spirituality
A Catholic Defined
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008From CatholicVote.com here’s a video to see before November 4th comes:
The crutch of intelligence
Sunday, May 4th, 2008Recently I was engaged in an online exchange of ideas regarding atheism. I’d met Benj of Atheista.net at a bloggers’ get-together in Manila last week, and checking his blog last night, I was regaled by a lengthy treatise on intelligence and belief systems.
I respect Benj and I wouldn’t insult his intelligence by engaging him in [...]
Of Prostitution and Hateful Homilies
Sunday, March 16th, 2008This past week, two attention-rocking temporal “revelations” grabbed the collective attention of a wearied nation already aurally and visually battered from insidious and incessant political sniping coming from all sides. And definitely not buoyed…
What Would Christ Say Or Do?
Monday, February 18th, 2008In sticky and confusing situations when it appears that many possible paths are judged to be meritorious, it is not unusual for people to raise the question: What would Christ say or do in this situation if he were alive today?Thus, in real life situa…
How Big Is Your World?
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008(Stray thoughts corralled during unguarded moments of an introspective round-up.)A few days ago for some inexplicable reason at about 8:30PM I was all about ready to drop to bed unable to keep droopy eyes opened in spite of the colorful visual perks on…
Catching The Spirit
Tuesday, December 25th, 2007The spirit of the season is definitely catching. One unmistakably notices it in the suddenly-changed behavior of people around us, on top of the pervasive festive decorations around town, which at times may be too garish and/or gaudy for one’s taste…
The Reason For The Season
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007The reason for the season, an oft-repeated phrase thrown out there more like a monkey wrench, serving as timely reminder, and at times subtle but still loving warning, for each Christian approaching these Christmas holidays, or winter holidays as many…
Inner Life Of A Cell
Saturday, December 15th, 2007Or for a more comprehensive and narrated version, please view here.Watch and be magically awed, showing the awesome wonders, powers, and complexities of pure chance. Not.Hat Tip to Instapundit.
The Examination Of Conscience
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007One enduring lesson taught us by Jesuit mentors in school comes under the heading, the examination of conscience. A lesson judged so vital, we had to practice and refine it daily, summarize it weekly, and recall it annually. As daily practice, it cam…
Jesus had long hair too!
Sunday, November 18th, 2007Yesterday, on our way back to our secret headquarters where our group discusses classified information about our short film, my friend and I had a nice conversation about how well (or wrong) our life was doing. He talked about how excited he was of the…
Daring Fear
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007Fear and audacity two more emergency passions that elicit irresistible movement in man’s sense appetites.A fortnight ago, a physically fragile member of our extended family approached us with great emotional rigor about her strong body-shaking fears,…
The Many Faces Of Anger
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007Anger wears many faces, and in many of its ugly manifestations, it conjures viral images of evil, vile, malicious, and destructive. But it isn’t always so. That man possesses it as part of his nature immediately speaks to us of the noble good that …
grasya
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007the past few days i have been overwhelmed by unexpected kindness. people have been generous of their time and their resources with me. i have received wonderful gifts that i truly enjoy. i have received answers that have been very useful. i have re…
Is Man Perfectible?
Monday, August 20th, 2007Every time I cruise along in the virtual confines of my regular cyberspace travels, invariably the above question somehow manages to insert itself into my mind. Giving me pause to ponder on it. After much troubled thought, I have come to believe that…
Old Thoughts, New Medium
Saturday, August 11th, 2007Gripped in odd moments of human helplessness, it is not unusual for man to awkwardly start a conversation with his God. Sometimes in self-effacing candor he may look at his own tattered self as still like unto the image of his God though grossly blemi…
Religiosity From The Past
Monday, July 2nd, 2007(Click images to enlarge)My late maternal grandmother was of great religious faith, having been born and raised in the City of Cebu, Cebu, one of the islands in the Visayas Region of the Philippines. On this city was planted the cross that circumnavig…
If Walls Could Speak
Friday, June 1st, 2007It is often queried, what if walls could speak what would they reveal?And yes, they do speak, and most oft-times most eloquently. Because as a species we are wont to profusely flesh out the many walls of our homes, and those of our lives. We adorn th…
Wisdom To Live By
Saturday, May 12th, 2007The long fateful journey home begins with a trip away from it.One of many in life’s plethora of paradoxes. No different from he who loses his life, gains it. The more one runs away from self, the closer one gets to true self. To keep the things on…
julia campbell
Thursday, April 19th, 2007One of my jvp batchmates sent the link to US Peace Corps Volunteer Julia Campbell’s blog. Julia was found dead in the Ifugao province, suspected of being raped and murdered.With my brain almost ready to explode, I decided to take a quick break from wo…
40 days and 40 nights
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007i’m actually looking forward for this lenten season. not in the excited way when christmas is about to come. but rather in that quiet manner of wanting to share in the experience of God.though i am not a person of prayer, i am a person of gratitude. …
What’s In A Dream?
Tuesday, January 16th, 2007Graphics creditsA very trite question? Why not. It’s only been since time immemorial that man has been asking those grating questions about his inexplicable dreams – what they mean and where they come from.Over time by sheer dint and patience, we…
Tempt Me
Friday, April 7th, 2006(In time for Lent, here’s a reprint of my latest column from the opinion page of Sun.Star Cebu)UPTOWN, JUST a bell’s ring and a sermon away from the Sacred Heart Church and the Iglesia ni Cristo, is a nightspot downright definite about its business. …