It is said that a dream of every Filipino is to have his own home. According to a online real estate company: 6 out of 10 would prefer a house. Quezon City, Makati and Parañaque were the top three choices. Also, 49 percent would spend up to Php 5M for the house. We would always…
Category: Church Traditions
Good Shepherd
In one of our priest meetings of the Archdiocese, it was pointed out that there are only about 200 priests in the Archdiocese. 80 of these priests are above 60 years old. Only 40 of these priests are below 30 years old. The average of the priest in the Archdiocese in 54 years old. Yes,…
Bread of Life
Once before going on a pilgrimage, I looked at the itinerary and I was surprised that there was a Chinese restaurant every three days. “Why eat at a Chinese restaurant when the food in Europe is very delicious?” I asked myself. When we were on tour, I found out the response. No matter how delicious…
What Matters In Life
Matthew 10:37-42 One thing on my bucket list is the Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela or the Camino de Santiago. I have stories of people doing at least 100 km of walking for days. In the many stories that I have heard, I realize that each person has his or her own pace when walking….
Jerusalem
A city with a very colorful history is Jerusalem. It is the holiest city for the Jews because of the TEMPLE; it is the holiest city for Christians because of The Christ Crucifixion; it is the third holiest city for the Muslims because of the Dome of the Rock. Yet, it has a very bloody…
Who Do You Follow
Matthew 9:9-13 As human beings, there are people in our lives who we admire and because of that, we follow them: We imitate how they look like; we listen to what they say;what they believe in, we believe too; what they buy, we buy as well;when there is news about them, we listen. In 2016, according to…
Sickness
When one is chronically sick, the instinct to survive goes on overdrive: he seeks the opinion of other doctors; he listens to the advice of other people; he does research on the internet; he even goes to faith healers, not aware that the spirit doing the healing is not from God. In the Gospel, there…
God’s Faithfulness
Luke 13: 31-35 One city that is full of history is Jerusalem in Israel. For the Christians, it is the most holy city. For the Jews, it is also the most holy city. For the Muslims, it the 3rd most holy city. But despite the city being very holy for the 3 most popular religions…
Planting the Seeds
These two sayings have the same message: “The greatest Oaks have been little Acorns.” “Large streams from little fountains flow.” It is a reminder that in life, often, things start small. I understand what we know now as SM, the biggest mall operator in Southeast Asia, was once a small store in Carriedo and eventually…
It Is Not Over
John 18: 1-19, 42 Once I came across a friend who I had not seen in a long time. After asking how he was doing, I got surprised by his response. His wife just finished 6 sessions of Chemotherapy and because of this, they were deep into debt. Then just when they thought they could…
3 Ways 2 Your 1 God 