Monthly Archives: September 2014
Signposts Along the Journey
Being poor is not good; neither is being hungry. Life is not meant to be spend in weeping and in sorrow. Hatred, insults, evil and persecutions are not what life is made of. Life is meant to be enjoyed, celebrated … Continue reading
Called and Created to be Unique
Each human person is unique. I am one of a kind and there is no other one like me, never was and never will be. I am complete by myself and I have everything I need in me to become fulfilled. … Continue reading
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Praying With the Heart
Life must have been very difficult for Mary. An innocent maiden in her early teens, she receives a vision that she will bear a son who will be the messiah. And she wonders since she “knows not a man”. She gets … Continue reading
Posted in Encounter, Presence, Relationships, Spirituality
Tagged Beginnings, Blessings, Prayer
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Through the Darkness
Winter is coming and the darkness is slowly moving in. There are tribulations of all sorts everywhere. And somehow, somewhere, they are all interconnected. The persistent drought in California is due to climate change. Climate change is happening because we have … Continue reading
Man: an Embodied-Consciousness-With-Others-In-The-World.
One of my favorite quotes from my class in Existential Phenomenology is this: Man is an embodied-consciousness-with-others-in-the-world. This is the basic truth of my existence. I am here. I am here with others. I and the others share but one … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Doing good
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Heaven is a Feast
We Filipinos love fiestas. We would gather together to celebrate all the major holidays with a grand feast. And in between, we need only the flimsiest of excuses to get together and go on an eating binge. Somebody leaves, even if it … Continue reading
Catcher in the Right
I once dreamed of being a called, like Peter, to be a catcher of men. But the Lord had a better plan for me; in fact, many plans. Today, I am a catcher of growing kids. I literally caught Jonathan and … Continue reading
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Tagged Grace, Jane, Jonathan, Prayer
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From Minutes to Moments
Everyday, at the daybreak as I wake up, another one thousand four hundred forty minutes are placed into my cup to spend and to use for myself, in this here and now, with others in this world. In the peace … Continue reading
Words of Life
I have always been enamored with words. I simply love words. There is beauty to the sound of words when they are strung together in a story, a poem or a song. There is power in words when they are used … Continue reading
Faith in the Secular City
In our highly secularized world, there is an increasing number of non-believers. But there is still a widespread belief in the existence of God. About two thirds of humanity believe in some form of a deity. And the fact is … Continue reading
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