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.: April 2015
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Tuesday, April 7, 2015. San Pedro Calungsod: What a young Pinoy martyr says to us today. To me the following are among the volumes his acts speak. What is done for God’s Kingdom is timeless. First, we ask the question: How come it took more than three centuries for the Church and the world to recognize the heroism of one Filipino young man named Pedro Calungsod? No one is too young to be a witness to Jesus Christ. The missionary is a person of sacrifice. A lie is kin to death. There is always a veil of m...
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.: February 2015
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015. POPE Francis to Families at the Mall Of Asia, Manila, January 16, 2015: “Do not lose the ability to dream.”. Allow me, Holy Father, to try. Here goes mine. I dream of a Philippines where there is neither rich nor poor but only fellow Filipinos living as brothers and sisters. I dream of every Filipino being seen or judged not in terms of wealth or social status (a Tan? But in terms of character and a track record of living out or not one’s faith or principles. I dream of the ...
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.: August 2014
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014. Mary, light of our home, church (Musings on the feast of the Assumption). WE have a saying: “Ang ina ay ang ilaw ng tahahan (“Mother is the light of the home”). To this I once heard a friend quip: “Kung ang ina ang ilaw ng tahanan, ano naman ang ama? If the mother is the light of the home, what is the father? 8221; He answered his own question: “Kung mabuti sya’ng ama, s’ya ang kandila; kung hindi sya mabuting ama, sya ang - - -co! CL, ibid.). The response? What are you doing to ...
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.: February 2014
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Monday, February 17, 2014. The laity and Christ’s priestly office. It goes without saying, then, that the laity’s sharing in the priestly office of Jesus Christ connects them most to the highest Power; hence, it should logically be their highest priority. But is this reflected in real life? Considering where we are, our lay faithful have more than enough reasons to take their sharing in the Christ’s priestly mission very seriously. Or the conditions where we are will keep getting serious. The key is the ...
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.: March 2015
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Learning to pray from the Scriptures and the saints. So what do we need to know about our spirit’s way of breathing, i.e., prayer? 1 It must be born of our union with the Master. 8220;If you remain in me,” Jesus says in the gospel of John, “and my words stay part of you, you may ask what you will and it will be given you” (Jn 15:7). If I stay away from the Master through sin, how can my prayer ever be effective? 2 It must be of faith. 5 It must be humble. 6 It must be honest.
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.: July 2014
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Friday, July 25, 2014. Of arrogance and humility. There is very little evidence of them in the barangays. Does not, in fact, the Mother of Jesus say that the Almighty “has looked with favor on his lowly servant, and from this day forward all generations will call me blessed” (Lk 2:48)? And does not the Savior confirm this when he says: “He who exalts himself will be humbled; he who humbles himself will be exalted” (Lk 14:11)? Tuesday, July 8, 2014. THE screaming headlines have it daily. The drama or ...
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.: May 2014
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014. A saint’s simplicity and the Napolist culture. Since the canonization my mind keeps on giving me flashbacks. My mind, as anybody else’s, is a veritable time machine. Lately these flashbacks have taken me to two occasions at which I had a chance to concelebrate Mass with Pope John Paul II out of sheer grace. Each took place in the Holy Father’s little chapel at the Vatican, with no more than 20 people in attendance. Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Rediscovering San Isidro Labrador. Four: L...
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.: May 2015
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Wednesday, May 13, 2015. The Pacman and the Filipino. Ernest Hemingway in his novel The Old Man and the Sea. 8221;But man is not made for defeat. He can be destroyed but not defeated.”. Is this the reason why Manny Pacquiao, with fellow Pinoys supporting him, has not really accepted his defeat at the hands of Floyd Mayweather, Jr? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). This blog is being maintained by the CBCP Media Office. View my complete profile. The Pacman and the Filipino. 2nd National Clergy Congress.
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.: San Pedro Calungsod: What a young Pinoy martyr says to us today
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Tuesday, April 7, 2015. San Pedro Calungsod: What a young Pinoy martyr says to us today. To me the following are among the volumes his acts speak. What is done for God’s Kingdom is timeless. First, we ask the question: How come it took more than three centuries for the Church and the world to recognize the heroism of one Filipino young man named Pedro Calungsod? No one is too young to be a witness to Jesus Christ. The missionary is a person of sacrifice. A lie is kin to death. There is always a veil of m...
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.: October 2014
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014. Challenge to Yolanda survivors one year after: the courage to hope. In a word, I have just opened up what might be to some a ho-hum subject. Isn’t that one of the supreme ironies of life? What some consider ho-hum may actually be sine-qua-non (or something we can’t live without). For, what reasonable human being can make do without the virtues and be, at the same time, still reasonable and human? Be born-again or be bum again? Four, the grace of experiencing community. MY sympa...
