[caption id="attachment_8879" align="alignright" width="350"] Photo courtesy I Vote Good Philippines FB Page[/caption]As a Catholic Citizen of the Republic of the Philippines, it is not only my duty to vote, but to “vote good.” “Vote good” means: vote good people. Do not choose candidates who are corrupt...
When someone compliments you for your good looks, do you say “p’wera buyag” (for Bisayans) or “pwera usog” (for the Tagalogs)? “Why resist a good compliment?” One of the speakers, Sister Selfa Ho asked the participants in the Basic Healing Seminar, sponsored by the Mary’s...
As far as I can remember, I started praying the rosary at an early age, as soon as I started going to school. I must be about four or five years old then. Our house is situated within a compound, where the ancestral house of...
Ang Vaticano II kusganon nga mipatamod pinaagi sa iyang dokumento Lumen Gentium #11 nga ang Yukaristikanhong sakripisyo mao ang tinubdan ug kinauyokan sa Kristohanong kinabuhi. Ang Dabaw adunay 1.4 milyon nga Katoliko sulod sa 37 ka parokya, ug sa kapin 1,700 ka mga Gagmay’ng Kristohanong Katilingban...
[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="8818,8819,8820,8817"] “Only one thing I thought: jump to death. But before I did that, I prayed, ‘Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be,’” Jimmy confided. Prayer before action and indeed prayer saved him. What drove Jimmy to despair? What made him remember the...
Foreigners who come beginning September are jolted by the Christmas music played everywhere. We are the only nation with Christmas songs for 4 months; until January 6 questions often asked are 1) Do we not get tired listening to Christmas songs for 126 days? 2)...
On June 16, 2002, Pope John Paul II canonized in Rome Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, one of the greatest saints of all times. There are saints who have been known for healing; there are saints who could “read” souls; there are saints who were known...
[caption id="attachment_8699" align="alignright" width="350"] Photo courtesy mlcc.comoj.com[/caption]“Dalagang ulay. Old maid. Nalipasan ng panahon. Pilian.” Have you ever heard these words being said of someone or of you? Men are also called “ulitawong guwang” but not as much as women who are usually the object of ridicule....
[caption id="attachment_8695" align="alignright" width="350"] The children of Jacob sell their brother Joseph by Konstantin Flavitsky. It was Judah who suggested that Joseph be sold, instead of being killed.[/caption]His name means “The Praise of the Lord.” Judah was a leader among Jacob’s unruly sons. He was...
[caption id="attachment_8669" align="alignright" width="350"] Photo courtesy Silang Wala sa Mapa (GMA)[/caption]I first met Dr. Roel Cagape in a recollection of the clergy of the Diocese of Marbel in the parish church of Malapatan, Sarangani. He was invited to speak before the priests and bishop of...