May itinerary. May schedule. May timeline ang pagdating ng Santo Papa. Ganito din kaya tayo kahanda sa 2nd coming ni Lord? [caption id="attachment_6067" align="aligncenter" width="502"] Making 'euphoria to reality' with the help of the local media. Photo taken after the Tacloban trip with Marlon Palma Gil, Fr....
[caption id="attachment_6064" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo Source: Lakbay Baguio[/caption]Calamba, the birthplace of our national hero Dr. Jose Rizal sits at the foot of Mount Makiling in Laguna, the southern Tagalog region of Luzon. It is in this now highly commercialized city that the Dominican Pre-Novitiate, the...
A time comes to everyone when one reflectively asks "is this all there is to life?" Why, despite wealth and fame, one's heart longs for something unexplainable? We look for meaning. Often, we grope for answers. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (p, 13-14) says that...
As we all know in the Catholic Church, the year is divided into liturgical seasons based on significant events in the life and earthly ministry of Jesus Christ as well as the great Mysteries of our Faith. We Catholics, are called to live liturgically by...
There we were, on board a plane for Tokyo Japan. I came for my daughter, my mom came for me and her granddaughter. And my daughter went for a possible job there. Before this, our family was in concerted prayer for GOD's will if Mayen...
On December 28, 2014, Air Asia flight QZ8501 from Surabaya, Indonesia disappeared halfway on its flight to Singapore. Days after its disappearance, the wreckage of the airplane and bodies of a handful of passengers were found. Members of a family belonging to the parish of...
February 19 marks the start of the Spring Festival or commonly known as the Chinese New Year celebration that lasts until March 05. The festival is treated as an official holiday in China which includes seven consecutive days marked within the holiday period thus, making...
Viva Il Papa! Papa Francesco! Nakakaiyak talaga. Halong pagod at saya. Sabi nga ni Cardinal Tagle, "...
Bryan was 27 years old when he died. He was a victim of cerebral palsy. All his needs were provided in an orphanage which also takes indigent patients like him. He was totally dependent on others. When he died, one would wonder what his life...
It was when I entered the Dominican seminary that I learned that the ashes used to mark the foreheads of Catholics with crosses on Ash Wednesday were from the dried palms blessed on Palm Sunday of the previous year. My teacher in the pre-Novitiate also...