This is how short it took a Rubik’s Robot to solve the famous puzzle cube invented by the Hungarian sculptor and architecture teacher Ernő Rubik back in the 1980s. This record unseats the previous one of .637 seconds by Albert Beer, a German engineer and...
Everybody needs a hero! Unfortunately, heroes are getting harder to find these days, not only because it takes a lot of sacrifice to become one, but also due to a massive campaign to change the concept of a hero. Why change the notions of a hero...
“Father! Father!” Sid rushed out of his classroom. “Wuzzup, Sid!!!?” I asked. “It’s almost Ash Wednesday,” he said. “You seem excited about it. Most people aren’t so fond of a day marked by penance, fasting and abstinence,” I said. “Because mom said Valentine’s Day is the same as Ash...
“The Clergy and Consecrated Persons” is this year’s CBCP theme for the Catholic Church in the Philippines. It is a historical-spiritual milieu to prepare our journey towards the 500th anniversary of the Catholic Faith in 2021. I then pondered on how the clergy and consecrated persons...
It would seem more appropriate to say the fear of death than the death of fear. But today, fear is sought for as an entertainment commodity. Viewer, readers or players are thrilled by the artistically gruesome representation of death in murder, torture, monsters and possessions...
Rene always looked forward to winter nights. These were sacred moments when he could silently warm himself before a fireplace cradling the gentle crackling of pine scented logs. This atmosphere could help afford him deeper insights into his soul awakening cry: cogito ergo sum! Suddenly, Francine...
“What’s the trigger for your gout, Father?” “My gout? Why do you want to know, Pete?” “‘Coz maybe I could avoid it when I get old one day,” he munched on his fried chicken. “Old?” I raised my eyebrows at him. “Nah, I meant...
“Father, what’s the difference between Jesus in Calvary and a painting of Jesus in Calvary?” Chuck snappily asked before the class started. “Obviously, one is historical, and the other is a representation!” I confidently answered. “Nope!” He corrected me. “What then?” “It takes three nails to hang Jesus on...
“Father? Are you a righty, lefty or fronty?” Sam asked. “Fronty?” That was the first time I heard the word. “Yeh, Father.” “I’m more of a righty, Sam. But I use my left to cut meat, and this confuses people to think I’m a lefty.” I simply played...
“Father, have you heard about the devil’s rosary?” Paul asked. “No, what’s that?” “Rosaries ‘consecrated’ by the devil are being distributed!” He explained. “Consecrated rosaries? Do they get ‘cursed’ or ‘hexed’ so as to influence those who use them?” I clarified. “I guess so,” Paul sighed with concerned. “People must...
