Readings & Reflections: Thursday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time & St. Lorenzo Ruiz & Companions, September 22,2016 Lorenzo was born in Manila of a Chinese father and a Filipino mother, both Christians. Thus he learned Chinese and Tagalog from them and Spanish from the Dominicans whom he served as altar boy and sacristan. … Continue reading Readings & Reflections: Thursday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time & St. Lorenzo Ruiz & Companions, September 22,2016