“We are an Easter people and Alleluia is our song.” This were the words of St. Augustine long time ago, but is it still true today? Alleluia people are happy and joyful people because Christ has come to redeem us. But how can we be...
Dear KNOT, Maayong adlaw sa tanan. Ako usa ka Amahan, minyo ug dunay tulo (3) ka mga anak. Ang among lugar diin asa kami nagpuyo, dili gayud malikayan nga makig angay sa mga silingan. Mga higala nga susama nako nga Amahan sab. Kasagaran, inig magkatapok na...
Holy Week is the high point of the Lenten season. It begins on Palm Sunday – the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem – up to the great Easter Feast. The greatest focus of the week is the redemptive sacrifice of Jesus. It is a...
Why are we celebrating? Evangelization came to a halt in 1521 because the Spaniards left when Magellan was killed. It began again in 1556 when Legaspi returned to Cebu. The 2021 Society of St. Paul’s 365 Days with the Lord book has a very nice article...
Spain and Portugal were the world’s greater nations during the 15th and 16th century. They fought many times over newly discovered lands. In 1497, the Pope intervened and divided the world thus: Spain: North and South America (except Brazil) and Portugal: Africa, India, Indonesia (treaty...
Dear KNOT, Ako usa ka tricycle driver. Nagpangidaron og 35 anyos. Minyo ug dunay duha ka anak. Ang kamaguwangan 8 years old ug ang kamanghuran 4 years old pa lang. Taliwala sa pandemya ang akong asawa dunay permanenteng trabaho sa usa ka pribado nga kumpanya kaluoy sa...
Bro. Carlito M. Gaspar, CSsR, a known writer, professor, artist, peace-builder, anthropologist and artist releases his new book entitled HANDUMANAN (REMEMBRANCE) – DIGGING FOR THE INDIGENOUS WELLSPRING. In his invitation, Bro. Karl reveals, “During the lockdown that followed the advent of the pandemic, I finally found...
Every March 8 we celebrate International Women's Day, an annual celebration dedicated to all women throughout the world. This year's theme, as announced by UNWomen.org is "“Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world." Said theme as announced celebrates the tremendous efforts...
Last, December 2019 and January 2020, all newspapers, magazines, radio/TV stations, philosophers, thinkers, made their usual yearly guesses, forecasts analysis together with fortune tellers, card/tarot readers, crystal/skies gazers, sorcerers, soothsayers, clairvoyants, palm readers and others. All missed the impact of COVID-19 which as early as...
(Leaving Cebu, the Holy Father went to Davao. At the airport, he celebrated Mass for the faithful of Davao and those coming from other dioceses of Mindanao on February 20, 1981. After the reading of the Gospel, John Paul II gave the following homily.) Dear brothers...