Last Wednesday, March 6, was Ash Wednesday. This day begins the Church's traditional observance of the 40 Days of Lent or Tempus Quadragessima in Latin. It is commonly called in English, Lenten Season. On Ash Wednesday the young and not-so-young adult Catholics below 60 years of age...
The Rotary Club of Fort Bonifacio Global City together with 30 other clubs around Rizal province have organized themselves and joined groups and institutions advocating for peace especially in Mindanao. This is something new and calls for rejoicing and celebrating. The group has identified several peace...
During the unprecedented and historic visit of Pope Francis in the Arabian Peninsula last week, a Statement of Fraternity was agreed, signed and made public by the Holy Father for the Catholic Church and by Al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar University in Cairo for...
In his letter (Eph 2:14), St. Paul calls Jesus Christ "our peace". In the Hebrew language peace is shalom. So what does St. Paul mean by naming the person of Jesus as shalom? The person of Jesus is shalom because out of love He united or...
In the aftermath of the plebiscite on January 21 for the proposed expanded Muslim autonomous territory and regional government which was reported to have given substantial approval to the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), many government officials, politicians, military officials, journalists and columnists were also reported...
I have heard this before but I cannot remember the source. Can a public dance contain a spiritual message? The Santo Niño devotees say, “Yes, that’s what 'two steps forward and one step backward' means.” The call to holiness is for everyone to obey as much...
The culture of Having is primarily characterized by attachment. This is "an emotional state of clinging caused by the belief that without some particular thing or some person you cannot be happy" (Anthony de Mello, Call to Love: Meditations, p. 13). There are three modern indicators,...
There might be hope yet! A Pastor with GUTS! Thought you might enjoy this prayer given in Kansas at the opening session of their House of Representatives. It seems prayer still upsets some people...
For my work in promoting good and peaceful Christian-Muslim relations the Government of Iran through its embassy in Manila honored me with a State-sponsored visit to Teheran. That was in January 2006. I just finished my term as president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of...
The New Year 2019 has many meanings to many people. And regardless of race, religion and culture, it is basically about Time. The letters of the alphabet and the numbers do not define Time. They can only serve to describe Time. Even Science can only measure...
