I CAN!
It is a privilege of priests to help people who are spiritually troubled. So many people have problems. In my own limited experience of eight years now, I have come to know that there are two types of people with…
Category Personal Blog
THANK YOU GOD FOR MY ANGELS!
Jesus, I thank and praise You for all the people who have been angels to me. I thank and praise You for all the people who have spoken God’s words to me. Friends, loved ones, even strangers. People who told…
Why do we need strangers?
RAINBOWS
It is very important to love our neighbors. But to be Christians, it is also very important to love our country. We are not deaf and dumb to the chaos in the Philippines right now. The other extreme is that…
REST FOR ALL
The Church is compared to the shrub of mustard. From here, we can learn two missions of the Church. The first, according to the parable, is that different birds nest on the tree’s branches. Such is the Church. The Church…
SAVED BY CHRIST
One day I was invited to a dinner, but we were asked to pay for our cocktail drinks. While I was getting mine, I ran into a friend and offered to pay for his drinks too. But he would not…
YOU ARE THE GLORY OF GOD
We recognize a good painter by the artistry shown in his paintings. We recognize a good plant by the beauty of its flowers. We recognize a useful tree by the sweetness of its fruits. We recognize a good parent by…
LIFE IS TOO MUCH, LORD
Jesus, my worries are too many, my anxieties much too great. I think my shoulders are too small for the crosses I have to carry. My heart is too small for the worries that engulf me. Lord, I cannot carry…
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS
The Feast of the Holy Trinity celebrates a truth taught to us in church and in the scriptures. The Holy Trinity is a fact of our faith, and a mystery, not to be analyzed, but to be lived. Our ordinary…
PRAYER IS THE ANSWER
All of us have problems to be solved. All of us have doubts to be clarified. All of us have burdens to be unloaded. Some have more problems than others. Some carry heavier burdens than others. But all of us…
BE HOLY
For some people holiness means a life overflowing with virtue and goodness. For some it is a place like a church or an air-conditioned adoration chapel. For others it is kneeling down, closing their eyes and praying the rosary as…
AN OFFERING PLEASING TO GOD
February 2, 1991 Dear Eda, As a priest, February 2 is always a special day for me because it is a big feast in the Church – the Presentation of the Child Jesus in the temple. Even before I entered…