Posts by Fr. Ferdinand Hernando, MB, SThL
Sowing Seeds Here
In this article, we follow Frs. Soy Hernando and Paulino Dacanay on a journey that started as a benchmarking travel experience during their diaconate years but evolved into a profound spiritual encounter.
Read MoreCommunion? Start Working Together
Fr. Soy Hernando, MB, offers a fresh perspective on how we can navigate the challenges and joys of our faith journey. Welcome to Spiritual Landmarks!
Read MoreEmbracing the Mystery of God
SCRIPTURAL REFLECTION “Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. Therefore, you shall love the Lord your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.” (Dt 6:4-5). “Who has directed the spirit of the Lord, or has instructed him as his counselor? Whom did he…
Read MoreTheology of Celibacy: for those who hate theology and celibacy
The series of news items on sex scandals in the American, European, and Latin American churches has now shifted its attention to Asia, particularly, the Philippine Church. Regardless of the social status of those involved, such lurid and horrendous stories as of sexual harassment, sexual abuses, acts of lasciviousness, homosexual acts, pedophilia, rape and even…
Read MoreEvangelized and Baptized
February 2, 2012 We rushed our breakfast this morning and immediately drove to an outlying village some thirty minutes away from the municipal capital of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro. We were headed for Barombong, a rustic village reachable only through rough and dusty roads wedged in vast rice fields on both sides. Thanks to the…
Read MoreTyphoon Ondoy a Year After
Of Nature’s Wrath, Human Folly, Redemption and Gratitude The wind was moderate and the rain was light that Friday evening of September 25, 2009, only a few hours before the dreaded Typhoon Ondoy (International designation: Typhoon Ketsana) ravaged Metro Manila.
Read MoreRevisiting a Familiar Terrain
And hearing a familiar refrain The first time I visited their place was way back nineteen years ago. Their house was small and humid. There were many occupants, too. These people were not alien to a noisy life, located as they were, right at the foot of Del Pan Bridge, Tondo, Manila, where heavy trucks…
Read MoreHealing Mass Marks Feast of St. Ezekiel Moreno
In commemoration of the Feast of St. Ezekiel Moreno, the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos (UNO-R), Bacolod City will hold a Healing Mass on August 19, 2010 at 7:30 a.m. Rev. Fr. Ferdinand T. Hernando, Founder-Steward of the Missionaries of the Beatitudes (Ezekielians) will lead the Healing Rites after the Mass, together with the Recollect Fathers…
Read MorePope Never said Condoms are OK
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT The Pope never says Condom Use is Morally OK After almost a year now, there are still people in the media who keep on repeating the line that the Pope has already changed the Church teachings on condoms.
Read MoreA Day in the Missions of Occidental Mindoro
If there is a word that should describe the early hours of this day, it should be the word, “busy.” At eight in the morning we drove to an elementary school a few miles from the parish rectory. Three of us priests boarded a pick-up and hit the rough roads and faced the dusty roads…
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