HE COULD NOT have chosen a better sabbatical. Advent being the prelude to Christmas, timing his talk therewith may have saved a lot of soul-searching for the otherwise world-weary mortals wh... Read more

WHILE THE CROWD that attended the recent assembly of PREX fanatics (the die-hard, faithful few; compared to my self-confessed addict) at the Holy Spirit Parish did not exceed expectations, t... Read more

AND THAT NUMBER was still counting at the time this writing began. The number represented the warm bodies that responded to the call of Fr. Jeffrey Habado, Formation Commission (on Family an... Read more

I WOULD NOT have minded standing up through last night’s theatrical presentation of the San Jose ang Tagapagtanggol Parish youth. The play (with a bonus musical) was well worth it. My... Read more

WE WERE LATE last year and held up the three North-bound busloads of pilgrims so I made sure to pray deep (and set my alarm two hours early) that the dud does not repeat. I recently learned... Read more

FROM A NUPTIAL gig, I forced myself awake, euphoric albeit lacking in sleep. Aesop, my youngest son, after shooting the breeze with me, headed towards the door and left me to take my forty w... Read more

ATE SUSAN’S GENEROSITY steered me to the “Banquet Blessings” last Friday at the Salitao Hall of Christ the King Mission Seminary on E. Rodriguez Avenue. It was the venue of a Dinner for a Ca... Read more