NOW THAT TONYO is no longer a threat, and Ulysses seems safely, thankfully away (I bite my tongue real hard), I can now exclaim a sigh of relief and pay homage to the calm that even storms l... Read more
IT WAS JOY, sheer and sure, to go back to “Consoling the Heart of Jesus” and read that I’m not a melancholic like Fr. Michael (mushy, probably, because I get affected by heart-tuggers but de... Read more
TRUE TO HER filial word and deep love for her nonagenarian Dad (she lost her mother recently, another soul who was as hardy), Sis Irene chose family first. She graciously begged off from her... Read more
FIRM WAS MY resolve on Wednesday afternoon to pray the three o’clock habit at the Adoration Chapel. Before I did, I passed by the parish office to ask Tess, the Secretary, if they still have... Read more
THIS IS A belated benediction that, thanks to the retreat-book (one of three) “Consoling the Heart of Jesus” Ate Myla lent me, has opened wide my eyes, heart, mind, body and soul... Read more
LIFE GETS BETTER when one takes nothing for granted. Last Sunday, I was almost totally frustrated by a lost yahoo account caused by slippery fingers and other untechie factors (for which, th... Read more
THERE WERE FOUR fireflies last Sunday night. The first two were flying independently of the others while the second pair seemed like a couple, blinking in unison and in parallel flight until... Read more
MYRNA’S CONCERN FOR our Kasambahay Cita’s sick son, Renzo, melted me. Clearly a mother-to-mother stimulus, the driven two didn’t stop until they went to his sweatshop in Li... Read more
BECAUSE ARMED WITH the Bible, my solitary, spiritual sojourn is always accompanied by our Father. Where before I’d post my daily scriptural with a hidden, vain, hypocritical purpose of... Read more
