My Earthly Pilgrimage

Hello World, Welcome to my blog. I hope you enjoy reading about my Earthly Pilgrimage in both the Spiritual and Temporal sense. For more info about me, visit the About Me page. Thank You :) -Drew

In preparation for a new Liturgical Year and the Breviary Challenge . I went to the Catholic Book Center at the Archdiocesan Chancery Office aka Arzobispado de Manila in Intramuros yesterday to search for the Supplement to the Liturgy of the Hours for the Dioceses of the Philippines. Sadly, I found no copies of the said Supplement. I believe that it is out of print already. Also, since the Second edition of the LOH is coming out in a few years, the CBCP Litugical Commission might not reprint the supplement anymore since the new edition will have the offices for the Saints canonized after 1970 and the Proper feasts and celebrations for the Philippines if there will be a Philippine Edition like with the Roman Missal. Therefore, instead of what I was looking for, I purchased the red supplement published by the Catholic Book Publishing Company in 1992. Though it lacks the Proper feasts and celebrations for the Philippines such as the Feast of the Santo Nino, it still has the offices for th

Hello! I have been away from blogging for a long time and here I am going back into it. If you haven't known yet. I learned how to pray the official prayer (Post-Vatican II) of the Catholic Church since 2012 when I had a 5 month experience of being an aspiring religious in initial formation. I entered the Capuchins as an aspirant and then chose to be accepted as a postulant after some weeks. As a good way to start a new Liturgical Year, I have though of creating a challenge to motivate me into praying more consistently. For everyone's info, the Liturgy of the Hours or Divine Office is the official prayer of the Catholic Church. It has Psalms, Biblical Canticles, Hymns, Scriptural Readings and more. Many people have the idea that it is for the Clergy and the Religious. However, lay people are actually encouraged to pray at least a part of the cycle of prayers (Hours). There are even smartphone apps that help you pray. Even if you do not have the prayer books. I've had the

Yes it has been a long time since this blog got updated. More posts to come as a new Liturgical Year approaches