Praises

Thank you for your letter last October 26th, which you enclosed a copy of your manuscript, More Precious Than Gold, a catechesis on the veneration of the saints and their relics, which has been accepted for publication by the Claretian Publications in the Philippines. My heartfelt congratulations to you on the acceptance of your manuscript for publication!

Invoking God's blessing upon you, while confiding your intentions to the intercession of Our Lady of Guadalupe and Saint Joseph, I remain

Yours devotedly in the Sacred Heart of Jesus,
+ Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke
Prefect, Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

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Thank you for sending me your manuscript on the veneration of relics. I was especially interested in your book, as we have just consecrated our new chapel in the Cathedral that contains the relic of the tilma of St. Juan Diego. I wish you a very success with it. I agree with you that devotion to the saints and their relics can be an important agent for the new evangelization.

I am grateful for your daily prayers, and assure you of mine for your apostolic labors, especially your work for the canonization of Blessed Ivan Merz.

+ Jose H. Gomez
Archbishop of Los Angeles

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Confidando che ben presto il dubbio sarà chiarito e che, pertanto, sara motivo di sollievo, approfitto dell'occasione per rivolgerle i miei più distinti saluti e il mio profondo ossequio,

dev. mo nel Signore,

+ Juan Ignacio Arrieta

Segretario

Pontificum Consilium de Legum Textibus

October 30, 2012





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"Mi rallegro molto con te per questa tua interessante opera."

Mons. Guido Marini

Papal Master of Ceremonies

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"Many thanks for the book, your book. It’ll be a great pleasure to read it, and I’m sure I’ll learn a lot from it, especially from the more theological parts. May it be read by many, and may it contribute to a greater devotion to our Saints and a more profound veneration of them through their relics, not to mention the proper care of the relics themselves."

Fr. Marc Lindeijer, SJ

Assistant to the Postulator General 

Society of Jesus

General Curia, Rome

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"Congratulations for the nice and positive lines about the book!"

+ Romulo G. Valles, D.D.

Archbishop of Davao

"Congratulations for your new book on the veneration of the Saints and their relics!"

+ Socrates B. Villegas, D.D.

Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan
President, Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines

"It is a very good book."

Fr. Jose V.C. Quilongquilong, S.J.

Rector, Loyola House of Studies

Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus

"Ang ganda at madami akong natutunan."

Rev. Fr. Rey Hector Paglinawan

Parochial Vicar, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, Project 6

Diocese of Cubao

and

Author, A Heart That Listens

*****

"I was glad to see your book on the relics of saints, and immediately grabbed a copy. It is a very handy reference on the said topic, and I believe a first in Philippine publication. Congratulations!" 

Mr. Michael P. Delos Reyes

Author, PRUSISYON: Paghahanda at Pagdiriwang

"A very informative read that will enlighten us regarding the gift of saints and relics in the Church, and why they help draw us closer to God!"

Ms. Ilsa B. Reyes

Author, Healing through the Sacrament of Reconciliation

and Healing through Mary's Embrace