Every time I hear Simbang Gabi songs in the church, I cannot help but tear up. My heart swells with gratitude that Christianity was introduced to the Philippines by the Spaniards.
We have overcome many difficulties to arrive where we are now. No cross was ever wasted, and no achievement forgotten. The Filipino people in Canada invite other cultures to experience the Simbang Gabi tradition: a loving remembrance and thanksgiving to the Lord for being one of us except sin; expressing kindness and generosity to one another and sharing whatever we have, big or small, out of the kindness of our hearts.
Maligayang Pasko (Merry Christmas)
Rita Castillo
Vancouver
Thank you for reporting some of the falsehoods in the stories that have come out about the so-called genocide of Native People in Canada. I hope you will continue to correct this and help prevent a new law criminalizing denial of this.
There was much good done to help the Natives. Yes, there were abuses, but nothing like what has been reported. In the Fifties and Sixties in the public school system there were many problems also. It should not be a past that we are forbidden to investigate or comment on.
John Turner
Kelowna
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