Bisan taliabot pa ang kapistahan sa Sagrada Pamilya, ni Hesus, Maria ug ni Jose, tuguti ako sa pagpasidaan na niining mahinungdanon kaayong Pista sa panahon sa sa Pasko sa tinguha nga mahimo kining kabahin sa kasaulogan sa matag pamilya. Gawas pa niini, bag-o pa lamang...
The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC # 225) states that “Jesus was born in a humble stable, into a poor family. Simple shepherds were the first witnesses to this event. In this poverty heaven’s glory was made manifest.” This is how it was when...
Now that the political scene in our country is getting hot and hotter by the day, we need to clarify a few points, so we all can do politics as it should be done, or, in another way of saying the same thing, as befits...
In the Office of Readings of Wednesday in the First Week of Advent, we read St. Bernard Abbot’s reflection on the “Three Advents”. He says that “the coming of the Lord is threefold: the third coming is between the other two and it is not...
Why do we say, Maligayong Pasko to mean, Merry Christmas? And why do we also say, Malipayong Pasko sa Pagkabanhaw to mean, Happy Easter? I don’t really know why. There must be an explanation. One explanation is, the Spanish translation of Paschal Mystery Misterio Pascual. Here...
As Jesus came to save us and show us the way to Everlasting Life, so we have committed ourselves to follow Him above all, as His faithful followers. He is the Divine Word of Truth made flesh that we may not only ponder on Him...
This Spanish phrase means crowing of the rooster. The loud crowing of the rooster very early in the morning is connected to the call of the church to attend mass not at six or seven in the morning but at four or five in the...
It's, of course, a given. We are all sinners! There's nothing new about that. Whether you are a priest or a mayor, saintly-looking, good-looking or plain-looking, we all have feet of clay, and from time to time, we fall in spite of our best efforts....
In last week’s Shalom I ended my reflection saying that the 2016 national elections, if it is held---which I doubt will not bring about a real, authentic Pagbabago. But this electoral process can do it if the candidates and the voters are transformed by the...
As Christmas nears, we recall the tedious and endearing devotion of Mary and Joseph in caring for the Baby Jesus. This reminds us how Christmas is a celebration of life, as Mary and Joseph closely followed the Father’s Providence in protecting Jesus from the clutches...