EXCUSES
Loving and serving can cause us many inconveniences. Loving can hurt us. Loving can frustrate our aims. Loving can hurt our homes. Loving can traumatize us. To avoid these inconveniences, we have attempted to love by substitute. What do I…
Category Personal Blog
MURMURING
Jesus told the Jews and Jesus tells us today, “Stop your murmuring”. To murmur is not just to badmouth somebody, to murmur is not just to reject. To murmur is to express disbelief, a strong disbelief about what God, about…
WHY STAY A CATHOLIC?
You must have heard of Catholics who are no longer Catholics. You must have heard of former Catholics who no longer believe in God. You must have heard about the sins and transgressions of priests, of bishops, of cardinals and…
PWEDE BANG HINDI MASUGATAN?
Jesus showed them His hands and His feet. And those hands and those feet have holes. They have wounds. So, when the evangelist said – He showed them His hands and His feet. It was like saying – He showed…
WHY?WHERE? HOW?
If it is an event, the summer fiesta of our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag is guided by several guideposts. This is the fiesta of 2021, the 500th anniversary of the first mass and the first baptism on our…
LOOK FOR JESUS
Brothers and sisters, in our search for Jesus, we must remember that true recognition of Him comes with a humble heart. Just like the repentant thief who recognized Jesus as King, we must acknowledge our sins and ask for His…
HOW CAN YOU REALLY FIND GOD?
Many of us are searching for Jesus. We want to meet Jesus. We want to know Jesus. We want to follow Jesus. There are so many who say they have found Jesus. There are so many who say they have…
‘G’ IS FOR JUBILEE
At the risk of being called Father G instead of Father Soc, I am going to tell you about the significance of the letter ‘G’ in my life. Funny, but I hear many of the young children I deal with…
WHAT’S HURTING YOU?
There are many ways of showing our love for our friends. Love is inventive. Love always finds a way. Some people love by doing what their friends like them to do. Some express love by giving their friends their favorite…
GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO LOVE YOU
Understandably, people who love are brave and courageous. A person who loves another must be ready to lay down everything, human life included, for the love of the beloved. Jesus Christ Himself says that there is no greater love than…
WHAT IS YOUR SONG?
As a priest, I hear many stories throughout the day. Many times I have to keep these stories to myself. It is called the seal of confession. There are times though, that I get into a light exchange with others,…
KEEP GOING
We all know the experience of needing something, targeting a goal, and being unable to get through. Despite the strength of will and the clarity of intentions, we cannot achieve according to the timetable. At this point, we plead for…