“Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys” (Luke 12:33).
As we profess our faith through prayers and devotions to God, we must also profess our generosity through gift giving and charity. We are not just an ordinary people because we are the children of God who “open our hands freely to our brothers and sisters in need, and generously lend them sufficient for their needs in whatever they lack” (Deuteronomy 15:8).
Reflecting about charity, we in Caritas Manila found our way to promote this value, through our Celebrity Bazaar, by looking for people with generous heart who are willing to offer their possession in behalf of our brothers and sisters who are in need of assistance.
In December 2016 we mounted the very first Celebrity Bazaar dubbed The Pre-Loved Luxury Brand Sale represented by Ms. Universe 2015 Pia A. Wurtzbach held at the Glorietta 5, Ayala Center, Makati City.
Recognizing that act of generosity, it reminds us of what Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, D.D. said that “our love for God is best expressed by the love we have for our brothers and sisters” and through that, we are continuously expressing and promoting our love for God through charity and generosity by calling once again all the faithful with generous heart to support and join our Second Celebrity Bazaar on October 18 at the Activity Center of Megamall. The face of this year’s celebrity bazaar is US Harpers’ Bazaar Icon dubbed Real Crazy Rich Asian, Ms. Heart Evangelista-Escudero.
Full proceeds will still be used to support the 5,000 YSLEP scholars of Caritas Manila.
On the other hand, we are also calling our friends and fellow members in media for the press conference of the said event on October 14, 1 p.m. at the Lugang Café Restaurant in SM Megamall to be graced by Ms. Heart, Father Anton CT Pascual of Caritas Manila, Mr. Steven Tan of SM Supermalls, Msgr. Bong Lo of the Megamall Chapel, and Ms. Felicidad Sy.
The complete details of this Second Celebrity Bazaar will be discussed on the said press
conference.
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, let us remember that “the Lord Jesus himself said: “It is more blessed to give than to receive” (Acts 20:35) as “if we give our self to the hungry, and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then our light will rise in darkness and our gloom will become like midday” (Isaiah 58:10).
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