The title is a quotation supposedly from the famous American author and hero - Benjamin Franklin. It has deep implications and meaning if taken positively. After all, except in the cases of legitimate self-defense, it is much better to avoid the violence of...
“The oldest feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary celebrates the mystery of her being the Mother of Jesus Christ, true God and true man. It is the principal feast of Mary because her divine Motherhood is the reason why she received the special privileges of...
Kung kita magkasakit, mopalit kita og medicina, ug mag-ampo. Daghang pag-ampo mas maayo. Hinonoa, dili mahimo nga masalig na lang kita sa mga medicina ug kutob na lang kita sa pag-ampo. Kinahanglan nga kita maghago ug magtuon (1) unsa ang atong buhaton aron makalikay sa...
ST FRANCIS ASSISSI -- Before the crack of dawn last Monday, the first “Simbang Gabi”, and just before 4 a.m., Fr. Emmanuel “Bong” Gonzaga, parish priest at Maa, Davao City led in the public countdown for the “switch on” of the church’s...
Reading the title of this column makes one think immediately of the birth of the Baby Jesus on Christmas night in the stable of the little town of Bethlehem some 2,000 years ago. Christian tradition makes one always imagine many and varied aspects of the...
“I gave a beggar my merienda,” Gerard said. “That will be rewarded with be one step forward for your sheep, Gerard,” teacher Larry helped him move his little sheep figurine closer to the manger. “Now, boys…,” he reminded them. “Remember what I told you in our last...
Nagsugod na ang Misa de Gallo nato. Nagkaanam na kaduol ang Pasko sa Pagkatawo sa Manunubos – si Jesus, “nga gikan ni Maria nga ulay ug gipanamkon sa lalang sa Spirito Santo.” Ang diwa sa malipayong paglaum sa pag-abot sa Ginoo nagkataas na. Nanimaho na...
(IT IS IDEAS THAT RULE THE WORLD) The Latin dictum or proverb in the present title translates as the sub-title herewith expresses. This is actually what is happening; whether you like it or not, you do get influenced by the ideas circulating in our world,...
Sen. Ping Lacson is putting his neck in the chopping block by accepting the task of being “Yolanda” rehab czar. If you ask me, the work is herculean in that by the end of the Aquino administration the rehab efforts...
The topic of this column can also be worded as, The Spirituality of Remembering, which in turn can likewise be stated as, The Daily Need of Good Reminders. We all want to be with God in Heaven after death. But we have to work for it...
