“Sign. Sign. More Signs”
In 2014, I heard again the call that I have set aside and “drowned” for so many years in my pursuit of my career. Once again, the call to the vocation to the priesthood became louder and I knew I had to do something about it. I asked for a…
My Small Contribution
Jesus was moved with pity to the crowd who had followed Him. They had nothing to eat and He was worried that they might collapsed if He sent them home with empty stomach. We also experienced this. We pitied the homeless people especially the children on the sidewalks begging for…
At Home with our Humanity
In the context of the Jewish society during Jesus’ time, dogs were not domesticated as pets but are scavengers on the streets. That is why referring to people as dogs was a grave insult. The woman who hails from Syrophoenicia, a place in Greece, knows that most of her people…
Sacraments of Healing
In a time when there was no television or social media, it is amazing to imagine how people immediately recognized Jesus when he arrived at Gennesaret. Contrast this to his disciples who oftentimes have difficulty seeing who He really was. It is easy to criticize the disciples from our vantage…
When I was a child, I always looked forward to what kind of food my mom would cook for the day. She usually prepares sinigang and adobo in the evening. I remember that I usually request for additional seasoning for our sinigang to make it more sour. Salt is one…
Stop, Listen, and Pray
Saturday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Reflection (Sem. Renz Marion C. Cunanan) In the Gospel reading today, after the work that the apostles had done, they were told to go to a deserted place and rest for a while. To me, Jesus was giving His disciples time to…
To be at Peace
There was a time when I had a heated argument with my sister and I ended up shouting at her. After that incident, I was so anxious and was relentlessly disturbed by my conscience for I knew I have done wrong. The only remedy that would quiet my conscience and…
Sharing the Task with Him
Jesus instructed the disciples to take nothing with them in the journey. If I was one of them, I would have asked the Lord to give me more time to prepare because I think that it would be hard to go on a mission with nothing at all. But the…
Touched by the “Touched”
One of the most awaited season for me, in our Catholic celebrations is the Holy Week. And I love everything in it – the rites and celebrations in the church, the pageantry in the processions and ‘kubols’ and many more. Upon reading the Gospel for today, I remembered the Holy…
SLOWLY BUT SURELY
I remember when I was still in high school, we had a project in our Technology and Livelihood Education subject to grow vegetable. I chose to plant Patola. During the first few days, I was very enthusiastic in visiting and tending to my seedlings. I water them every day, I…
