Do you carry your umbrella?
We all have something to learn from this young girl. As a drought continued for what seemed an eternity, a small community of farmers was in a quandary as to what to do. Rain was important to keep their crops healthy and sustain the townspeople’s way of life. As the problem became more acute, a…
Read MoreGeneral Chapter highlights: October 2-4, 2016
October 2: ARRIVAL AT THE VENUE All the 40 participants to the LV General Chapter were reportedly present on this day at the venue: Casa Nostra Signora Madre della Misericordia at the Via di Monte Cucco in Rome. The delegates from the Philippines arrived earlier in Rome, in pairs (Frays Selma and Buhay on September…
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Bishop Ryan Jimenez visits OAR Generalate
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Read MoreNo Matter Who You Are
No Matter Who You Are, Always Delay Judgment A lovely little girl was holding two apples with both hands. Her mum came in and softly asked her little daughter with a smile: “my sweetie, could you give your mum one of your two apples?” The girl looked up at her mum for some seconds, then she…
Read MoreChange the Battle Ground
Change the Battle Ground The Eagle does not fight the snake on the ground. It picks it up into the sky and changes the battle ground, and then it releases the snake into the sky. The snake has no stamina, no power and no balance in the air. It is useless, weak and vulnerable unlike…
Read More27th Sunday C
27th Sunday C (Luke 17: 5-10) The point that Jesus is making in the parable is that faith demands that we serve God unconditionally. Jesus insists that God owes us nothing and we do not conduct our business with God on a contractual basis. We are mere creatures and creatures as we are; we…
Read MoreSix Filipino Recollects among members of 55th General Chapter
ROME—Fray Dionisio Selma, Prior Provincial of the St. Ezekiel Moreno Province, leads the group of Filipino Recollects who are participating in the sexennial General Chapter to be held at Casa di Esercizi Spirituali Nostra Signora Madre della Misericordia in Via di Monte Cucco, Rome, starting October 2, 2016. The other Filipinos in the list are…
Read MoreBible Statistics
I want to share with you, on this feast of St. Jerome, some interesting statistics about Bible reading gathered from a survey conducted among adult Catholics and among Christians in general: First the good news—87% adult Catholics who were surveyed said that they have bibles in their homes. The bad news is that only…
Read More27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
2 October, 2016 Reflection: How do we respond to the difficult situations and questions that life offers us? Our readings this Sunday offer us only one thing, faith. But we might think that it is just a mere “spiritualizing” of concrete problems and difficulties. No, faith is beyond saying “bahala na,” faith is having the…
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