What Christ’s Transfiguration teaches us
THE spectacle of Christ’s Transfiguration (cfr. Lk 9,28b-36) teaches us, among other things, that we are meant for a supernatural life, that we need to develop the art of transcending the material and temporal...
Needed wisdom
The upcoming election is not only a political battle but also a test on the intelligence of the country’s electorate. Most of the candidates running for top seats have dubious reputations, a sullied past,...
High costs amid low wages
You see them everywhere—the fathers pushing battered pedicabs under the hot sun, the mothers calculating a supermarket bill with trembling hands, hoping the few coins left in her pocket will suffice. And yet, despite...
Always show charity with affection
AN anecdote I heard sometime ago taught me the lesson that charity should never be dry and cold, but rather warm, full of affection. It was about a nun who got sick and stayed...
The first phone call, ever
By 1875, Alexander Graham Bell, with the help of his partner Thomas Watson, had come up with a simple receiver that could turn electricity into sound.
Other scientists, including Antonio Meucci and Elisha Gray, were...
