The Holy Spirit in a world chasing after peace
One lazy and quiet Sunday morning I heard the local radio play an old song that crooned, “Love is a many-splendored thing.” Many-splendored? I asked myself.
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Rising, you restored our life
“I want to know Christ—yes, and the power of his resurrection.” (Phil 3:10)
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The importance of St. Joseph in our life
Solemnity of Saint Joseph, spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Homily by Fr. Roy Cimagala
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[REFLECTION] Joseph, son of Jacob, patron of the Universal Church
Let me begin with a personal note. The more I think of St. Joseph, the less I am able to detach myself from memories of my late father.
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Lent lends life, light and liberation
It is remarkable how words differ even in expressing the same thing. In English it is “Lent” from the Middle Engish “lente” which means “springtime”.
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Onions and an economy of exclusion
What does it say about our society when the economy is up, but wages remain stagnant, prices are increasing, and the poor remain poor?
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What the Sto. Niño tells us
On this Feast of the Sto. Niño, we are reminded that irrespective of whatever status we have in this life, it is always necessary that we be like children. Why?
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The Santo Niño: ‘Child wonder, our God-Hero’
Our group was somber, still sleepy from waking up early for the Misas de Aguinaldo. It was Christmas Day.
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[REFLECTION] Christmas and the pursuit of happiness
It begins with a wish that unwraps a desire. The wish could be clothed in a variety of words. But the desire (happiness for ourselves and for others) appears obvious and even has a common word carrier.
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[REFLECTION] Communion of saints?
On Sunday or solemnities we confess with the Apostles our faith in the Communion of Saints.
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[REFLECTION] St. Francis of Assisi, Pope Francis and climate justice
As I write the ravages of Super Typhoon Karding (with the international name of “Noru”), a tropical storm
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[REFLECTION] Political charity and politician’s spirituality
Just a week after Fratelli Tutti was published on October 3, 2020, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon, president of the Federation of Asian Bishops Conference, wrote a letter urging all FABC bishops to read the new encyclical where “our Asian realities are echoed in [its] urgent message.”
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