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Category Archives: Insights
Pressure on the Peer
“So how are you adjusting to your first months in university, Al?” “Pretty good, Father. I’m meeting a lot of friends and learning quite a lot of new things. Although, I still have to take more proficiency tests to find out if Law is really the...
Think Before You Click
I CAN still vividly recall how my dad used to enjoy teaching us proverbial phrases. He got a book, I now forget the title, and showed us some pictures accompanied by wisdom-filled sayings. One of them had an amusing caricature of a man jumping into a...
Messing Things Up Well!
I COULDN’T help but be thrilled once again with yet another catchy “Bergoglismo” which I would loosely translate as: “How to Mess things up well!” (*Note: The Spanish word lio can be translated as ‘in messed up situation’ or ‘absorbed by something problematic or complicated’)...
The machines have won…
The eat-all-you-can restaurant churned into life as it drew closer to 12 o’clock noon. What came in gently as trickles of individuals, couples, families gradually became a roaring hungry wave of students during their noon break, office meetings and group parties. Since I arrived early, I...
St. Josemaria Escriva and Opus Dei
LAST June 26 was the feast of St. Josemaria Escriva, founder of Opus Dei. It also was the 40th anniversary of his death in Rome, his transit to heaven in 1975. His cause for canonization was opened soon after his death, and he was finally...
The Mirror Man
Once upon a time...
Supernatural Social Network
“Take a look, Father,” Stan clicked on the Facebook link. The page loaded and Stephanie’s cute little face, Stan’s recently born baby girl, popped out as the profile picture. “That’s a very nice picture for your FB account, Stan,” I said. “Oh, it’s Stephanie’s account, Father” he...
“Touch Me Not”
“It’s called Touch-Me-Not,” my father said when he saw me curiously trying to identify a thorny weed. The plant had thickly carpeted green the borders of the path we were trekking upon in one of our casual hikes through a gulley near our house. “Go ahead,...
Digital Altars
The phrase ‘digital altars’ was totally unknown to me. The young fellow who introduced me to it, was actually expressing his disappointment for not being able to attend Holy Mass regularly and fulfill his other spiritual activities due to his attachment to his “digital altars.” Puzzled,...