19/09/2025
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โWe stand in defiance to the systematic injustice of our time and pray for the lasting Christian social transformation of our beloved Philippinesโ โ Fr. Siddharta Chiong, O.P.
The Junior High School joins the UTS-Legazpi community at the St. Tomas Aquinas chapel to gather for the Holy Mass for Justice and Peace, presided by Rev. Fr. Ernesto M. Arceo, OP, Prior, St. Raymond de Peรฑafort, this September 19, 2025
Amidst the sins of injustice and corruption in the country, this Mass was an offer to represent the rest of the country crying out for transparency, integrity, and a change towards a good path. The community united in prayers for the countryโs future and leadership.
Rev. Fr. Siddharta B. Chiong, O.P. presided the homily. He mentioned the virtue of faith, as the Philippines is always riddled with wrongdoing and unjustness, to be used as the spearhead of Truth, just like the Blessed Mother and St. John at the foot of the Cross, in defiance to the injustice happening despite facing insignificance due to their social status.
Before Fr. Siddharta B. Chiong, O.P. closed his homily, he referred back to Jesusโs crucifixion, and asked the people around him: โWho do we become like? Do we become like Pontius Pilate, the crowd, or Mama Mary and St. John?โ
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