IF we have to approximate our ideal of being Christ-like as much as possible, I imagine that these are some of the qualities that we have to develop. We need to be broad-minded and big-hearted. That is to say, we have to be quite open and...
WHILE it’s true that we have to take care of the little things in our life, we should not forget that we are not meant to get detained there. We should always relate the little ordinary things in our life to the big and ultimate...
WE have to understand that our mundane and temporal affairs are no obstacle in our relationship with God and with others. They should not be. In fact, for most people, these matters and affairs are the very occasion, material and motive for developing the love...
THIS should be a no-brainer. It should come much like an instinct. When one is vested with power, with better endowments than those of others, he must remember that such privilege will always attract temptations of abusing it. It is like a magnet for temptations....
Traditionally celebrated every third Sunday of January, the Sinulog Feast of The SANTO NIÑO in Cebu will be held on January 19, 2020. It is a feast native to the Philippines, which recalls our faith journey from our pagan past into Christianity. The feast is a devotion...
Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue (EIRD) started in the year 1992. Although every year since the 1960s of post-Vatican II the World Council of Churches (mainline Protestants) and the Pontifical Council on Ecumenism were already celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, WPU, (January 18-25),...
With the looming conflict between the United States and Iran, many are questioning what lies ahead for us and to those directly affected by the ongoing crisis. The year 2020 was greeted by the events happening in Iran and Iraq where the US military facilities...
WE are supposed to love everyone. We are supposed to have a universal heart, meant to be concerned for all people, irrespective of how they are in themselves and how they are toward us. Yes, we have to love everyone, in spite of our unavoidable...
The Holy Infant Jesus of Prague Shrine or Sto. Niño Shrine in Shrine Hills, Matina, Davao City has celebrated its 52 years, January 15. As it has become a yearly tradition, devotees from different parts of Mindanao and of the country have gathered at the Shrine...
WE should consider ourselves very lucky and quite blessed that we still have a vibrant spirit of popular piety as evidenced by the tremendous outpouring of devotees during the feasts of the Black Nazarene and of the Child Jesus (Sto. Niño). I don’t know if...