Category Archives: Nature
It’s Just Another Day
This week, after the great feast of Christmas, is the start of ordinary times. It is back to the regular grind, the humdrum of daily living. And today’s Gospel tells us how an ordinary life in the life of Jesus … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Learning
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When It Is a Cold and Gray December
When it is a gray and cold December post-Christmas day, it is good to go snorkeling. There has a storm brewing the past few days and the cold and gray weather it brought matched the feelings in our souls. For … Continue reading
Nature And My Nature
Everything in nature is governed by the laws of nature. What goes up must come down. Everything breaks down or dies eventually. Every living thing is driven by and blindly follows its instincts. There is beauty in the sunflower … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Peace
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In the Afterglow of Thanksgiving
The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o’er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. ~ Thomas Gray I hear the bell tollong … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Life, Nature, Stewardship
Tagged Grace, Gratitude, Poetry, Search
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The Attitude of Gratitude – Day 4
This is the fourth day of my Novena of Gratitude, leading up to Thanksgiving on November 22nd. I am never alone for there are always family and friends accompanying me on my journey. But there are times I want … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Goodness, Grace, Gratitude
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In the Image of the Divine
Ang nilikha mong kariktan Sulyap ng ‘yong kagandahan It thrills me to know that I am made in the image and likeness of God. It thrills me even more to realize that I … Continue reading
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The Rainbow Connection
Nothing stirs the hopes, dreams and excitement in the human heart than the sight of a rainbow. Rainbows come after the rains. And rain comes with clouds, We all dream of a world where there would be “no more … Continue reading
From Our Source And Back
Following Jesus often sounds foolish and foolhardy in the face of the self-serving pragmatism of the world. And yet, his way seems to me the only way the world can save itself from self-destruction. The world has never had so … Continue reading
Awed Again By The Beauty Around
The earth was formed about 4.57 billion years ago. Humans did not come upon the scene until much later. It was only after the Cretaceous–tertiary extinction event, some 65 million years ago. It took millions of years and at least five … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Gratitude, joy
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Another Desert Experience
For the nth time, my life has again been turned upside down, tossed around and about, topsy-turvy as in a state of utter confusion. We have pulled up our stakes again and made yet another major move – this time … Continue reading
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Tagged Prayer, Relationships, Sadness
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