[caption id="attachment_11549" align="alignright" width="350"] PALAPAK or “patapak” is an old ritual blessing wherein the image of a saint is placed over the heads of the faithful while the priest engages in the blessing. Taken early 1960s in the province of Antique. (Niki Delos Reyes Toress)[/caption] On...
It is said that when people cannot see the whole of reality their eyesight has blinders. So it has happened that a politician promised to kill criminals to protect the people, but at the same time his behavior went against the law of due process and,...
For a month from June 6, 2016 Muslims have begun celebrating the holy month of Ramadhan. They do this by a total fasting from food and water from sunrise to sunset. Fasting is called SAWM in the Arabic language. It is the fourth pillar of...
During the late 1970s the Prelature of Marawi under Bishop Bienvenido S. Tudtud and the Diocese of Iligan under Bishop Fernando R. Capalla had a common program during the month of Ramadhan as a means to promote understanding and friendship with our Muslim neighbors. For...
Christian philosophy tells us that no information enters the intellect without passing through the five senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste. This is expressed in the Latin saying, NIHIL IN INTELLECTU NISI PRIUS IN SENSU. But St. John of the Cross, a Carmelite mystic...
In the presscon held at Anabel's restaurant in Quezon City last Saturday, May 7, 2016 attended by journalists and reporters of media groups, former senator Francisco "Kit" S. Tatad read the Statement of the National Transformation Council (NTC). The Statement is entitled "OUR PEOPLE MUST REJECT...
Last Sunday the Manila Times published a statement of the National Transformation Council (NTC) as a Sunday Read. The title was, "We need an alternative to flawed elections". I hope our CH readers read it. It has something very important as far as conscience is...
Conscience is sharp when three conditions are present. One: when it can determine freely and clearly the existence of what is good and what is evil. Two: when it can judge that this existence of good and evil is real and is confirmed by God's...
Our moral conscience informs us what is morally right and what is morally wrong. Conscience is called the voice of God from within. What we judge as morally good and morally evil is based on our knowledge of God's moral laws. We grow up as Catholic...
Commentators see another similarity in the way Christians and Muslims understand God's mercy. They say that in both religions the mercy of God has a quality of infinite patience and a constant reaching out to wayward human beings. As evidence of this similarity these interfaith experts...