GROWING OLD
It was difficult to get up from bed this morning. My body was heavy, and my muscles were aching and strained. I am presently nursing a bad upper respiratory infection. Just last night, before going to bed, I felt alone…
Category Personal Blog
THE FUTURE IS NOT OURS
With the opening of classes, I noticed that most parents I have talked to, or even the youth, have this nervous anticipation for the new school year. Parents are anxious about the new friends their children will have and the…
A WALK AND HEARTY MEAL
What do I do when I am stressed and laden with burdens? What do I do when I feel / that the problems are getting worse and my mind cannot focus on a solution? I cope with stress and problems…
POLITICAL LOVE
Very Reverend Father Gilbert Sales, CICM, brothers and sisters in Christ: Thank you Father Gilbert Sales, CICM and the faculty of Saint Louis University in Baguio City for this unexpected and undeserved honor. I can now say with pride that…
HOW TO SUCCEED
It is interesting to note that people who pray fervently for a particular intention often ask for signs. It is also true that when we want to reach a particular destination, we are always looking out for signs along the…
THE TIME IS NOW
Has it ever happened to you as a child that whenever you had your favorite dish before you, the best “chunky” ingredient was saved for the last bite? I know someone who singled out all the green olives of a…
The Beauty And The Beast
The human body has always been the object of fascination. For many years, artists during the golden years of art have used the naked woman and occasionally men as subjects of painting and sculpture. Michelangelo even studied every muscle, tissue…
MOONBEAM
I don’t recall any other year that began with such cold winds in the evening. Then on the 6th of January, on the day that used to be observed as the feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord, I chanced…
WE NEED WITNESSING TEACHERS
Today is the feast of the Chair of St. Peter. The Chair is always identified, whether in the secular or religious sphere, as a symbol of authority. Prestigious and large universities have what are called professorial chairs. These are symbols…
TEMPTATIONS
Lent is a call to conversion. The enemy of conversion is sin. I would like to limit to three basic points, my discussion of what leads us to sin. The first question is: What is temptation? We will come to…
I BELIEVE IN JESUS
Clearly, the theme of today’s Gospel is faith. It was the unwavering faith of the official that brought healing to his sick son. But there was a process to his faith, a progression in his faith which I want to…