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Category Archives: Opinion
Remember History
Why is it important to remember or study history? Because there is some truth in the saying: History repeats itself. So the wisdom of studying history is so you may learn to avoid the mistakes of past persons. It’s true to err...
Misa de Gallo
We have traditions which other Christian sects do not have. Some can be found only in specific places. As the only Catholic nation in Asia, we have beautiful traditions which amaze even Catholics in Europe and America. First, the Sto. Nino fiesta on the the...
Barangay Captains, Senior Citizens o Makililimos?
Sumala sa nabalita dunay konsehal nagsogyot nga ang mga Barangay captains nga nakasilbi og tolo ka termino (total of 9 years) hatagan og P100,000. Kung atong himoon ang survey, daghan and dili mouyon niini. Mas daghan mouyon nga ang mnga senior citizens ug mga makililimos...
Adjusting our settings
WITH the rapid developments nowadays, especially in the fields of the sciences and technology, we need to adjust our personal settings, and later on our collective settings, so as not to lose our proper bearings as we go through the new experiences, insights and challenges...
Zamboanga still Agonizing
I re-visited Zamboanga City early this week. And again saw for myself the agony that the more than 100,000 evacuees still faced day to day altho it had been 2 months since the siege ended. ...
Year of Faith, Year of Calamities?
(Last part) In 2 previous columns I explained from theology and psychology the reasons for questions about people’s faith in God’s love and presence in the midst of suffering and death because of the calamities. I said that arguing philosophically and theologically about faith...
Only F.U.N. Matters
I was asked to give a talk on how parents can nourish their children’s faith better. But how to make it more interesting and memorable? The answer came after watching a very touching commercial video of a mother writing down her “final” bucket-list before she died....
As Christmas nears
The world keeps remembering and recalling that glorious moment of our Savior’s birth many years ago. We hear the children gladly singing the melodies of Christmas, repeating those songs all over the world. No wonder, because Jesus came...
The Immaculate Conception
The Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the Immaculate Conception on December 8, nine months before the feast of the nativity of Mary which is celebrated on September 8. It is a medical and natural fact that...