Bagyong Sendong has ravaged my hometown. Here's how you can help. Cash donations can be deposited at this account: https://angperegrino.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post-new.php#edit_timestamp Account Name: Xavier University Account Number: 9331-0133-63 BPI MAIN BRANCH Xavier University Relief Center is conducting a relief operation for families affected by Bagyong Sendong.They are asking for donations in CASH FOOD (noodles, canned goods, … Continue reading Help CDO!
King
Homily for the Solemnity of Christ the King, 2010by Fr. Jet Villarin, SJ If you're of this century, I suspect that relating to Jesus Christ “our sovereign king” might not come easy. Admittedly, the image of Christ the King can be quaint and ancient for many. Kings and lords are the stuff of Shrek stories … Continue reading King
Pushing Boundaries
by Pat Nogoy SJ “How does love change? The better question is: how do we change because of love. The answer is simple: Continuously, Foolishly, Endlessly.”—Ann Packer, A Dive from Clausen’s Pier Seated on a vast lawn overlooking the valley in one humid afternoon, a recent graduate whom I have guided was sharing her difficulties … Continue reading Pushing Boundaries
The Right Reason
Originally posted in BobbyQuitain.Com by Bobby Quitain "…Truly I say to you, you look for me, not because you have seen the signs, but because you ate bread and were satisfied…" (John 6:26) I enjoy playing only two sports: basketball and bowling. Why? Because it is only in those two where I excel. Believe me, … Continue reading The Right Reason
Reunion
Originally written in TACKED THOUGHTS for The Freeman by Nancy Unchuan Toledo I met a former student at a bookstore the other day. He was the first batch of kids I ever taught. He and his classmates were about 16 when I met them. I had just graduated college and was only a couple or … Continue reading Reunion
Think
In a way, I am grateful for some of the esoteric and elegant math I’ve learned in physics. It gives me a nosebleed idea of the way God thinks. “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. As high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways above your ways and my thoughts above your thoughts.”
When I Say I Love You
What do I mean when I say “I love you?”
From the onset, what seemed to be an over-run expression especially during Valentine’s is actually problematic. There is the subject “I” and the object “You.” What is fundamentally revealed in the structure of the sentence with the addition of the verb “love” is a relation and if we wonder further, we can ask: What happens when a totally different I relate to a totally different You through love?
Choose Faith
One of the greatest lies in the world today is this: You can control your life.
The sad reality is this: You can’t. Life is simply too big for you.
Sad to say, despite the many advances in technology, economics and science, much of life is still beyond our grasp.
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