THERE’S, of course, a good and a bad poverty. The bad one is common and obvious enough to see, and we have every right and duty to eliminate it. It comes in many forms, like widespread hunger, systemic illiteracy and ignorance, massive confusion and unemployment,...
I CONSIDER it a great blessing that in our country we still enjoy a tremendous amount of popular piety. This January, for example, we have the celebration in many places of the feast of the Sto. Nino that draws a lot of crowd in a...
A STORY is said about Alexander the Great who astounded a beggar who only asked for some alms but instead was given the government of five cities. When the beggar expressed his consternation, Alexander just said: “You asked like the man you are. I give...
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...
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...
THAT’S right. The month of November, which rhymes with somber and ember, all images of things dark and dying, actually invites us to broaden our mind and enter into a much bigger, brighter and richer reality that we tend to ignore, if not reject. ...
I BELIEVE that we are by nature generous. We have been wired to share things. That’s why even early on, in our childhood, we find it natural or, at least, not hard to share what we have with others. Just observe a child and his...
THIS is actually everybody’s responsibility and task. It’s not only for priests and nuns, or some people with leanings toward a vibrant spiritual life. Those who are in the middle of the world doing all sorts of things like business, politics, etc., have great need...
THIS is the ideal situation in our life. It’s when we manage to shape our life according to the behest of our faith that we attain this ideal. Faith is a gift from God that enables us to start living our life with God which...
MY father was a lawyer, and as early as when I was in Grade 5 or 6, I already started helping around in his office which actually was in our house also. That’s when I discovered I...
