With summer only a few weeks around the bend, students are super restless to get out there and enjoy! After all that work, projects, presentations, [PANT! PANT! PANT!] examinations and competitions, they’re surely entitled to a big long BREAK! Will get to the subject of...
As we consider world history and situations we come to realize the truth of Christ’s words: “If you make my word your home you will indeed be my disciples, you will learn the truth and the truth will make you free” (Jn. 8:31-32). Even if...
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has declared 2014 as the Year of the Laity, as part of the novena years in view of the celebration of five hundredth year of the Christianization of the Philippines (2021), and ushering the Era of New...
LET’S go back again to those beautiful words of Christ about rest, relishing them and deepening our understanding of them if only to develop the proper and relevant attitudes, skills and practices, so helpful to us who are often harassed by a lot of work,...
Some time during the Japanese occupation in 1942, when I was 8, our house in Leon, Iloilo, was burned. A couple of months later my grandfather, Jose C. Capalla, was murdered in cold blood. He was then town mayor. At first I didn’t quite understand...
Sa Biblia mabasa, “ “motuo ug magpabunyag, maluwas” (MK. 16:16), “maghinulsol, ug magpabunyag” (Buh. 2: 38). Tungod niini, supak sila nga bunyagan ang bata kay kuno dili makahimo pagtuo ug paghinulsol. Kung dunay mosupak nga bunyagan ang bata, dunay duha ka pagtulon-an nga kinahanglan atong...
We do have ambitions for a long life. Yet counting from the very first centuries of human existence, we know and we should realize how short the human life span is. Sixty or seventy would be the average age or even eighty for the stronger...
The Angel Gabriel.. said “Greetings, favored one! The LORD is with You.. Do not be afraid, Mary, for You have found favor with GOD...
One thing which we have to learn in life is to be able to face reality bravely. Part of the reality we have to face is our own weaknesses and shortcomings. But sure indeed one of the surest signs of bravery is to be able...
We, the one million five hundred thousand plus Dabawenyos have a lot to thank for as we celebrate the 77th anniversary of the creation of Davao city. Today, Davao is Mindanao’s number one City in population and in revenue. It is Mindanao’s air, land and...
