Here’s another story about the power of prayer and the miracle of giving birth. This is the experience of my friend who is now a nurse based in New York City. Prior to working in New York, this friend of mine worked for ten years...
THE season of Lent is meant for sharpening our skills in spiritual warfare. This should be foremost in our mind as we go through the highly recommended acts of penance and mortification during these days of Lent. We cannot deny that our life here on earth...
To Bishop Jack Jose, the chairman of ECCL, and all of you delegates to this year’s annual convention of the Canon Law Society of the Philippines, thank you very much for believing in Fr. Junar Dela Victoria, your president, that it is safe and fun...
Mysteries of faith are invisible or unseen, inaudible or unheard, realities. They are also untouchable or intangible. But to believe that they exist, accept them as true, experience them as real with the use of the senses of sight, hearing and touch is impossible. This...
St. Paul likens the secret of living a good Christian life to winning a race contest (2 Tim. 4:7). He also likens the secret of effective preaching to chastizing his body (2 Tim. 2:9). In human terms both secrets entail self-control of one’s bodily needs. These...
Let me share with you another story from my high school buddy who remains to be a dear friend until now about giving birth and the power of prayer. This is a continuation of my story last week, where the following stories came to be...
It is wonderful to celebrate this Mass during the Season of Lent in honor of St. Paul. Pope John Paul II came to Davao (February 20, 1981) and this inspired the celebration of the fiesta of this parish. We were so touched by his visit in...
It was Cardinal Vidal of Cebu who first condemned the massive cheating of the snap election when at 9:00 in the evening Cardinal Sin of Manila appealed over Radio Veritas for food, other supplies and physical presence to support protesters gathered at EDSA on February...
“Father! Father!” Sid rushed out of his classroom. “Wuzzup, Sid!!!?” I asked. “It’s almost Ash Wednesday,” he said. “You seem excited about it. Most people aren’t so fond of a day marked by penance, fasting and abstinence,” I said. “Because mom said Valentine’s Day is the same as Ash...
WITH Ash Wednesday, we enter a new season of Lent. In spite of the gloom and austerity usually associated with it, there’s actually something new and bright to it. That’s because Lent involves a certain dying to ourselves so we can be born again in...