“Padre, pwede ba ko moboto sa usa ka kandidato nga pabor sa death penalty, same-sex union o kaha sa abortion?” When I was asked this question a few months ago, and other questions similar to it, I could not hide the wrinkles on my forehead, as...
“Padre, makasala ba gihapon ko kung modawat lang ko ug suhol sa kandidato apan dili ko mobuto niya?” The question is so timely given that this year’s election is just around the corner. When I was asked this question last Monday, I could not help but...
Albert Einstein once said: “Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous”. The unveiling and the blessing of the life-sized brass statue of Blessed Pope John Paul II – the first in the Philippines – last March 10, 2014, at the John Paul II College of Davao...
It calls my attention how Pope Francis puts emphasis on ecclesial communion in his address to members of the Neocatechumenal Way (published in DCH last Sunday). His first recommendation was “to take the greatest care to build and preserve the communion within the particular Churches...
An hour with the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. An hour of reflection on seminary formation and its implications to priests. An hour of the Holy Eucharist. An hour of vocation campaign and promotion. An afternoon of sports and leisure. An evening of dinner and...
Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney, more commonly known as the “Curé of Ars”, is the patron saint of all the pastors of souls. Today, August 4, we celebrate the 154th anniversary of his death. To commemorate his entrance into heaven, we dedicate a few lines to honor his...
I don’t pretend to sound very original here for there’s nothing new under the sun. But I only wish to reecho for wide diffusion the points of Bert Ghezzi in an article published a few months ago in Our Sunday Visitor (3-25-2013) (See http://www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/9190/Why-Catholics-make-the-sign-of-the-cross.aspx). According to...
The words of German psychologist and philosopher Karl Jaspers were prophetic when he said, “If I suppress something that I consider absolute, automatically, another absolute takes its place” (Jaspers, K., Filosofía, I, p. 385, English translation mine). Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger warned us, in a homily...
“The Catholic Church, founded by Jesus Christ, is also like a well from which we can draw the graces we need for our salvation. But in our parish, the water of this ‘well’ is difficult to fetch because we still have to climb the second...