Last, December 2019 and January 2020, all newspapers, magazines, radio/TV stations, philosophers, thinkers, made their usual yearly guesses, forecasts analysis together with fortune tellers, card/tarot readers, crystal/skies gazers, sorcerers, soothsayers, clairvoyants, palm readers and others. All missed the impact of COVID-19 which as early as...
Safety rather than security only. This we need to change as we observe Fire Prevention Month every March. Many of our buildings, as observed, are for security only, like having grills and not having emergency exits. It is good to be secure but it is...
But in particular this Second Sunday of Kuwaresma, balik ta sa Gospel of St. Mark. Good number times you don’t pay attention to it. In the Gospel of Mark, sa iyang han-ay, sa iyang pagsaysay first time nga miingon si Hesus nga ako mamatay ug...
Yes, there is beauty when Mark describes Jesus with his clothes becoming "dazzling white, such as no fuller or earth could bleach them." But this beauty is awesome and was caused by Jesus' sheer physical power as God. When Jesus was crucified there was beauty too, the...
THAT’S right! Truth can only be found where charity is. We should bury the myth that we can only be truthful when we manage to cite as foolproof evidence some cold facts and data alone, and use logic, etc. These latter, without the animation of charity,...
WE cannot deny that we are in for some confusing albeit exciting times, and we just have to learn how to cruise in the tricky waves they produce. We have to contend not only with many but also contradicting ideas, views, opinions, and not only...
WITH the wall of difficulties we are facing these days because of COVID, we have to see to it that we are quick on the rebound. We cannot simply be complacent, much less, defeatist or fatalist in our attitude toward our current predicament. There is...
THAT’S one of the FAQs in life—frequently asked questions many people, even among pious folks, make when they are made to suffer one way or the other. It only reveals that their faith is not yet that strong and deep, since the obvious answer is...
THIS is the challenge I am having at the moment, what with a surge of people coming with problems of worries, fears, doubts, sadness and the like eating them up. Yes, the Covid pandemic plays a big part in this disturbing development. And so how...
Today, we end the month-long celebration of Pro-life month spearheaded by the Family and Life Apostolate of each diocese in the country. We hope to continue to savor the values of the sacredness and importance of family life throughout the year. In his apostolic letter “Patris...