If you do it right, the transformation of a woman into a bride or of a man into a groom can be a wondrous thing to behold. Even for just half a day, the couple are transfigured before our very eyes as they process to the altar like fairytale characters vowing to live happily ever after.
Who
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
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
Home
I grew up in a home where my mother had a devotion to the Sto. Niño. This meant that there was a statue (or two or three) of him in every bedroom, a calendar that highlighted the days of his novena on all our walls, and a small white relic of sorts in all our … Continue reading Home
Emptiness is Not Forever
from ilifejourney.com by Eric Santillan[Rewritten in the light of recent events] As we prepare for Christmas, let us reflect on the emptiness we feel at one time or another in our lives. We look at the empty cribs of our hearts and imagine the Christ being birthed right at that very emptiness. For it is … Continue reading Emptiness is Not Forever
Endurance Sports and the Greatest Endurance Athlete
Today, we welcome a new writer for angperegrino. We worked together in the past for a sister company, and she leads us for regular running (although it's really more like jogging for me) every week at a neighborhood track oval. Read more about her in the About the Author box below. Welcome to angperegrino Tin! … Continue reading Endurance Sports and the Greatest Endurance Athlete
Happy
Beautiful homily for the Easter Vigil. I'm reprinting it because it is a great reminder for what it really means to be happy.. by Fr. Jet Villarin, SJ My dear friends, tonight, let us be happy. Let us beg for the grace of happiness in our lives. I can think of three qualities to the … Continue reading Happy
Tempt
Originally written as a homily for the First Sunday of Lent. by Fr. Jet Villarin, SJ “Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be tempted by the devil (Lk 4:1).” With the Holy Spirit to fill us, you’d think … Continue reading Tempt
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