Circular No. 25-14
11 October 2025

Dear brothers in the CBCP,

For the past few days now we have been experiencing terrible calamities: typhoons, volcanic eruptions, fires, and earthquakes—one after another! Let us beg the Lord’s mercy on our people.

Let us reiterate our invitation for our people to turn again to God with humble and contrite hearts. Let us reiterate our recently released National Call to Prayer and Public Repentance, asking our people to observe it every Sunday—and, where possible, every day—until the Solemnity of Christ the King, with the tolling of bells.

Let it be our collective Miserere, our plea for mercy and renewal as a nation.

“Cleanse me with hyssop, that I may be clean;
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Create in me a clean heart, O God,and put a steadfast spirit within me.”
(Psalm 51:9, 12)

Following the beautiful suggestion of Bishop Jimmy Afable, we encourage our faithful:

• to wear white clothes every Sunday of October and November,
• and to display white ribbons in homes, churches, and public places— as a sign of our desire for transparency, accountability, and good governance, and as a humble prayer that our nation may be washed clean and renewed in God’s mercy, and spared of further calamities.

Let our white garments be a symbol of the purity we seek for our land and our hearts. May this season of prayer and repentance lead us to hope, healing, and the restoration of our common life in truth and justice.

Let us beg the Lord to renew our nation, and make us instruments of justice and peace.

+Pablo Virgilio S. Cardinal David
Bishop of Kalookan
President, CBCP