IT’S unfortunate that some people are not happy with their lives. They feel they have been short-changed, exerting a lot of effort with little return as a reward. Some feel that they are unlucky in life since they seem to have failed to achieve their...
FAR from falling into idleness and boredom, this current condition of ours brought about by the pandemic and its consequent prudential measures should challenge us and give rise to novel manifestations of our creativity and productivity. If we just think a little and have the proper...
Last week's Shalom article cited Pope Francis' words from no. 88 of his Evangelii Gaudium (Joy of the Gospel. NB. The original was written in Spanish). The words are "revolution of tenderness". I added the thought that this kind of strong social change would be...
How can we find new life in the midst of COVID 2019 pandemic? Let me share with you this post from an anonymous source: “Suddenly gas prices went down, pollution went down, people started to have more time that they do not know what to do...
YES, we have every reason to be most happy when we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Let’s hope that when we greet each other, ‘Happy Easter,’ we would really mean it and know what is behind that greeting. Let’s exhume that happy...
What kind of an Easter Message can I give in these difficult days? If one watches news on television, both national and international, and watches them not only with one's eyes and mind but with one's heart, one can easily be overwhelmed by this grim...
IN case you will miss the broadcast of the seven last words of Christ, given our present condition, I am repeating them here with some commentaries for whatever it is worth. Indeed, I must say that the seven last words of Christ have a special and...
Because of the pandemic, we may not be able to attend the liturgical celebration of Holy Thursday which normally involves the celebration of the Chrism Mass in the morning (though this can be transferred to another day) and that of the Mass of the Last...
THESE days when we are in the middle of both the holiest of weeks and the dreaded coronavirus pandemic, it might be a good idea to recover that pious practice of meditating on the passion and death of the cross, looking intently on the image...
“WHOEVER keeps my word will never see death.” (Jn 8,51) That’s what Christ clearly said. Of course, these are words that have to be taken in faith. Otherwise, there is no way we can take them seriously, especially nowadays when there are just so many philosophies...