NEW BEGINNINGS
It is Eastertime. The gloom of Good Friday and the reverential silence of Black Saturday are behind us. The church choirs are singing alleluia again. The Easter lilies are with us. The purple and black of last week have been…
Father Soc
Priest at Catholic Church
LOVE WITHOUT CONDITIONS
I cannot resist quoting from the immortal Florante at Laura the following lines: “O pag-ibig na makapangyarihan Pag ikaw ang pumasok sa puso ninuman; Hahamakin ang lahat, Masunod ka lamang.” The first thing that comes to my mind when I…
LOVE UNDER THE BRIDGE
After attending to some official business in Manila one day, I decided to take a detour, glad to get in touch with the local scene and to savor that local flavor, which I sometimes miss as the rector of the…
THE BEST AND THE MOST
Father, when was the last time you went to Baguio?” asked a friend one day as we crossed paths along the sacristy corridor. Before I answered her, she said, “Alam mo, Father, nakabuti iyong earthquake. Ang ganda ngayon ng Baguio.…