If someone calls you green minded, what do you feel? Like many, you feel insulted or embarrassed. The word is associated with a “dirty mind” referring to someone who is preoccupied with thinking about sex in an indecent way. But there is also another meaning,...
If there is a grace that we need to ask the Lord this week, it is this: to have feet that walk. That is, to have feet like those of the Blessed Virgin Mary who “traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of...
[Kining maong sugilanon gikan sa matuod nga kasinatian sa tibuok pamilya nga nagpositbo sa Covid-19. Ang wala pagbutyag sa mga pangalan, gituyo aron mapanalipdan ang katungod ug dignidad sa mga hingtungdan.] “Pagkadawat nako sa call sa akong son-in-law nga na positive siya, ug nabalaka siya sa...
“Reflect seriously what you desire to do. Above all, pray much that our dear Lord may make known to you what He wishes you to do.” - St. Theodore Guerin Lisud ang pagpangandam sa umaabot nga kasal apan ang pagpangandam niini sulod niining panahon sa pandemya...
Usa ka kasinatian panahon niining pandemya ang gisaysay sa usa ka estudyante nga nagmalampuson sa iyang tinguha nga maka-gradwar sa Senior High School pinaagi sa iyang paningkamot ug pagsalig sa Ginoo. Sa pagsaysay ni James Michael Roquero Milan: Nagpuyo ko diri sa dakbayan sa Davao. Ang...
A daughter misses the chance to say goodbye to her mother and discovers through her wailing grief a journey of quieting down, of healing and of grace. At the height of the pandemic, I would often ask my college students this question, “Paano Ka Binago Ng...
The year 2020 will be remembered as a year of challenges. No one was spared from the pandemic – young and old, rich and poor, males and females. We were all on the same boat but our reactions to the stress brought about by these...
There are those who believe Covid is unreal. Roel A. Sinfuego shares this gripping testimony of his bout with the deadly virus that almost snuffed out his life but, in the end, gave it back to him with a powerful realization of God’s love and...
(This piece was delivered by the writer as his eulogy/reflection during the 9th day novena for his late mother, Josefa Fe “Jessie” Villafuerte Escario, last April 14, 2021 at the San Pablo Parish Church, Davao City.) To paraphrase the title of a novel by Gabriel Garcia...
Sa dagan sa panahon, daghan ang nausab sa panan-aw sa tawo sa hulagway sa mga butang sa iyang palibot, sama sa realidad sa Kaminyoon. Ang Diyos nga maoy nagmugna sa kaminyoon subay sa Iyang Balaang Plano ug kamandoan nga "walay makapahimulag niini" (Mt 19:6), ang...