ISADA FAMILY: Life Lessons from a Chocolate Bar and Mango Pit
ROSE CABRERA
As the youngest child in a family of 12 and now a parent myself in her 50s, I appreciate the legacy of our Isada family more. You can imagine the variety of personalities,...
Remembering Bobby Crisol, My Father of Love and Presence Unsurpassed
JONATHAN "JON-D CRISOL
When I was 11 years old, I once had to borrow my dad’s sneakers to play in a basketball game because I had forgotten mine at home. I only realized this as...
Waiting on the Lord
NATHAN MARI
I have experienced many waiting times throughout my relationship with the Lord. I remember the quiet train rides home when "the fun, friendship, freedom, and faith of youth togetherness had subsided and "ordinary"...
A Rainbow After the Rain (Part 2)
CONCHITA G. BIGORNIA
There was a night when he was very restless, gasping for breath, his feet going up as if someone was drowning despite the oxygen. By this time, we had used up more...
Consecration to the Blessed Mother
MARIMIL ENAGE-VILLAREAL
I want to share with you and my fellow trekkers some blessings I received after my Consecration to the Blessed Mother on December 8, 2023.
A trip to Turkey had been on my bucket...
Faith and Miracles: Emerging Triumphant from a Difficult Pregnancy
ANNA GICELLE HIMALA MEDINA
I married my husband in 2017, and without a doubt in our minds, we wanted to start a family immediately. Since we were only in our early 30s, we were hopeful...
A Child of the Rosary
TERESITA TANSECO-CRUZ
October is the month of the Holy Rosary for the Catholic Church. The Feast of the Holy Rosary is celebrated on October 7, established by Pope St.Pius V, to mark the miraculous victory...
A Rainbow After the Rain (Part 1)*
CONCHITA G. BIGORNIA
"Sometimes things don't make sense until the end of the story."
I came across this post from one of Malee's nieces while I was looking for comfort from my grief over the loss...
Times and Seasons of Life
EVELYN CLAUDIO-SALVADOR
August 5, 2023, was an eventful day for me. It was our 50th Wedding Anniversary. It is a blessing to have reached this far, with family intact, including eight grandchildren. An Invitation for...
A Man Who was After God’s Heart
FR. ROBERT MANANSALA, OFM
Inurnment homily for APOLONIO “PONS” TANJANGCO
Our beloved Tito Pons died at 92 on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus last June 7. The following day, after he died, was...