Read this poem as prayer, and while reading remind yourself of the times you do not want God in your life. Remember the times when you just want to live alone, when you see God as a complication, as anathema to happiness. Those times could be some years back. Or it could be now. Afterwards, … Continue reading #70: Walk Right In
#64: Accept Surprises
This is a beautiful prayer. We've always said God is a God of Surprises. We know it cognitively, but when it happens to us personally, it is still disconcerting, unnerving, difficult. We pray that we have the courage and the peace to accept this God of surprises in our lives. Accept Surprises Dom Helder Camara … Continue reading #64: Accept Surprises
#55: How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place
Grace is often seen as something OUTSIDE us. It is in the way we speak and in our every day lives. We use rosaries from Rome (blessed by Pope Francis himself!) as if a rosary blessed by Pope Francis is somehow more holy than one blessed by the local priest. We get water from Lourdes, … Continue reading #55: How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place
#16: Today We Are Asked (Abraham Addressing Sarah’s Fears)
When we are faced with the unknown, we cannot but be afraid. Before the great unknown, there is great fear. But before great fears we encounter an even greater God. This is Abraham, talking to Sarah, before they set off to an unknown land. Recall your own journey to the unknown. It could have happened … Continue reading #16: Today We Are Asked (Abraham Addressing Sarah’s Fears)
Risk
When I was about four years old, my parents reminded me, my aunt once gave me a robot. Actually I do remember the robot. It could walk and had these little red missiles on its back. I remember it because it scared me. It must have been the robotic way it walked and the weird … Continue reading Risk
Wishes and Dreams
During my 13th birthday years ago, I made a wish to have the first ever released “Air Jordan” shoes. In those days in the Philippines, when you wished to own an “Air Jordans”, you might as well wish for the moon. (This is where the Filipino phrase “Suntok sa buwan” comes from.) In the first … Continue reading Wishes and Dreams
Yours
Try this little exercise: go to your room, gaze at the stuff you have inside, and examine what is yours. In your mind, attach a tag or label to all that you think you own. You may even use a color-coding scheme to rank your belongings from the most important to the least. Then ask … Continue reading Yours
In the Moment
I clasped my 4 year old Franco in my arms at the break of dawn today. He woke up ahead of his siblings and went up to our third floor study where I was having my prayer time. Seeing him up so early, I decided to spend some time with him. I lifted him in … Continue reading In the Moment
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