GRAY CLOUDS LOOMED ahead of us Ate Betty worried it might rain on Arko’s parade in Antipolo. Kuya Ben expertly negotiated the heavy traffic that stalled but did not threaten us so, to ease h... Read more
IT WAS THE Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord. That Saturday morning when the Legionaries of the Holy Spirit Parish assembled on the church grounds, their meeting place before taking... Read more
AS IF TO put the congregation at ease, Fr. Abe informed them that (their parish priest) Fr. Mar is now out of ICU and in a regular room. He still cannot speak, only wave, so asked the faithf... Read more
IT HAS BEEN, for me, failsafe and foolproof to always carry my paraprayernalia when I travel wherever. My treasury of prayers reassures that any travel is light. And right. Therefore, I made... Read more
“Come back to me with all your heart, don’t let fear keep us apart!” – Hosea 2 The majestic mountains whisper to my heart, A slow dawn breaking, a gentle throbbing, “It’s been a long time we... Read more
REVEREND ARMEL COLLANTES, after being blessed by Presider Fr. Fed, served as homilist at the Saturday Mass at the MCS Chapel in Madriñan. How blessed are we, Rev. Armel prefaced, that, simul... Read more
IF MONTFORT DEEMED himself a worm, in deprecation of his worth to the Blessed Virgin Mary, germ comes to mind as the next least entity (mine) to approximate that saint’s self-depravity... Read more
FR. OSCAR ANTE could not have said it more profoundly when he intoned in his homily, “Widen your circle of relationships.” He made me realize that, in the Gospel of inclusion, Go... Read more
I COULD NOT take my eyes off the face mask of Fr. Dominic Lim, OFM Conv., Recollection Master. It said: Leave no neighbor behind. Evidently a fitting battle cry to promote solidarity in thes... Read more