Category Archives: Faith
Filipinos love the underdog. It could be our natural temperament as a people or our deeply rooted Christian upbringing. We just have a soft spot in our hearts for the poor, those who are in need or in pain, those … Continue reading
December 28, 2012
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A New Order Is Born At Christmas Time
At Christmas time, a new world order is born and the old one is passing away. The human economy is built on scarcity of resources, on limited and limiting needs and wants. The divine economy is built on abundance and … Continue reading
Groaning and Moaning for the Morning
The Newtown massacre was a tragic event of humongous proportions. It is ironic that it should happen just a few weeks before the joyous celebration of Christmas. But this tragic event is symptomatic of the malaise the world is suffering … Continue reading
Retelling and Rewriting the Gospels
Christmas has always been an endearing and enduring story of love, peace, joy and hope. In Mary, we feel the love that a mother has for her child bearing everything to bring him into the world. In the Child Jesus, … Continue reading
I Was Born For Greater Things
Life is full of challenges and surprises. There are times I give in to cynicism and say “This too will pass away but it will never get better. There will just be another disappointment.” Yet, time and time again, things … Continue reading
Angels Are Everywhere
I have had a blessed life, a journey that has been rich in blessings. These blessings are brought to me daily by the people in my life. When I look at Anabelle, our three sons, Kathleen, Jonathan and Jane; I … Continue reading
God Writes Straigth With Crooked Lines
There was once an engaged couple. He was much older than the girl, she being only in her early teens. Later, it was found out that she was pregnant even before they could get married. And he was not even … Continue reading
With evil staring at us stark in the face, what should we do? When evil strikes, sometimes with such gut-wrenching and heart-rending intensity as what happened in Newtown, we fold down over in utter helplessness. This is the mystery of … Continue reading
December 16, 2012
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Evil Is Real
The massacre of innocents in Newtown Conn. has snuffed out young lives, broken the hearts of those they have left behind and shocked a whole nation into anguished cries of “Why? How could such things be happening with such unnerving … Continue reading
Question Me an Answer
There are probably some people who’d wish they had lived during the time of Christ. Then. faith and believing would be easier if they were in direct contact with Christ himself. I think they would be disappointed. Believing and faith … Continue reading