INDEED, we have to stick with science, since it is a very serious effort to know the whys and the wherefores of things, the causes and effects of certain phenomena in our life. We have to be most thankful to those people who have dedicated...
I will have to celebrate three anniversaries this year 2021. I will celebrate the 60th anniversary of my ordination as a priest which took place on March 18, 1961. I will celebrate the 46th anniversary of my consecration as bishop which was held on June...
THAT’S what is said of Christ. “God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” (cfr. Jn 3,17) If we have to be “another Christ” as we should, then we ought to have this...
WE have to be both, of course, but between the two, it’s being proactive that is more important, since that would clearly show that we are truly driven with love, that there is growth and development in our life, that we are exercising our creativity...
IT’S, of course, commonsensical that if we want to avoid trouble in our life, we should learn to live within our means. We need to do careful budgeting of our resources, to see that not only would we survive but, more importantly, that we can...
MANY people have asked me why the beatitudes would consider blessed those who, according to our human standards, are not fortunate in life, who suffer in one thing or another, who live a rather restricted kind of life, etc. Why should these persons be regarded...
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...
Safety rather than security only. This we need to change as we observe Fire Prevention Month every March. Many of our buildings, as observed, are for security only, like having grills and not having emergency exits. It is good to be secure but it is...
But in particular this Second Sunday of Kuwaresma, balik ta sa Gospel of St. Mark. Good number times you don’t pay attention to it. In the Gospel of Mark, sa iyang han-ay, sa iyang pagsaysay first time nga miingon si Hesus nga ako mamatay ug...