One common denominator of Christian living is actually based on the life and words of Our Lord Jesus Christ who often repeated the axiom “the man who humbles himself shall be exalted but the man who exalts himself shall be humbled” (Lk. 14:11; 18:14). Maybe...
There is so much to celebrate as Davao City turns 78. The city has evolved from a frontier town to a bubbling metropolis that stands out from among many in the world today. Its transformation did not come overnight but had been a slow painstaking...
[caption id="attachment_6140" align="alignleft" width="300"] Modesty is decency.[/caption] "Modesty is decency. It inspires one’s choice of clothing. It keeps silence or reserve where there is evident risk of unhealthy curiosity. It is discreet" (CCC 2522). The season of Lent invites us to become more attentive to the word...
"Bulahan kamong mga kabus kay sa inyo ang Gingharian sa Dios." (Lk 6:20) Ang kasagaran natong nailhan nga mga kabus mao sila nga sa makadaghan gigutom, giuhaw, hubo, nagmasakiton, walay panginabuhi, walay maayong puluyanan, ug walay edukasyon. Kining klaseng kakabus anaa ra sa atong taliwala. Bisan...
Some opponents of Christianity are scandalized by the gentleness of Jesus for allowing His enemies to crucify Him. But let us ask the question: has He not conquered the world by His love? Why is it that Christians are the greater number? None was forced...
To be sure, that's the law that should govern us who, being created in the image and likeness of God who is love, are meant to love and for love. In short, love is the be-all and end-all of our life and our whole being....
I was in Korea these last few days to attend a policy forum on Northeast Asia. Focus was on the "reunification" of a divided Korea: north and south. War divided them years ago. We can learn lessons from them. DMZ---About 40 kilometers from Seoul, capital city...
“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...