Why cannot some Catholics accept the Church’s answers and teaching? Why is their faith getting weaker? These were the questions I asked in the last paragraph of my column in the past week’s issue of Catholic Herald. Most of the complaints and questions against God in...
CHILL out! Let’s be cool. It’s not yet the end of the world. Though I’m no seer, I don’t think we have serious basis to think the world’s end is already in the offing. It’s understandable that with the big earthquake and the supertyphoon that...
Sumala sa kalendaryo sa “Era of New Evangelization 2013-2021” ang TUIG SA MGA LAYKO saulogon sa 2014. Karon pa lamang, mangandam na kita, aron mahimong mabulokon ug mabungahon ang sunod tuig alang sa pinakabagang hut-ong sa Simbahan - ang mga Layko. Ang CBCP, sa iyang sulat...
In our frantic search for solutions maybe we miss the point many times. We keep on searching aimlessly but don’t hit the target because we are wrongly motivated. We aim at the wrong target. If only we lend a listening ear to the words...
As we mark again the Mindanao Week of Peace, we ask the question: What is Peace? The scholars will always say that peace is not only the absence of war and violence. It is something more. There was this forum convened in a conflict-affected area and the...
GOD SLEEPING? --Mayor RODY DUTERTE, upon returning from Tacloban, said the devastation was total that he said: “Maybe God was sleeping” in allowing such tragedy. He was one of the early responders bringing with him relief and emergency workers even while the national government was...
“That’s the fiftieth bag I’ve packed,” Drew proudly exclaimed. Bagging relief goods may sound fun at the start. But with time, one’s fingers and palms begin to get numb-red and the task becomes rather boring and tedious. Drew, however, was not going to be daunted by...
From 13 October 2012 to 24 November 2013, if I am not mistaken, we have been celebrating the Year of Faith at the encouragement of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. It was meant to deepen our spiritual capacity, or grace, to be aware, to perceive,...
Karong Dominggoha Nobiyembre 24, ang tibuok Simbahan sa kalibutan nagasaulog sa Piyesta sa Kristong Hari. Mao usab ang gitakda nga pagtapos sa atong Tuig sa Pagtoo sa Simbahang Katoliko. Gihimo kini aron sa pagpukaw ug pagpalig-on sa pagtoo sa mga Katoliko, ug aron sa ingon...
As we close the Year of Faith this Nov. 20, 2013 on this date here in Mati diocese, it goes without saying that this is also a moment to express our gratitude and thanks to God Almighty the giver and inspirer of our faith. ...
