“Why that smile, Sonny?” I asked my longtime handyman friend. Sonny was a consistently silent and smiling person. But I somehow read something else in that smile he was sporting that day. “Father, I’m so happy to have touched Pope Francis!” He confided in a much softer...
NOW that we are in the season of Lent, it’s good to consider some facts of life that we tend to take lightly, if not to ignore altogether. We need to confront the dark reality of our sinfulness as well as the reassuring reality of...
We are now engulfed in various investigations in all levels due to Mamasapano. We would have been spared the agony and the excruciating "self flagellation" if from the start, there was factual disclosure of what actually happened. What we have been seeing so far is...
The situation of the country and the world right now calls on all of us to turn to the Lord in humble supplication and gather our people to pray. As the nation continues to grieve over the tragedy in Mamasapano and the family of nations...
What makes people unhappy? What's wrong? Is the problem inside or outside? The gospel indicates it's inside. Why? They could have forgotten that the happiest people, like the saints, are the humble people, hardworking, patient, loving and forgiving, with full trust in the Almighty and in the Savior Jesus Christ,...
By Zoe Vidal I humbly propose we stop unfairly attacking Noynoy Aquino. Seriously. The truth is already out: he is a socio-political retardate, and that is not all his fault. He has been suffering from a mental disorder to begin with, in addition to the baggage of traumas that he and his...
[caption id="attachment_6043" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo source: The Passion of the Christ (2004)[/caption]"Woman, this is your son." "There is your mother." These are the words of Jesus to His Mother and the disciple whom he loved while he was hanging on the cross. He entrusted the disciple, who...
Many of us have a sincere desire to observe Lent, but later on for some reasons falter. Someone exclaimed about the liturgy, "The Mass is long!" A saint replied, "...
Falling in love is one of the most exciting experiences of life. In conversations with young people, one cannot fail to capture the notable change in their expression and tone of voice. I can only best describe it in the words of a song as...
The fate of the Bangsamoro Basic Law in Congress now hangs in the balance. We do not know yet what fate will befall it. But I squirm every time someone says: "the alternative to BBL is war!" Excuse me! Not true. While BBL is the best case...