Category Personal Blog

There are many mysteries in life. Two mysteries affect us the most. The first mystery is the SUFFERING. Why do good people suffer? Why do good people get sick, meet accidents, die in tragedies? On the other hand, why do…

In the matter of correcting and giving constructive criticism, there are two extremes to be avoided. The first extreme is simply fault-finding. We look at the faults for the sake of the pleasure of criticizing another. This is one extreme…

I was invited by a family to eat in their house a few weeks ago, but I arrived too early. The only ones in the house were the yaya and the three-year-old daughter. As I had to wait for a…

The Lord is very sure we will face difficult times. Actually, we do not even have to wait for it. Some of us have experienced many challenging moments, and some of us are going through very, very difficult times right…

Thank you for coming. Thank you for praying. Thank you for walking with me towards God. Thank you for inspiring me. Thank you for encouraging me. Thank you for testing me and challenging me. Thank you for correcting me and…

There are different ways of defining joy. There are different ways of finding joy. One of my friends defines joy this way, “Joy is doing something good secretly and then being discovered by accident.” The first part—doing things secretly—is what…

The message is familiar: We must give. The message is very familiar to us. We must sacrifice; we know that. To be good Christians, we must give, and we must keep on sacrificing. That is the essence of Christianity. St.…

As most of you know, my teenage idol was Bruce Lee. But my childhood idol was Popeye. People still enjoy Popeye cartoons up to now. The story varies but the plot is always the same: Popeye and Olive living together…

Jesus got angry in the temple because the people were turning the temple into a marketplace. Jesus got angry with the Scribes because they valued the law more than the hunger of the disciples. He got angry with the Pharisees…

The great need of the world right now is peace. The threat of war looms over us. The single world power, super power, is threatening to wage war in order to safeguard the peace of the world. How contradictory. We…

“The family that prays together stays together.” This statement is attributed to Fr. Patrick Peyton of the Family Rosary Crusade. He is now a candidate for beatification, and he is now Venerable Patrick Peyton. The family that prays together stays…