Last week's Shalom was titled, "To dialogue is to be human". This was the conclusion of quite a long narrative about talking to people of different cultures, races and religions. I did not explain my encounters with a cardinal, several bishops, priests, consecrated persons, Muslim...
I left Davao City on August 26 for Fort Harcourt Diocese in Rivers State, Nigeria, in West Africa, with Marawi Bishop Edwin de la Peña and Secular Daughters of St. Anne local superior Ms. Lou Q. Solijon. We were invited by Fr. Emmanuel Edeh, CssP,...
We usually end our recitation of the Holy Rosary, after the Litany, if there is, with the following prayer: "O God, whose only Begotten Son, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life, grant, we beseech You, that, "meditating on the mysteries of...
This is a significant statement which many understand. There are several ways of understanding it. The "I" or the ego is the self. Endless and exaggerated reference to it is a sin of selfishness. Psychologists call it egoism and its tendencies egotistic. The sin of pride hides...
Nowadays when poverty is being worsened by rising prices and many forms of injustices, concerned people eager to make a response usually ask questions, many questions indeed. We can summarize these into three: Who are the poor? Where are the poor? Why are they poor? The...
In last week's Shalom column on Rising Prices, I suggested that the effective organizers of gathering "modern Andrews" and collecting thousands of "modern boys with five loaves and two fish" to feed the millions of poor victims of skyrocketing prices and other forms of violence,...
Rising prices of commodities now are making lives of people very difficult. Those who are mostly affected are the poor, the so-called lower middle class of society. Many cannot even have three meals a day. And even if they can have two or just one,...
During this Year of the Clergy and Consecrated Persons I hope and pray that Bishops and Superiors of congregations and institutes of apostolic life will address the issue of physical and mental health in the New Evangelization. While we are grateful for all the retreats and...
PRAYER FOR HEALING OF OUR PEOPLE Heavenly Father, our city is wounded in its soul. Our people’s wounds are deep and wide. These wounds are the hatred and dislike of drug addicts and drug pushers, the senseless disregard of due process of law, the violent killing...
In my homilies and talks I used to recall the words of Fr. San Juan SJ that there are two ways of considering or reflecting on suffering. One way is to consider it as a problem; the other way is to see it as a...
