“So guys,” the teacher asked the class, “what would be the opposite of selfish?” The class became silent for a few second. Then one boy raised his hand. “Yes, Dave, would you like to try?” “Teacher Erika, is it soulfish?” he answered softly. His classmates eyed him with a...
“Why that smile, Sonny?” I asked my longtime handyman friend. Sonny was a consistently silent and smiling person. But I somehow read something else in that smile he was sporting that day. “Father, I’m so happy to have touched Pope Francis!” He confided in a much softer...
Falling in love is one of the most exciting experiences of life. In conversations with young people, one cannot fail to capture the notable change in their expression and tone of voice. I can only best describe it in the words of a song as...
One could feel how serenely tense the atmosphere was. Babies carried by their mothers, toddlers, teenagers, adults and the elderly constantly trickled into the open space and lined up layer upon layer behind a metal barrier. We anxiously waited...
"Hullooo, Fathuh...
“Father, what’s malansa?” Sherby, a grade three student asked. “It means stinky, smelling like fish, or …,” I remembered I also once asked my father about the same word. “Oh! It means that?” “Why do you ask, Sherb?” “’Coz, the Rizal hero said that if you don’t like to...
I couldn’t resist writing about another current ‘mode’ in people when someone said, “Father, I just removed the zombie you put in my cell phone!” His companion could not contain his curiosity, “What do mean ‘Father putting a zombie’ in your cell phone? Is that a...
There seems to be no end to the superhero movies we have just seen and are excited to soon watch. Hollywood, however, isn’t the only one putting visual life into our favorite comic heroes and heroines. There are others coming up with ‘new types’ of...
St. Michael surveyed the premises of heaven carefully. Satisfied that everything was in place, he decided to check on the angels on earth. “These guys are having a tough time these days,” Michael told himself. “With the recent global events, many people are just forgetting God...
The season of Lent timely reminds us once again about penance. There echo in our ears and hearts our Lord’s words: “If any one wishes to be my disciple (…) he must take up his cross and follow me.” These words of our Lord remind me...
