Of noise, progress and pain
A new year does not require grand declarations to be meaningful. It requires steadiness. The ability to speak only when necessary, act when ready, and listen…
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A new year does not require grand declarations to be meaningful. It requires steadiness. The ability to speak only when necessary, act when ready, and listen…
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For us Filipinos who were glued to the TV watching the Korean telenovela, ‘Crash Landing on You,’ many of the scenes were filmed in Interlaken Lake Brienz and…
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Without fanfare, I suddenly had a weekly column. And week after week, something quiet happened. I began finding my voice again.
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In one way or another, all of us had been blessed last year. Some blessings were obvious; others came disguised as difficulties.
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Today's Thoughts to Live by, 1 January, Thursday, Octave of Christmas, Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God.
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As we embark on a New Year, may we entrust ourselves to Mary’s maternal care, asking for her intercession to lead us ever closer to her Divine Son. May her…
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3…2…1… As the clock strikes midnight, homes across the Philippines erupt in laughter, cheer, and—sometimes—a chorus of excited shrieks as children and adults…
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The last day of the year usually has families busying themselves preparing for the start of another year.
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A lesson I learned is that poetry, even as crude as mine, can be learned by anyone, particularly if one is as tongue-tied as me.
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If 2025 had a defining theme, it was accountability. The public demanded it loudly yet it was offered unevenly by those in power.
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So on this first morning after, the invitation is plain: not to prolong the party, but to convert its warmth into structure.
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Joseph had to travel with his pregnant wife Mary to Bethlehem to comply with the Roman Emperor’s directive for all Roman subjects to register for the census in…
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We intrepid Filipinos smartly skirt the English language wars on the Christmas Day greeting by having the best of both worlds.
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The hope of Christmas is not that God will magically erase human sinfulness from on high, but that He equips and empowers humanity to confront it from within.
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Half a world away, people value children but not childhood, which says quite a lot about why our Christmas is so special.
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As the calendar turns, the challenge is not to leave Christmas behind with the decorations, but to carry its values forward.
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It is a joy-sapping reality that had never been felt before, as far as I know. It leaves us stunned, weighed down by a sense of betrayal so deep we can hardly…
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Christmas offers a reminder to the legal profession that technical correctness should not eclipse justice.
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