SMALL OFFERINGS, BIG MIRACLES Filipino Catholics are very generous. They contribute a lot to society, to the Church and to so many institutions of learning, charity and other worthy causes. I have witnessed first hand the…
A TIME TO WORK, A TIME TO PRAY 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Everybody will agree that our times call for hard work, assiduous labor, double effort. It should be the case in this period of financial crisis. Businesses are…
YOUR MISSION STARTS HERE, RIGHT NOW 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Before I became a priest, I had a friend named Dindo, who was also about to become a priest himself. We were ordained priests in the same year and…
A REJECTING PEOPLE AND A WELCOMING GOD 14 Sunday in Ordinary Time Growing up, we were surrounded by rich relatives while we we were a poor family among them. We were not included in their parties, reunions and affairs. Rich relatives would pass us by on the road…
LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Each time we celebrate Mass, there is a truly special part of the celebration that we somehow find routine and therefore often ignore – the Prayers of the Faithful or the General Intercessions.