Joseph

In every person’s life, there are people who come and who go. Some stay for a long, long time. Others only for a while. Yet there are people who, although only stayed for a while, have made an impact on our lives that last forever. In the life of Jesus, this would be his foster…

Destination

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…

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…

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…

Yes

Luke 1:26-38 When a couple is about to get married, one of the things that we, as priests, look into is the reason for the marriage. We try to find out if both parties are entering into the marriage not out of force, not out of fear, or not coerced, or for any other reason;…

The True Treasure

Matthew 13:44-46 There is this story of a woman who was offered a business proposal – a huge, huge, return on the investment. The group were gold hunters and they informed the woman that the gold is just a few meters away at the mining site. She eventually gave a huge amount of money.  After…

A Prayer for Today

“When you are DOWN to nothing …God is UP to something” Father, in the Name of Jesus, bless me even while I’m reading this prayer and bless the one that sent this to me in a special way. Open supernatural doors in our lives today. Save and set free! Give us a double portion of your…

Patience: A Wedding Homily

There is a saying that “This is the best of times, the worst of times.” If you look at our generation, we can say that because of Technology, these are the best of times: Once upon a time, if one needed information, the person would have to go to different libraries and research. Now just…