Holy Week began this year with a simple but urgent prayer: “Bless Our Darkness, Be Our Peace.”
For many Filipinos, that prayer felt especially close to home. Families continue to face rising costs, uncertainty, violence, and division. In the middle of that reality, Jesuit Communications (JesCom) offered not easy answers, but spaces for prayer, reflection, and hope.
Across radio, television, live events, and digital platforms, JesCom’s Holy Week 2026 programs invited people to stay with Christ through suffering, silence, and finally, resurrection.
At the center of the week was “Keep the Faith: Daily Mass with the Jesuits” on Radyo Katipunan 87.9 FM. Now in its sixth year, the station’s most beloved program continues to bring the Eucharist into homes, serving as a steady companion for listeners on their journey through Christ’s Passion.
On Holy Wednesday, JesCom Exclusives returned with “Faithful and Kind: Songs and Reflections for the Sacred Days Ahead.” Featuring Fr. Migs Ramirez, Josh Bartlett, Bro. Rico Yan Cano, Bro. Syr Anthony Tortor, Kim Dominik Sarmiento, and Mhir Delos Santos, the gathering offered prayer, music, and gratitude freely shared with the community.
On Good Friday, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle led The Word Exposed Online Recollection with a direct challenge: to leave darkness behind and live as people of light.
“Part of living as light is recognizing the goodness of the Lord and sharing it,” Cardinal Tagle said. He reminded viewers that “darkness is in lying, while light means speaking the truth to neighbors,” and that whenever people ignore Christ’s wisdom in the way they speak, act, and relate to others, “then we are darkness.”
On Black Saturday, JesCom’s 20th Holy Week television special, “Yakap: Pagninilay sa mga Turo ng Simbahan,” brought Catholic Social Teaching into the mainstream. Guided by Cardinal Tagle and Bishop Broderick Pabillo, the program shared stories of workers, grieving families, communities defending their land, and ordinary Filipinos choosing dignity, mercy, and solidarity.
More than a television special, “Yakap” became a reminder that faith is not only prayed. It is lived.
Now, as Easter begins, JesCom moves forward with a new message of hope through its anchor song, “Manalig Ka.” Performed by Tinig San Jose, the composition by Fr. Romulo M. Perez speaks to anyone weighed down by fear: “Manalig ka, tuyuin ang luha sa mga mata.” Have faith. Dry the tears from your eyes.
Cardinal Tagle offered the same message in his Easter greeting: “Jesus is truly risen. Love shall not be killed!”
From darkness to light, from fear to hope, JesCom’s Holy Week mission remains the same: to use media not only to inform, but to form hearts, deepen faith, and remind people that Christ is alive—and that no darkness has the final word.
AMDG
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