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15/08/2026

𝐎 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐅𝐔𝐋 𝐅𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐋

Today, the 15th of August 2026, we celebrate the 𝙎𝙞𝙭𝙩𝙝 𝙋𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝘼𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖 𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙡 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙚 𝙉𝙪𝙚𝙫𝙖 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙡𝙖, venerated at The Minor Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in New Manila, Quezon City.

We greet the whole Roman Catholic Diocese of Cubao led by His Excellency, Most. Rev. Elias L. Ayuban Jr., CMF, DD, JCD, the Bishop of the Diocese of Cubao, to the Rector and Parish Priest Rev. Fr. Paulo Gamboa, OCD, to the Order of the Discalced Carmelites, and to the devotees of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

¡VIVA LA VIRGEN!
¡VIVA LA VIRGEN DEL CARMEN!

Minor Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

15/08/2026

𝐎 𝐕𝐈𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐍 𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐀 𝐀𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐎𝐍!

Today, the 15th of August 2026, we celebrate the 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙 𝙋𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝘼𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖 𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙖 𝙙𝙚 𝘼𝙨𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙙𝙚 𝘿𝙖𝙪𝙞𝙨, venerated at the Assumption of Our Lady Shrine Parish - Dauis.

We greet the whole Diocese of Tagbilaran and to all the devotees of the Virgen de Asuncion de Dauis.

¡VIVA LA VIRGEN!
Ave Assumpta Gloriosa!
Viva Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Dauis!

𝘐𝘯 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕.𝘚. 𝘥𝘦 𝘈𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘯 de Dauis during hr feastday and Pontifical Coronation. Photo owned and taken by MTQS Photography.

14/08/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞
𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐕𝐈𝐑𝐆𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘
Feastday: 15th of August

On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII defined the Assumption of Mary to be a dogma of faith: “We pronounce, declare and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma that the immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul to heavenly glory.” The pope proclaimed this dogma only after a broad consultation of bishops, theologians and laity. There were few dissenting voices. What the pope solemnly declared was already a common belief in the Catholic Church.

We find homilies on the Assumption going back to the sixth century. In following centuries, the Eastern Churches held steadily to the doctrine, but some authors in the West were hesitant. However by the 13th century there was universal agreement. The feast was celebrated under various names—Commemoration, Dormition, Passing, Assumption—from at least the fifth or sixth century. Today it is celebrated as a solemnity.

Scripture does not give an account of Mary’s assumption into heaven. Nevertheless, Revelation 12 speaks of a woman who is caught up in the battle between good and evil. Many see this woman as God’s people. Since Mary best embodies the people of both Old and New Testaments, her assumption can be seen as an exemplification of the woman’s victory.
Furthermore, in 1 Corinthians 15:20, Paul speaks of Christ’s resurrection as the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.

Since Mary is closely associated with all the mysteries of Jesus’ life, it is not surprising that the Holy Spirit has led the Church to believe in Mary’s share in his glorification. So close was she to Jesus on earth, she must be with him body and soul in heaven. (https://www.franciscanmedia.org/.../assumption-of-the...)

𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲: O God, who, looking on the lowliness of the 𝐁𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲, raised her to this grace, that your Only Begotten Son was born of her according to the flesh and that she was crowned this day with surpassing glory, grant through her prayers, that, saved by the mystery of your redemption, we may merit to be exalted by you on high. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever, Amen.

𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗮𝗱𝘆, 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻, 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴.

In photo: The image of N.S. de la Asuncion de Maragondon, ang Birheng Nakatayo, venerated at the Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de la Asuncion de Maragondon. Photo owned by Percy Sledge Agbunag Carballo of PC Creatives.

Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de la Asuncion de Maragondon

14/08/2026

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐌𝐀𝐗𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐊𝐎𝐋𝐁𝐄
𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺𝘳
Feastday: 14th of August

St. Maximilian, born Raymond Kolbe in Poland, Jan. 8, 1894. In 1910, he entered the Conventual Franciscan Order. He was sent to study in Rome where he was ordained a priest in 1918.

