A MEME that was entertaining people in the social media for a time says, “Two things will define you. Your patience/determination when you have nothing. And your attitude when you have everything.” Though most the time I take memes with a grain salt, I cannot deny...
DO we have control over our dreams? I suppose the conventional answer is that, we don’t. Dreams just pop up on their own. They come at random. We may not even like them, but they just come. And yes, they can be beautiful or ugly,...
“IF I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.” (Jn 14,3) What a wonderful promise Christ is making not only to the apostles but also to all...
WE need to see to it that we are not merely surviving in these trying times of ours these days. We should be thriving, for indeed these difficult moments when we are subjected to a lot of restrictions are good occasions with tremendous potentials to...
A FRIEND of mine once told me that he was a bit sad because his 4 children and the grandchildren are slowly moving out of his house to settle down in other places. Of course, he knew that he had to expect this to happen,...
IT’S May again, and we are reminded to turn our mind and heart to the most beautiful, blessed, divinely honored woman in the whole universe, none other than our Our Lady, “Mater Dei et mater nostra,” the Mother of God and our mother. Let’s see to...
I SUPPOSE that’s what everyone wants. We want to be credible when we speak, preach or teach. In all forms of communication, we want everyone to at least take us seriously. They may not believe everything that we say, but at least we are given...
THE expressions are part of the lyrics of a pop rock song entitled, Best of both worlds, as performed by Miley Cyrus. It talks of a small town girl who enjoys privacy and the status of an ordinary girl in her school but is a...
I’M referring to that episode in the gospel where Christ was accosted by a man possessed by many devils who called themselves, Legion, precisely because they were many. (cfr. Mk 5,1-20) It is said that the possessed man was so unwieldy that no chain nor fetters...
THAT is how it should be in our life. We should always keep the centrality of Christ in our life. He is everything to us. In the readings of the 4th Sunday of Easter (May 3), this truth of our faith is highlighted. “The Lord is...