
The cross and the Filipino
Asian Aberration. The Filipino’s faith history is full of contradictions and ironies. Geographically his country is at the heart of Asia.
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by CBCP News | Sep 25, 2023 | By the Roadside, Columns | 0 |
Asian Aberration. The Filipino’s faith history is full of contradictions and ironies. Geographically his country is at the heart of Asia.
Read Moreby CBCP News | Sep 8, 2023 | By the Roadside, Columns, Pastoral Concerns | 0 |
First of all, God’s love always surprises. The Scriptures abound with stories to back this point.
Read Moreby CBCP News | May 28, 2023 | By the Roadside, Columns | 0 |
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.
Read Moreby CBCP News | Apr 9, 2023 | By the Roadside, Columns | 0 |
“I want to know Christ—yes, and the power of his resurrection.” (Phil 3:10)
Read Moreby CBCP News | Mar 1, 2023 | By the Roadside, Columns | 0 |
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.
Read Moreby CBCP News | Feb 20, 2023 | By the Roadside, Columns, Pastoral Concerns | 0 |
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”.
Read Moreby CBCP News | Jan 11, 2023 | By the Roadside, Columns | 0 |
Our group was somber, still sleepy from waking up early for the Misas de Aguinaldo. It was Christmas Day.
Read Moreby CBCP News | Dec 6, 2022 | By the Roadside, Columns | 0 |
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.
Read Moreby CBCP News | Oct 28, 2022 | By the Roadside, Columns | 0 |
On Sunday or solemnities we confess with the Apostles our faith in the Communion of Saints.
Read Moreby CBCP News | Sep 30, 2022 | By the Roadside, Columns | 0 |
As I write the ravages of Super Typhoon Karding (with the international name of “Noru”), a tropical storm
Read Moreby CBCP News | Jul 14, 2022 | By the Roadside, Columns, Pastoral Concerns | 0 |
In the Philippines a mountain is often associated with rebellion.
Read Moreby CBCP News | Jun 5, 2022 | By the Roadside, Columns | 0 |
“Now the Spirit is Lord. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” (2 Cor 3:17)
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