MYSTERIOUS OR PASCHAL APPROACH TO DEATH Even in the New Testament, we can find “sapiential” words referring to death, like in the Old Testament. These may have been thoughts…
FIRST-BORN… FAVORED? Ephraim in the Old Testament could really boast of his great fortune. As second son of Joseph (slave boy, later prisoner who became Egypt’s governor), he was exceedingly surprised that…
PANGANAY… PABORITO? Sa Lumang Tipan si Efraim ay may dahilan upang magbunyi. Pangalawang anak siya ni Jose (dating alipin at bilanggo na naging gobernador ng Ehipto), at nagulat siyang pinili…
BEING-FOR-DEATH The responses of biblical wisdom do not differ much form those of other profane or secular wisdom. A discipline in some universities is dedicated to the study of death, called…
ARE YOU AMBITIOUS? Let’s be honest. In today’s gospel we clearly see ourselves in the request of the stealthy brothers James and John. They wanted to partake of Jesus’ glory by volunteering…
