Charism in a Year

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We are going into the mind and heart of our Founder, Frank Padilla, and learning even more about the Charism of Missionary Families of Christ. What is the best way to do that? By going through all of his 52 books. We are going to discuss one book a week over the course of a year.

  1. 6d ago

    THE INSCRUTABLE WISDOM OF GOD with Frank Cimafranca and Fred Promentilla - Charism in a Year

    What are we to make of the seeming paradoxes in the Christian life? * The first is last and the last is first. * There is victory in defeat. * There is glory in dishonor. * We are to rejoice in suffering. It is hard for the human mind to grasp the inscrutable ways of God. But to take on the mind of God is essential for our salvation. Jesus has shown us the way, and it is the way of the cross. We are to walk along that path, foolish as it might be to the world. How can we understand the mysteries of the Kingdom? “For ‘who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to counsel him?’ But we have the mind of Christ.” (1 Cor 2:16). Let us delve then into the mind of God, so that we can “speak God’s wisdom, mysterious, hidden, which God predetermined before the ages for our glory” (1 Cor 2:7).

  2. Sep 26

    El Camino de Santiago (The Way of St. James) Lessons in Servant Leadership with Fr Jojo Buenafe - Charism in a Year

    El Camino de Santiago (The Way of St James) has been an attraction for pilgrims for many centuries. It is one of three pilgrimages that have become important for Catholics, the other two being Jerusalem (the Holy Land) and the Vatican (Rome). St James is the James, who with his brother John and their mother Salome, sought to have places of honor at the right and the left of Jesus. Jesus then took that opportunity to teach the apostles about servant leadership. They never forgot the lesson. James went on to dedicate his life as an apostle and missionary, and ultimately suffered martyrdom. Today there is a great need for holiness, which necessitates an inner pilgrimage. There is a critical need for Catholics to respond to the call to the New Evangelization, to be among those who are sent, that is, “apostles.” And there is a dire need to raise leaders after God’s own heart, those who will lead and care for the flock of our Lord Jesus Christ. We are fortunate to have many teachers to teach us about authentic servant leadership—from James the Greater, to Samuel the prophet, to David the king, to Peter the first pope, to Paul the great apostle, to Jesus the Messiah. In this book they give us 144 principles of servant leadership. Take this virtual pilgrimage, and walk the Way of St James toward a more effective servant leadership.

  3. Sep 17

    Greatness in Christ with Joseph Caccam and Liza Caccam - Charism in a Year

    YOU ARE DESTINED FOR GREATNESS! You are created in the image and likeness of God. You are made little lower than the angels. You are a child of God, a brother-servant of Jesus, and a warrior of the Spirit. God is depending on you for His divine work in the world. But like most Christians, you may not be fully aware of your true identity and destiny. You may be living an ordinary and uneventful life. You might be struggling through life and barely surviving. All that needs to change. Take this 40-day pilgrimage and discover who you really are and what God expects from you. It is exciting. Remember: you are destined for greatness in Christ.

  4. Sep 10

    Females are Fabulous (the Sequel) - Women are Smarter with Nel Tropicales, Gem Michaelson and Ina Gruet - Charism in a Year

    Qoheleth II is back! Qoheleth II wrote Females Are Fabulous way back in 2003. Given the flak that he got from women, he had to go into hiding, in fear of his life. Now he has emerged. Having spent 14 years in solitude in his cave, he is older and wiser. He now surveys the landscape, and finds the war between men and women still raging, and even more fiercely, with the rise of radical feminism. Baffled and bewildered, this sequel is his attempt to navigate the stormy seas of sexuality, complicated by the idiocy of gender politics and the lunacy of bowing to the zeitgeist. Oh, the comforts of the cave!

  5. Sep 3

    Females Are Fabulous with Sabine Padilla and Aida Padilla - Charism in a Year

    An Exciting Discovery from Antiquity In 1947 Ta‘amire Bedouins made an amazing discovery in a cave on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea in Palestine. In clay jars were manuscripts and portions of manuscripts. These were what eventually came to be known as the Dead Sea Scrolls. Unknown to the world however was the discovery in a nearby cave of another scroll, found in a container that could have been an ancient waste basket. The female archeologist who was consulted about it dismissed it outright and proposed to destroy it. But those who found it held on to it and for many years the scroll was lost to the world as it was passed from one person to another. Until now. Now here it is. Wisdom from the ages (or from the aged). Translated from the ancient language, this book plumbs the depths of the male-female relationship, probes into the female psyche, examines the roots of the age-old conflict between men and women, and proposes how to achieve détente. A must read for all men who relate to women. Do you have a mother? Do you have a sister? Do you have a girl friend or wife? Do you have a daughter? Do you have female friends or officemates? Do you talk to, do business with, relate to, teach, counsel or meet with women? If yes, then this book is for you.

  6. Aug 29

    MARY and the MFC CORE VALUES with Aiza Buensalido, Kat Moriones and Anna Arcaya - Charism in a Year

    Mary is the one closest to Jesus. She gave birth to him, nurtured him, and was with him all the way to the cross, and beyond. Among all humans, she knows the Savior best. She spent the most number of years with him. She drank of his wisdom. She is the model disciple. She is co-Redemptrix. She is the Queen of heaven and earth. Mary always points us to her Son Jesus. And Mary always tells us, “Do whatever he tells you.” With Mary as our guide, we can only grow closer to Jesus, and become better instruments to do his work. Mary is the embodiment of our seven Core Values. We are consecrated to her. Let her continue to show us the way to proclaiming Christ and the salvation that he brings. As we do so, may all peoples recognize Mary’s crucial role, and thus may all ages call her blessed.

  7. Aug 20

    Showing His Power and Majesty with Roger Santos and Romel Macaraig - Charism in a Year

    The world is in a mess. Where is God? Does God care about what is happening in the world? Is there hope for humanity? The truth is that God has acted, and continues to act, to manifest His love for the world. God desires to bring His people back to Himself, as a Shepherd with His flock, as a Father with His children. But how God intends to do this is a great mystery, in that it involves you and me. The manifestation of God’s power and majesty in the world is entirely up to us. Will we experience hell or heaven on earth? Our fate is in our hands.

  8. Aug 18

    CALLED to be SAINTS, MARTYRS, WARRIORS with Jimmy Xavier and Levin Gomes - Charism in a Year

    Do you see the Christian life as uninteresting or even boring? Is it seemingly only about trying to be a goody-goody, and being consigned to the sidelines as the world, with all its excitement, passes by? If so, you have been deceived. The true Christian life is the greatest adventure in the world. It proposes the highest ideals, the most exhilarating challenges, the ultimate self-fulfillment. Unfortunately, most Christians do not have a clue. What is a Christian called to do? You are to reflect the very image and likeness of God; you are called to holiness. You are to engage in divine work by proclaiming the gospel of salvation in Jesus; you are to be a witness. You are to engage in the longest running and most destructive war that is raging throughout the world; you are called to mission. Such is your call. Such should be your preoccupation. This is how you will fulfill your destiny. Who are you, Christian? You are to be a saint, a martyr, and a warrior.

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We are going into the mind and heart of our Founder, Frank Padilla, and learning even more about the Charism of Missionary Families of Christ. What is the best way to do that? By going through all of his 52 books. We are going to discuss one book a week over the course of a year.

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