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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!

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…

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.

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…

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…

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.

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…

MANILA, Philippines–Show special concern for the poor and the sick, Rev. Fr. Ferdinand T. Hernando, founder-steward of the Missionaries of the Beatitudes, said Saturday. In an exclusive interview in Quezon City, Hernando said that the faithful should emulate St. Ezekiel Moreno, patron of cancer patients, who, he said “selflessly dedicated himself to them by giving…