
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
‘You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned. It is no longer good for anything.’
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‘You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned. It is no longer good for anything.’
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Maranao is not simply a means of communication. It is a language shaped by social order, faith and long memory.
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The Beatitudes (vv. 3-10) describe the life of Jesus and his attributes of poverty, meekness, compassion and peace. He is the personification of ‘the anawim.’
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As faithful people of God, we are not to become divided along factional lines between those who favor a certain preacher or missionary.
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New Year in the Philippines is no longer the same. I say that now with a quiet sigh, not out of anger and not out of regret, but from that soft ache that comes…
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“What’s with the back and forth?” I ask myself.
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Too much effort and you miss the shot; no effort and you make the shot.
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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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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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