I AM GUILTY, LORD
Dear Jesus, I have so many sins I am so ashamed of: so many sins I am afraid would be exposed; so many sins that I tremble in fear to admit before anybody. But there is nothing I can hide…
Category Personal Blog
NOISY DEVILS
One of our children here at the EDSA Shrine approached me and said, “Father, can you please advise my mother to lessen her talking inside the house. She has become a compulsive talker and no one else gets to talk…
THE DENIAL OF SIN
How much time do women really spend putting on their make-up? I have never watched a woman put on her make-up, but I had to wait once for a niece while she put on make-up. It took her quite some…
YOU…THE SINNER
When you hear the word sinner, who do you remember? Some of you will remember a philandering husband. Some of you will remember a nagging wife, a government official who is corrupt or has mistresses. some of you will perhaps…
BE PATIENT
All of us have our own passions. Human passion is a force and energy. The apostles, St. James and St. John, were very passionate men who loved the Lord intensely and wanted to stay as close to Him as possible.…
HEAL ME LORD
Let us pray for the spiritual and physical healing of our loved ones and ourselves. We trust that Jesus has power. We trust in the love of God. We trust in the power of Jesus because He promised us that…
BE HEALED
Many people suffer from heart attacks, not because they eat the wrong food, but because they have so many worries some people get skin diseases, such as eczema because their worries eventually find release in eruptions on their skin. St.…
SLANDER AND MALICE
Slander, in Tagalog is called “paninirang-puri.” The enemies of the Lord were not successful in defeating him using honest means. So instead of honest means, they used slander. Slander is a very serious crime because it feeds on the insidious…
I want to be good, but…
USE THINGS, LOVE PEOPLE
Jonah preached repentance to the Ninevites. He told them, “If you will not change your lives, you will be annihilated You will be wiped out from the face of the earth.” The Ninevites became afraid, so they changed their ways…
LET THE WORLD TREMBLE
There is so much suffering in the world. Many of these sufferings that people endure could have been avoided if only there were more among us who are more just and concerned, humble and serving. There are two ways of…
CARELESSNESS
A little boy just celebrated his eighth birthday. When I asked him what he remembers of his birthday last year, he answered: “Last year, I received my first pair of long pants.” According to him, this new pair of pants…