{"id":158498,"date":"2018-04-01T00:08:47","date_gmt":"2018-04-01T04:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=158498"},"modified":"2018-04-01T00:08:47","modified_gmt":"2018-04-01T04:08:47","slug":"duterte-urges-selfless-service-in-easter-sunday-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/04\/01\/duterte-urges-selfless-service-in-easter-sunday-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte urges \u2018selfless\u2019 service in Easter Sunday message"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_158499\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-158499\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/president-duterte_5ac024ac3f4d61_99748965.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-158499\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/president-duterte_5ac024ac3f4d61_99748965.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: President Rodrigo R. Duterte\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/president-duterte_5ac024ac3f4d61_99748965.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/president-duterte_5ac024ac3f4d61_99748965-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-158499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: President Rodrigo R. Duterte<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Easter can be made more meaningful by offering aid to those in need, President Rodrigo R. Duterte told the faithful on Easter Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte also urged Filipinos to pray for each other and for lasting peace as it would help in further attaining progress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us make this occasion more meaningful by offering aid to others, especially to those in need. Let us pray for the welfare and safety of our countrymen and for lasting peace in our nation so that we can all work together in harmony towards real change,\u201d Duterte said in his message.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte said Easter is a day to express gratitude and glorify Jesus Christ for His sacrifices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday we are called to thank the Lord for giving us His only Son to save the world from sin. It is also a time to glorify Jesus for His sacrifices so that we can live with renewed hope towards eternal salvation,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n<p>He also called on Catholics to be humble and forgiving in celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we remember Christ&#8217;s triumph against death, may we nurture humility and forgiveness in our hearts as these will free us from the shackles of hatred and greed. For it is only by being selfless that we can truly say we are worthy of God&#8217;s love,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The President, meanwhile, wished everyone a \u201csolemn\u201d and \u201cjoyous\u201d Easter Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte is currently in Davao City where he will spend Easter with his family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Easter can be made more meaningful by offering aid to those in need, President Rodrigo R. Duterte told the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":158499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[2357,16251],"class_list":["post-158498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-easter-sunday","tag-rodrigo-r-duterte","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}