Tag Archives: Blessings

Traditions and Spontaneity

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Spirit Moments

I love traditions and deep down, I suspect I am really a traditionalist, for all my pretensions to being a liberal. I love the traditions I learned from my mother and father: how to behave with elders, what to do … Continue reading →

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God Would Have Made a Very Bad HRM Manager

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Spirit Moments

I used to do Human Resources Management, where I researched, recruited and retained excellent people for the companies I worked for. I looked for people who had top caliber talents, demonstrable skills and credentialed experience. Mediocre, unskilled and inexperienced people … Continue reading →

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Faith That Moves

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Spirit Moments

Faith is building a relationship with a Presence who has had a profound effect in my life, directing everything that happens to me. Many times I have wished that my faith would be able to move mountains or could calm … Continue reading →

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We are still in the midst of winter: cold weather, sometimes rain, snow in the mountains, leafless and seemingly lifeless trees. It is a cold drab landscape compared to the flowers of spring and the warmth of summer or even … Continue reading →

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Spirit Moments | Comments Off on A Winter’s Day

I’m Coming Home to My Mother, My Brothers and My Sisters.

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Spirit Moments

“Receive what you are and become what you have received.” I picked up these words from the homily of Fr. George last Sunday. What and who I am is a gift I constantly wonder at. I did nothing to deserve … Continue reading →

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I Am Here Because Somebody Cares

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Spirit Moments

There are moments I feel I am but a speck of dust in the general scheme of things in the universe that just one swipe of the cleaning rug and I am gone away forever, with the universe none the … Continue reading →

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There Will Never Be Another Me Or You

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Spirit Moments

No one can read a person as one reads a book. I have three sons and I once thought that after Martin; Mickey and Macky would be just simple copies of Martin. Nothing was farther from the reality. Sure, it … Continue reading →

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Living in Hope

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Spirit Moments

My daily routine these days is pretty much ordinary: I wake up early to spend my first waking moments in prayer and then face the day with optimism, expecting things will become better and that the best is yet to … Continue reading →

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The Best Is Yet To Come

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Spirit Moments

In the face of his feebleness, man often is driven by that desire, often intense, to be in control. But the longer I live, the more I realize I am not in control. I can only try to make the … Continue reading →

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American Legacies to the Philippines

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Spirit Moments

I have now been living in the US for five years now. I am continually amazed at the great diversity in the society. It is amazing how people of so many diverse cultures, languages, religion and race can live together … Continue reading →

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