Receptive and responsive to God’s grace
CHRIST once told his disciples, and now us, that we should be the salt and light of the earth. (cfr. Mt 5,13-16) In other words, we should give the proper flavor and provide the...
Twinkling celebration
As the birth of our Savior approaches, people are setting aside part of their income for a merry celebration. What all started as a simple birth of Jesus in a manger on a silent...
Ambitious project
I have had this ambitious project of writing another group of short stories in Waray. I have been grappling with it for years now, but it is making no headway. Other concerns, issues, activities,...
Sharpening our Eucharistic piety
WE should try to avoid the reaction of some Jews who could not believe what Christ said when he told them: “I am the living bread which came down from heaven.” (Jn 6,41) Instead,...
Be poor to be truly rich
THIS is what Christ proposed to his disciples, and now to us. We need to be poor, to be detached from earthly things, so we can be filled with what truly enriches us. (cfr....
Overindulgence
It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to search out matters that are too deep.- Proverbs 25:27
This proverb equates overindulgence in honey with delving too deeply into matters....