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The cross and the Filipino

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.

What the birth of Mary could teach us

by 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.

The Holy Spirit in a world chasing after peace

by 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.

Rising, you restored our life

by 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)

[REFLECTION] Joseph, son of Jacob, patron of the Universal Church

by 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.

Lent lends life, light and liberation

by 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”.

The Santo Niño: ‘Child wonder, our God-Hero’

by 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.

[REFLECTION] Christmas and the pursuit of happiness

by 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.