Don't putt off change in character: Vidal

THERE is no putting off Christmas even though the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit was postponed, so there is no reason to delay character change.

That was just one of the messages in Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal’s homily during the sixth dawn mass yesterday that he officiated at the San Lorenzo Ruiz parish church in Barangay Tisa, Cebu City.

A Christmas Feast to Remember

Christmas is one celebration that gathers the whole family around the table for the traditional Noche Buena. Sun.Star Cebu Plus & Special provides you with the recipes for a menu of fabulous dishes that combines the best of traditional foods mixed with new flavors to make your Christmas Eve dinner truly delightful and unforgettable.

The Noche Buena will never be complete without the Christmas ham. A staple in the Christmas dinner table, the ham can be prepared in a multitude of ways.(Sun.Star Cebu)

The First Christmas

THE first Christmas was about the magnanimity of two women, two husbands and two sons.

The two ordinary women were Mary and Elizabeth. Mary, a young maiden from a simple family in the obscure village of Nazareth in the popular town of Galilee, and Elizabeth, her cousin, a descendant of Aaron, married to Zechariah, a priest who served in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. Together with her husband, Elizabeth lived in Hebron, about twenty miles from the Temple.(Aloysius L. Cartagenas)

Misa de Gallo: A Filipino Tradition

ONE of the longest and most popular of Filipino traditions, the Misa de Gallo signals the coming of Christmas for most Filipinos. It is the time when church bells start ringing as early as three o'clock in the morning, waking people up so they can get ready for the four o'clock dawn mass. (Jigs Arquiza)