"Dominus Est": Motto of Bishop Chito G. Tagle, DD, STD

NOTE:  On October 13, 2011--the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima-- the Vatican announced the appointment of Bishop Chito G. Tagle, DD, STD as the new Archbishop of Manila.  

Below is my blog post on May 1, 2011-- the Feast Day of St. Joseph the Worker, in whose honor San Jose Seminary, the alma mater of now Archbishop Tagle,  was named after. 

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The  gospel last Friday  was   from  John 21: 1-14,  about Jesus appearing after His resurrection to the seven disciples.

One line that struck me was  So the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord.”

“It is the Lord”  is “Dominus est” in Latin.   This is the motto of Bishop Chito Tagle, DD, STD  (Doctor of Divinity,   Doctor of Sacred Theology)  -- which  I learned  from a  talk he  himself gave recently.

Last Holy Saturday, I had the privilege to listen to Bishop Tagle at St. John Bosco Parish in Makati City. Bishop Tagle  was invited to share his thoughts on Pope Benedict XVI's  book   "Jesus of Nazareth:  Holy Week.” 

That was the first time in years  that I saw Bishop Tagle in person again—though I would occasionally catch him on TV.  He has his  own program, “The Word Exposed” on  Studio 23, ANC and NBN 4.

I first met Bishop Tagle in 1980 when he was about to be ordained priest.  I was then a  first year AB- Pre-Divinity student at San Jose Seminary, which is  situated inside the campus of Ateneo de Manila.