THIS is the constant challenge we have to tackle. How should we convert the prose of everyday into a verse that can penetrate eternity, the forever? The secret, of course, is love. The love that comes from God, is energized by him and is directed...
A TINDER is any dry, flammable material, such as wood or paper, that is used for lighting a fire or to keep the fire going. A trigger as a noun is a small device that releases a spring or catch and so sets off a...
To love is to will the good of the other. This action of the will results in giving up of oneself. This dying to oneself is often the call of our Lord in the Gospels. He wants us to be happy and therefore transcending ourselves...
Gisugdan na ang pagpangandam alang sa umaabot nga ika-500 ka tuig sa Kristiyanismo sa Pilipinas alang sa tuig 2021. Sama sa pagpangandam sa fiesta, siyam ka tuig nga gipangandaman ang maong kasaulogan nga may tema nga matapos sa tuig 2021, ang ika-9 ka tuig. Ning tuiga ang...
Towards the end of last week's Shalom I wrote these words: "It is my hope that this year of Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue will see a more frequent faith sharing among Christian Churches and faith traditions. This might happen when dialogue is rightly understood as...
Amidst all the chaos happening in the world like impending war, earthquakes, volcano eruptions and the spreading of 2019 novel coronavirus, among others it is still a beautiful world we live in if only we continue to nurture our environment and love each other. February is...
THIS truth of our faith is very important to keep in mind always and to act according to it whenever some form of evil comes our way. When difficulties, temptations and sin itself would fall on us, let’s never forget that that such situation is...
ACCIDENTS happen. And when they do, we unavoidably suffer. Some days ago, the very likeable celebrity, Kobe Bryant, died in a helicopter crash, together with his basketball-loving daughter and other companions. The world was practically thrown into deep grief. Even big, strong men shed tears....
IT’S a little formula that can be helpful to us in developing and keeping a close relationship with God. We have to look for Him in everything that we do and handle so we can find him. And finding him, we can be drawn to...
IT’S a title of a Motown soul song originally done my Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell way back in 1966 and re-performed by Diana Ross in 1970. It was a big hit as it proclaimed the good news of hope whatever may happen in our...