Category Archives: Spirituality

Why?

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Spirit Moments

Watching the unfolding of events in the Philippines makes my heart bleed in sadness and frustration. Barely two weeks after the euphoric and joyful visit of Pope Francis, here we are again, entangled in the quagmire of the Mamasapano Massacre. How … Continue reading →

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Provision for the Journey

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Spirit Moments

A good friend, a nun respected for her wisdom, once told her retreatants, “If there is anything in your closet or wardrobe you have not used for a year, it does not belong to you. Get rid of it. Give … Continue reading →

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Spiritual Blindness

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Spirit Moments

Often, I see but do not understand; I hear but I do not listen. I am blinded by scales in my eyes. The scales of my pride and prejudices, of my weakness and sinfulness, of my biases and banality. I … Continue reading →

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Musings on the Pope’s Philippine Visit

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Spirit Moments

Like the many who gathered together to see Jesus as he returned to Capernaum, millions have come out to meet Pope Francis as he visits the Philippines. They have come to be blessed by his presence, to hear his message … Continue reading →

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The Sacred in the Ordinary

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Spirit Moments

He used everyday ordinary language.  Filipinos would have loved His love for puns, as when He called ordinary fishermen to be His disciples and become fishers of men. He talked of everyday, ordinary things and events like the lilies of … Continue reading →

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Get Up And Go On The New Year

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Spirit Moments

It is the second day of the New Year and it is back to the regular grind for most people. The early risers and the achievers have started off at the break of dawn and soon everyone will be busy with … Continue reading →

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Winnowing Chaff From Grain

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Spirit Moments

Great men often live lives steeped in paradox. They proclaim and work for peace and unity but often are the cause of a lot of dissensions and divisions. They would operate out of love and goodness and yet they stir … Continue reading →

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Being Like Joseph

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Spirit Moments

I often think about Joseph, the husband of Mary. There is very little written about him in the gospels. And most of what is written about him is not very comforting nor comfortable. He marries and virgin and then he … Continue reading →

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Proof Of Goodness

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Spirit Moments

Sometimes, in my efforts to be good and do what is right, I end up putting on blinders of self-righteousness. I become proud and condemn those whom I see as not making the same efforts at goodness and I do. … Continue reading →

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What I Do Not Pray For

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Spirit Moments

I do not pray that God takes away the pain and sorrow when these afflictions happen in my life. Instead, I pray for courage and strength to face them. I pray for sight, like the blind men crying out to … Continue reading →

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