Father Maximilian returned to Poland in 1919 and began spreading his Militia of the Immaculata movement of Marian consecration (whose members are also called MIs), which he founded on October 16, 1917. In 1927, he established an evangelization center near Warsaw called Niepokalanow, the "City of the Immaculata." By 1939, the City had expanded from eighteen friars to an incredible 650, making it the largest Catholic religious house in the world.

To better "win the world for the Immaculata," the friars utilized the most modern printing and administrative techniques. This enabled them to publish countless catechetical and devotional tracts, a daily newspaper with a circulation of 230,000 and a monthly magazine with a circulation of over one million. Maximilian started a shortwave radio station and planned to build a motion picture studio—he was a true "apostle of the mass media." He established a City of the Immaculata in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1930, and envisioned missionary centers worldwide.

Maximilian was a ground-breaking theologian. His insights into the Immaculate Conception anticipated the Marian theology of the Second Vatican Council and further developed the Church's understanding of Mary as "Mediatrix" of all the graces of the Trinity, and as "Advocate" for God's people.

In 1941, the N***s imprisoned Father Maximilian in the Auschwitz death camp. There he offered his life for another prisoner and was condemned to slow death in a starvation bunker. On August 14, 1941, his impatient captors ended his life with a fatal injection. Pope John Paul II canonized Maximilian as a "martyr of charity" in 1982. St. Maximilian Kolbe is considered a patron of journalists, families, prisoners, the pro-life movement and the chemically addicted.

𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐔𝐒 𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐘: O God, who filled the Priest and Martyr 𝗦𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗧 𝗠𝗔𝗫𝗜𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗞𝗢𝗟𝗕𝗘 with a burning love for the Immaculate Virgin Mary and with zeal for souls and love of neighbor, graciously grant, through his intercession, that striving for your glory by eagerly serving others, we may be conformed, even until death, to your Son. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever, Amen.

𝗦𝘁. 𝗠𝗮𝘅𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗞𝗼𝗹𝗯𝗲, 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴.

13/08/2026

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙴𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎
𝐃𝐈𝐎𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐋𝐀 𝐀𝐒 𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐃𝐈𝐎𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐄
𝟷𝟻𝟿𝟻 - 𝙰𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝟷𝟺 - 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟼

We remember today the 431st anniversary of the elevation of Manila as an Archdiocese. Pope Clement VIII issued a papal brief erecting Manila as an Archdiocese and its three suffragan dioceses, namely, the Dioceses of Nueva Segovia, Nueva Caceres, and Cebu.

Let us pray and support our Local Churches as they take care of souls and establish firm and passionate servants for our Holy Church.

Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, pray for us.

13/08/2026

IN PHOTOS | PROCESSION OF OUR LADY OF BUEN SUCESO

On the occasion of the 401st Feast Day and Enthronement of the Virgin, the Original and Miraculous Image of Our Lady of Buen Suceso was once again brought out of her Shrine for a procession. This year’s celebration also featured the participants of the Buen Suceso Jubilee Dance Festival.

Despite the rain, the faithful walked with the Blessed Mother through the streets under the Shrine’s jurisdiction, a testament to enduring faith and love.

Viva la Virgen del Buen Suceso!

Photos by TG Photography

13/08/2026

¡¡𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐇𝐀𝐋 𝐍𝐆𝐀 𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐀!

Today, the 13th of August 2026, we celebrate the 𝙁𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙋𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝘼𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖 𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙖 𝙙𝙚 𝘼𝙨𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙙𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙣, Patroness of the Diocese of Maasin and venerated at The Maasin Cathedral - National Shrine of Our Lady of the Assumption.

We greet the whole Diocese of Maasin led by His Excellency, Most. Rev. Precioso D. Cantillas, SDB, DD, the Bishop of the Diocese of Maasin, and the ardent devotees of Mahal nga Patrona!

¡VIVA MAHAL NGA PATRONA!
¡VIVA LA ASUNCION GLORIOSA!

