If you read the story of the Israelite people in the Bible, you will see how they came to different places and situations before they reached the Promised Land, the present place of Jerusalem. This was one phenomenon of their experiences that the more they...
Dear Fr. Ritsche, I enjoyed reading this article of Fr. Roy Cimagala and wrote my reaction to it. However, I really don’t know if there is a length requirement to this. I find my response a bit long. Is it alright to post this? Thanks so...
“Father, what’s malansa?” Sherby, a grade three student asked. “It means stinky, smelling like fish, or …,” I remembered I also once asked my father about the same word. “Oh! It means that?” “Why do you ask, Sherb?” “’Coz, the Rizal hero said that if you don’t like to...
BEYOND LIMITS --- With all the incompetence it has shown over these years, including the violation of the Constitution in the handling of public funds, Malacanang still has the temerity to give the public the impression that its present occupants want to extend their stay...
(In 4 parts) The Date, 27 August 2014, should be considered unprecedented and historic. It has never happened before and it was an event with significant consequences for the future of our country. I was there and was one of the 5 speakers. I also signed...
What gift can you give Our Lady on the occasion of her birthday? If you have not thought of it yet, you still have time. Tomorrow, September 8, is the feast day of her birth. A heartfelt greeting, sincere and true, is most fitting. But in...
WE need to know the real essence of love, its true and ultimate dimensions, its theoretical and practical implications, its source, power and goal, its pattern, ways and manifestations. Though it is an endless exercise, it would always be worthwhile since from that effort is derived...
RUMOR --- We should not swallow “hook, line and sinker” this rumor about alleged recruitment of our local muslim boys in Mindanao by the terrorist group in the Middle East called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS, for short) for training purposes. This is...
We must remember that our life here on earth is just a temporal passage towards an eternal existence in another life which would constitute either the reward or punishment, depending on how we lived our existence on this earth. Nobody doubts this life is temporal...
This is the second formula for peace in nos. 226-230 of the pope’s first papal exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium. Before summarizing this second formula, I must say that I am struck by the pope’s insight on reality. He says in the opening paragraph that if we ignore...
