I’m happy to be hearing a lot lately about culture. That’s because our bishops have declared 2017 as the Year of the Parish. They want to highlight the ideal that the parish is a communion of communities, and culture plays a prominent role in pursuing...
IT’S one factor among many others that we need to consider if we want to make our relations with others more human and Christian. It’s not even the most important one, but it is basic and should not be ignored. It may not define the...
RIGHTLY or wrongly, people often gauge the value of the Holy Mass by the quality of the homily they hear during that celebration. Of course, this is a very subjective way of valuing the Mass, and therefore should somehow be taken with a grain of...
I AM sure that the first ones to be most happy at the celebration of the Solemnity of St. Joseph are our Lord, Christ Jesus, and his mother, the Most Blessed Virgin Mary. And we, of course, join them in this family celebration that is...
WE need to understand this point very well. And more importantly, we also need to understand the many intricate and practical implications involved in relating our human law with God’s law. With the way today’s legal and juridical systems worldwide are drifting toward extreme positivism that...
SORRY, but I have to disagree with that naughty meme often seen on jeepneys and other public utility vehicles that say that drivers are great lovers. No, they are not, unless they learn to be contemplatives who can always think and see God and other...
NOW that we are in the Lenten season, we can observe, thanks be to God, the practice of making the Way of the Cross more often in many churches. This is usually done not only individually, but also collectively, as in by families, organizations, neighborhoods,...
WE are now again the in season of Lent. It’s important that we know how to see the good, bright and happy side of this season that otherwise is usually considered as dark, and also associated almost exclusively with pain, suffering and sacrifice. We need to...
IT certainly would seem so, if we have to consider the tone of the exchanges of ideas, opinions and views in the media today—especially the American media. It’s amazing that people who flaunt their being tolerant, broad-minded, politically correct, etc. to the public, are throwing...
WE need to learn this art of speaking in silence. And that’s simply because whether we are in talking or quiet, we need to communicate and to relate ourselves to someone, foremost of whom is God and, in fact, of everybody else. Communication is indispensable to...
