From a homily given last 15 Sept 2012by Fr. Jet Villarin, SJ A young novice once asked his superior why there were so many leaving their order. The superior replied that those who left were like hounds that were hot on the trail of a rabbit. Many of these joined the hunt because they were … Continue reading Who
The Beauty of An Engagement Is in The Gray Area
by Jean Madrid Note: This was written just a few weeks after Eric and I got engaged. After a couple of months of marriage preparation, we got married and moved to China. Two weeks after Eric and I got engaged, we made a joint decision, which is by far, the best decision we have made … Continue reading The Beauty of An Engagement Is in The Gray Area
From the Already Good to the Really Better
by Eric Santillan One of my batchmates when I entered the Jesuits in 1999 is a guy named Lito Ocon. Lito is one of my closest friends and he was ordained several years ago. He's now the Chaplain of the Philippine General Hospital, the hospital in the centre of the fight against COVID 19 in … Continue reading From the Already Good to the Really Better
The Tragedy of Missing Out
Originally posted in ZenHabits.Netby Leo Baubata A father and his son went fishing on a small boat, hungry. The father helped his son reel in his first fish, and it was a beauty. “Great catch, son,” the father said. “Yes, but I’m worried I’m missing out on better fish,” the son said. “What if I … Continue reading The Tragedy of Missing Out
The Reality of Unfreedoms
If you will spend 20 mins of your time today on something, let it be on this video. This is from a professor of mine back in the day (20 years ago!) who still looks as young today as then. His name is Bobby Guevarra, and this is his magisterial lecture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geVah0hecPQ&feature=emb_rel_pause What is the … Continue reading The Reality of Unfreedoms
From Bitter to Better: Dealing with Life’s Baggages
"Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him." Aldous Huxley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDFQVLHdcXw&feature=youtu.be One idea connected to relationships and abundance is uncluttering. Uncluttering is a term coined in the 1930s to mean “removing clutter from your physical surroundings”, to make what you have and where you are neat and orderly. I have connected it … Continue reading From Bitter to Better: Dealing with Life’s Baggages
Life as a Conscious Practice
Originally posted in ZenHabits.Netby Leo Baubata ‘Everything is practice.’ Pele When we learn a martial art, or ballet, or gymnastics, or soccer … we consciously practice movements in a deliberate way, repeatedly. By conscious, repeated practice, we become good at those movements. Our entire lives are like this, but we’re often less conscious of the … Continue reading Life as a Conscious Practice
Date a Man of Hope
by Eric Santillan I am reposting this because men of hope are needed now more than ever in our history. I read the essay Date a Man Who Dreams the other day and I was inspired to write this because I feel there is something greater than dreams. And that is hope. Date a man … Continue reading Date a Man of Hope
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