Author: UPCRL

by Ptr. Art Calaguas Shalom. The war between Israel and the Hamas continues since Hamas launched its October 7, 2023 attack into Israel. The Israelis have now moved further south and would be approaching Rafah along the Gaza border with Egypt. The Hezbollah in southern Lebanon are intensifying missile, mortar and anti-tank fire into civilian…

by Ptr. Art Calaguas Shalom. The war between Israel and the Hamas has now come to its 100th day since the brutal Hamas attack last October 7, 2023. Meanwhile, the US and the UK have struck the Houthi rebels in Yemen to disable them from hitting commercial ships passing through the Red Sea. The Hezbollah…

by Ptr. Art Calaguas Shalom. The war between Israel and the Hamas goes on. The Hezbollah in Lebanon and Houthis in Yemen are still trying to engage Israel (and its allies) in multiple fronts. Around a hundred live hostages, including the remaining women and children including a baby are still held somewhere in Gaza. Let…

by Ptr. Art Calaguas Shalom. The 8-day Jewish Feast of Dedication/Festival of Lights known as חֲנוּכָּה Hanukkah has come and gone last December 7-15. Israel says 20 hostages have perished while in captivity. But still more than a hundred (~117), including the remaining 19 women and children including a baby are still held hostage in…

by Ptr. Art Calaguas Shalom. The 7-day ceasefire has definitely ended and the fighting has resumed. Israel has advanced into Khan Younis in the southern part of Gaza. The 8-day Jewish Feast of Dedication/Festival of Lights known as חֲנוּכָּה Hanukkah started last Thursday evening, December 7 and lasts until Friday evening, December 15. It is…

by Ptr. Art Calaguas Shalom. A number of kidnapped Israeli hostages (mostly women and children) were released and exchanged for jailed Hamas terrorist prisoners last week while a pause/ceasefire was observed. A 2nd Filipino hostage was also released. Unfortunately, her Israeli partner was killed in the October 7 Hamas attack. Now, apparently ceasefire has ended…

by Ptr. Art Calaguas Shalom. Previously, the plight of the very many hostages (~240) of many different nationalities taken by Hamas last October 7, including women, elderly, children and babies seemed to have been relegated to the backstage by the world’s media as the fighting hogged news coverage. But now, it seems our prayer together…

by Ptr. Art Calaguas Shalom. Israel has now gone into northern Gaza, into Beit Hanoun in particular as it demolishes the terrorist Hamas tunnels. It has made daring raids into the heart of Hamas territory, including into Al-Shifa Hospital where a Hamas complex is actually housed underneath it. Hundreds of thousands of civilians have now…

by Ptr. Art Calaguas Shalom. After the prophet Jonah made 2 great confessions about the LORD and his power and salvation, he made a proclamation of divine judgement: Nineveh would be overthrown (Jonah 3:4). But the Ninevites repented and prayed to the Lord God and were saved from utter destruction. Nineveh was overturned, turned over…