise numbers and fun games at the Cardinal Sin Hall. It was good to see a reunion of all batches and those responsible for bringing ME to Comembo. Thanks to the efforts of Sis. Cookie and Bro. Ed Yongque. Many of our very active parishioners are graduates of GSMEC. Kudos to the present leadership headed by Ate Jing and Kuya Monching Bonifacio.

Today is the Solemnity of Christ the King and the launching of the Year of the Priests (June 19, 2009 to June 19, 2010) as declared by Pope Benedict XVI. The worship committee headed by Leslee Ambrosio prepared a triduum for the Solemnity. In cooperation with the Apostleship of Prayer a procession was held this afternoon followed by a Holy Hour for the Sanctification of Priests. Although the Holy Eucharist was the highlight of the celebration, the Education Committee invited a guest speaker to talk about the devotion to the Sacred Heart.

Halo-Halo

The culminating activity of the May Flower Offering was held last May 24. The full-time and volunteer catechists spearheaded the activity in coordination with the Education and Worship Committees. The month-long offering of flowers to the Blessed Mother with daily catechism was participated well by young children from the different BEC's of the parish. Kudos to the energetic and creative catechists.



The annual parish outing was held last May 30. Around 150 parishioners left MMJP around 5am for Cuyab Hot Springs in Laguna. It was rainy the whole day but that did not stop anybody from enjoying a splash in the warm waters of the swimming pools.