12/08/2026

O Ina ng Mananakop sa mga langit kay lugod,
Bigay Buen Sucesong bantog, ang hinihinging kaloob!

Photos of the procession and Eucharistic celebration as part of the 401st Fiesta and Enthronement Anniversary of the revered image of Nuestra Senora del Buen Suceso - the Mother, Queen and Patroness of the City and Diocese of Paranaque. His Eminence, Jose F. Cardinal Advincula, D.D., Archbishop of Manila, led the Holy Mass and the Enthronement of the Image.

August 10, 2026
Diocesan Shrine of Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso
Cofradia de Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso
La Huerta, Paranaque City

12/08/2026

“Turn your eyes incessantly to the Blessed Virgin; she, who is the Mother of Sorrows and also the Mother of Consolation, can understand you completely and help you. Looking to her, praying to her, you will obtain that your tedium will become serenity, your anguish change into hope, and your grief into love.” (Saint Pope John Paul II)

Nuestra Señora de la Soledad de Porta Vaga, pray for us.

August 12, 2026
Wednesday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time

Reina De Cavite: La Virgen de la Soledad de Porta Vaga (Página Oficial)

11/08/2026

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐀
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳-𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘝𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺𝘳
Feastday: 11th of August

Devotion to Saint Philomena, and all the questions surrounding her identity, have their origin at Rome on 25 May 1802, during excavations in the Catacombs of Priscilla on the Via Salaria, when the bones of a young girl of thirteen were discovered in a vial containing a liquid believed to be the blood of the Saint. The space was closed by three terracotta tiles on which was inscribed the words LUMENA / PAX TE / CUM FI. It was believed that the tiles had been inadvertently inverted, so that the inscription should have read: 𝗣𝗔𝗫 𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗨𝗠 𝗙𝗜𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗔, that is, “𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗮.” The different images that were inscribed on the tiles -- including a palm branch and a lance -- were enough to attribute the bones within the tomb to a Christian martyr of the early ages. At the time, it was believed that the greater part of the remains found in the Catacombs came from the persecutions of the first centuries of the Christian era.

It was precisely the account of Sr Maria Luisa that revealed the story of Philomena. She affirmed that the story of Philomena’s life was recounted through a revelation of the saint by the Saint herself. According to the good sister, Philomena was a daughter of a Greek king who, along with his wife and family, converted to Christianity. At 13, Philomena consecrated herself to God and took a vow of perpetual virginity.

Around that time, the Roman Emperor Diocletian threatened war against her father. Her family was constrained to go to Rome to treat for peace. Seeing the beautiful young girl, the Emperor lusted after her. When she refused his advances, he subjected her to a series of tortures from which she was delivered by heavenly aid, until at last she was beheaded, and earned the palm of martyrdom. The symbols on her tomb in the catacombs -- two anchors, three arrows, a palm branch, and a flower -- were taken as the symbols of her martyrdom.

Later historians would cast doubt on the version of events related by Sr Maria Luisa. They claimed that the absence of the word “martyr” on the tiles spoke against her martyrdom; and it was discovered that the ampule thought to be filled with her blood instead contained perfumes typically used in the burials of the first Christians. Some suggested that the tiles covering her tomb had been re-used, and that the relics were not of Philomena at all. On account of these doubts, Philomena was removed from the calendar during the changes to the order of liturgical worship introduced in the wake of the Second Vatican Council during the 1960’s. But devotion to St Philomena remains. (from 𝘩𝘵𝘵𝘱𝘴://𝘸𝘸𝘸.𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴.𝘷𝘢/𝘦𝘯/𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴/08/13/𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵-𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘢.𝘩𝘵𝘮𝘭)

𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐔𝐒 𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐘: O God, who gladden us today with the annual commemoration of blessed 𝗣𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗔, graciously grant that we may be helped by her merits, just as our lives are lit up by the splendor of her example of chastity and fortitude. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever, Amen.

𝗦𝘁. 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗮, 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆𝗿, 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴.

The Universal Living Rosary & Archconfraternity of St. Philomena - Manila

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