As we near Holy Week, may we have the courage to confront our own temptations toward Pilate's delusion and the grace to choose, no matter the cost, the side of the condemned over the comfortable neutrality of the judge.
"It has been my dream to serve the kids, youth, elders, and native people by evangelizing Christ in any way I can, and that dream led me to become religious," Samantha Ashley Zaballero said.
Father Ulep urged the audience to contemplate the societal frameworks that enable the epidemic of poverty-related deaths and to embrace the discomfort they cause.
Sister Margaretha and other nuns discovered that many youngsters from motorbike taxi drivers, port workers, farmers, and fishermen lacked the necessary skills. They frequently have low self-esteem, lack confidence in society, and no income source.