See as God sees
THIS is the ideal meant for us. We have to learn how to see things the way God sees them. We already have been warned that we do not see the way God sees, and, definitely, we have to do something about it. “God does...
Category Archives: Opinion
Go slow to go far
WITH all the restrictive measures we now have due to this coronavirus pandemic, it might be good to re-appreciate and relearn the precious lessons we can get from one of Aesop’s fables about the race between the hare and the tortoise. Yes, we should try to...
Lessons from St. Joseph
WE have celebrated just recently the Solemnity of St. Joseph (March 19). Once again we are made to consider the life and example of this great man from whom we can draw precious lessons that can be very helpful to all of us. The first lesson...
When in a crisis
DEFINITELY, when we are in some especially difficult situation like what we are having nowadays with the coronavirus pandemic, we should band together, close ranks and help one another in any way we can. Everyone, from those in position of government to the lowest citizen of...
Order more than ever
WITH all the rapid pace of the developments and the multiplying number of things grabbing our attention today, we really need to get hold of a stable foundation, something that offers an anchor or at least a rudder to maneuver ourselves with some sense of...
When forced indoors
WITH all this talk about lockdown, quarantine and voluntary self-isolation for about a month or so due to this Corona virus, we need to learn how to make good use of our time when we are forced to be indoors. We have to welcome this rare...
Public Masses are suspended
The suspension of Masses with public attendance and participation in the Archdiocese of Davao and other dioceses throughout the country is not cowardice. It is neither an indication of defeat on the part of the Church nor a triumph of evil. It is rather our...
Pastoral Advisory #2 on Covid-19 Crisis
[Please disregard the announcement titled Additional Announcement that I made late afternoon of Saturday, March 14, 2020. For facility, we are now naming these announcements as Pastoral Advisory and the corresponding number. Thus, this present announcement, which is a revision of that Additional Announcement of...
Covid-19 cannot make us waiver in our Faith
For believers, people with faith in the unseen, like almost all Filipinos, a human being lives in, and with, two realities: the temporal or transitory realities and the eternal realities. Of the first we are easily aware; of the second, we are not. We can...
Time for intense penance
PENANCE is actually what we have to do all the time. It’s quite clear that we need it, given our weakened, wounded and sinful condition in the entirety of our earthly sojourn. But it has its more intense moments, one of which is precisely the...