When writing the Shalom article on the Church-based group for the Elderly, I at age 86 on November 1 this year was inspired and touched by the article of my friend the Spanish Dominican theologian Fr. Fausto B. Gomez of the University of Santo Tomas...
"In God's eyes, there is no retirement"! This was the joyful conclusion of a small group of elderly and retired persons in a parish outside Paris, France, led by Andre d'Humieres (1887-1975) who in 1952 "met one day to pray together and to reflect on their...
I am sure Santacruzan, a popular and colorful annual procession in our parishes during the month of May is known by many of our devout parishioners. It might help to deepen our Catholic faith to retell the story. Our religion began to be publicly recognized and...
"Frontliners" used to refer to soldiers in the frontlines of battle. The word now refers to physicians or medical doctors fighting to save people from deadly Covid-19. Why do they go into gardening? Why is gardening a spiritual path to God? Because it is an essay,...
On the occasion of National Heroes Day celebrated yearly on August 31, we again ask the question, lest we forget, the difference between martyr, hero/heroine, and patriot. Without consulting the Webster dictionary we can respond with the common and popular understanding of the words. A martyr...
Reading this title one may ask, can my physical suffering, which may be terribly painful, still inspire onlookers? You can immediately follow up with, "which one?" because we can suffer in body (physical) and spirit (moral) and soul (spiritual). All of them can, we usually...
We have repeatedly mentioned in this column that an object or person is considered beautiful if it shows, more or less clearly, the aspects of proportion or balance, of harmony, of unity and of order. Conversely, it is logical to conclude, that an object or person...
Last week's column on the loss of human touch in a series of people's interactions which we have to consider as necessary for safety, sensitivity, serenity and survival. We regretted the loss even if their absence is as well necessary for our survival and common...
Lockdown and social distancing are necessary for our safety and survival. We must support them. We must abide by the many social measures and health protocols that they impose on the people. But they restrict or at least limit an important aspect of human life which...
The words, Creation Spirituality, have been mentioned several times in this column. Once again we believe that birds, as part of God's creation, show certain behavioral characteristics that are considered spiritual values intentionally programmed by the Creator. I chuckle and smile wondering if perhaps in...