Tag Archives: Sadness
Holy Thursday
There is nothing like a shared meal that binds family and friends together. Memories and stories shared around the table are the glue that cement relationships. Often, when we share a meal, we love to recall all our past meals … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Friendship, Mystery, The Good News
Tagged Easter, Faith, Gratitude, joy, Sadness
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Musings on MLKJr Day
Last Monday was MLK Day in the US. His message and work for freedom, justice and equality remain relevant to this day. The bias and prejudices he opposed are still around even today. Many of them are deeply embedded in … Continue reading
The Jesus Paradox
Following Jesus often sounds foolish and foolhardy in the face of the self-serving pragmatism of the world today. And yet, his way seems to me the only way the world can save itself from self-destruction. The world has never seen … Continue reading
Thorny Flowers
It has been a weekend of pain and suffering, brought about by anger, violence and hatred. Las Vegas. Edmonton. Marseille. Before those, Charlottesville. London. Barcelona. How can we keep on inflicting pain and suffering on one another? We humans are … Continue reading
Posted in Evil, Faith, Photography, Principles, Spirituality
Tagged Prayer, Sadness, Search
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My Father Is Here
Today is the death anniversary of Tatang. It is uncanny how the years has only made his presence in my life even stronger. I can feel my father alive in me and my own sons. His spirit. His moods. His … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Family, Photography
Tagged Grace, Gratitude, Home, joy, Sacrifice, Sadness
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A Day Of Peace
Today marks the date that martial law was declared in the Philippines in 1972. It was a dark period in our history. It was a time of fear, repression and oppression. In its later years, it was a reign of … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Philippines/Filipino, Photography
Tagged Justice, Peace, Sadness, Truth
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How Many More Deaths Till The Guns Are Silenced?
I watch with great sadness the endless cycle of violence throughout the world: from open conflicts over territory and borders, to simmering low-level conflicts waged against minorities and the marginalized, to terrorist attacks meant to sow fear and terror against … Continue reading
Down In The Dumps @ New Year
Amidst all the Christmas and New Year festivities this year, I have been feeling rather down in the dumps. There were disagreements and misunderstandings in the family that caused a lot of hurts among us. I am missing those who are … Continue reading
A Melancholy Christmas
In those days, there were shepherds watching their flocks at night. When all at once they heard a voice from an angle in shimmering light: “Do not be afraid; for behold, I proclaim to you good news of great joy. … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Love, Photography, The Good News
Tagged Christmas, joy, Poetry, Sadness
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A Humble And Simple Christmas
It is just two days to Christmas and Jonathan and Jane are all excited, already counting the gifts they are expecting to receive. Facebook is experiencing an overload of posts on Christmas parties, holiday greetings and photos of the exchanging … Continue reading