Don Orione enthroned in glory on the facade of the St. Luigi Orione Chapel.

Our Religious family rejoice today, May 16, 2018 for the 14^th Anniversary of the Canonization of our Founder, St. Luigi Orione. It is feast day for the whole Congregation of the Little Work of Divine Providence which includes the Sons of Divine Providence and the Little Missionary Sisters of Charity.

Here in Montalban, in the Philippines, the feast was marked with a very special note, the Installation of the six feet image of St. Luigi Orione on the front terrace of the Chapel dedicated to him at the St. Luigi Orione Seminary. From there he now watches over the community and welcomes anyone who enters the compound.

The feast started in the morning with the procession with the boys of the Cottolengo, the Children of the Oratorio and many other children from the neighborhood.

In the afternoon, exactly at 5 pm we were invited to the Eucharistic Celebration Concelebrated by the Superior of the Community, Fr. Stan ACHI, FDP, in charge of the Seminary, Fr. Fausto FRANCESCHI, FDP, Novice Master, Fr. Joseph VAN CU, FDP, Assistant Master, Fr. Julio CUESTA, Director of the Cottolengo and Fr. Noeh E. ELNAR, Parish priest of the Saint Raphael Archangel Parish.

Many parishioners, youth of the KDOM (Kabataan ni Don Orione Movement), Friendship of Don Orione and children of the apostolate area of the Seminarians and Novices joined the Solemnity. Were also present the Novices of our Sisters, the Little Missionary Sisters of Charity accompanied by their Mistress, Sister Maria GRACIELLA, LMSC and the Sisters of Saint Anne, the Virgen Del Pilar Community.

Homily Misa De Gracia, Rev. Fr. Ramon Padilla Rosin, FDP, Taysan, May 1, 2018

We found this as nice to share and so we do.

It is the homily given by one of his friend for the thanks giving mass of Rev. Father Ramon Padilla Rosin, FDP, last May 1, 2018 at San Roque Parish, in Taysan, Legazpi City.

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Jesus said: “The Harvest is rich but the laborers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send more laborers.” Essential to the extension of the Kingdom and the salvation of souls is the Sacrament of the Holy Orders, that we call the priesthood.

“O how great is the priest! If he realized what is he would die… God obeys him: he utters a few words and the Lord descends from the Heaven at his voice, to be contained within a small host. Without the Sacrament of the Holy Orders, we would not have the Lord. Who put him there in the tabernacle? The priest. Who welcomed your soul at the beginning of life? The priest. Who feeds your soul and gives its strength for the journey? The priest. Who will prepare it to appear before God, bathing it one last time in the blood of Jesus Christ?  The priest----always the priest. And if the soul should happen to die (as a result of sin) who will raised it up, who will restore its calm and peace? Again, the priest. After God, the priest is everything. Only in heaven will he fully realize what he is.”

If there is no priest then there is no Holy Mass; if there is no Holy Mass, then there is no consecration of the Sacred Host; if there is not consecration of the Sacred Host then there is no Holy Communion; there if there is no Holy Communion there is no Sacramental Presence of Jesus. That means that we become spiritual orphans. We become like ship without a port, an arrow without a target, a scout without a compass, a dog without his master. We wonder through life aimless and without no clear purpose.

We all know that we your servants are not worthy of this priestly office of Christ. Many times we become so unfaithful to God. Many times, we go on our own way rather than the way of eternity. You heard many times the scandal done by us your priest. Sometimes the parishioners got scandalized and worst their faith is shattered. Because of this many left their faith and follow other voices in the world. Sometimes your trust becomes unstable.  But despite of all these, the Lord remains to be faithful Shepherd continuously leading us to greener and carrying us in his shoulder when we are hurt.

Ordained to be shepherd with the smell of sheep.

On May 1, 2018, at 8:30 am, the Sons of Divine Providence in the Philippines, the faithful of God, friends and relatives, were called and gathered to witness the Priestly Ordination of Rev. Ramon PADILLA ROSIN, FDP. Through the imposition of hands and the consecration prayer of Most. Rev. Joel ZAMUDIO BAYLON, DD, Bishop of Legazpi, Rev. Ramon became priest of Jesus Christ “forever of the order of Melchizedek.” (Psalm 110:4).

for statistic purpose, Fr. Ramon ROSIN is now the second Filipino Priest of the Sons of Divine Providence Congregation, after Rev. Fr. John S. CASTILLO, FDP, who on this very day recalls five years of his priestly ordination.