Bejeweled Rock of Prayer: The Oratory of St Francis Xavier in Nuvali
JOHNNY C. GO SJ
When it was first inaugurated on 9 March 2013, I spoke of the Oratory of St. Francis Xavier during my homily at the very first Mass held there:
If you look around...
Dear Basti
DONG MAGSAJO
Dong's letter to his son, Basti, when his father, Chito Magsajo, died.
Dear Basti,
While I write this letter, I hope you've already had time to process what our family has just gone through. Because...
Reporting the News through the Lens of Faith
LUCILLE OCAMPO-TALUSAN
"You passed the audition!" a Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) Asia staff member excitedly told me. Still, I remember not feeling as excited as she was because I suddenly realized it was a daunting...
Embracing Personal Clarity Moment to Moment
PIA NAZARENO-ACEVEDO
I used to say tomorrow isn't promised, but today, I say… later is not promised. We are invited to be present and live from moment to moment…
This year, I turn 50, celebrating my...
“What You Did to the Least…”
AUGUSTUS PADILLA TIAMBENG
I was very young when my family introduced me to God. Catechism at the Jesuit-run Ateneo and learning “Our Father” in Prep helped to form a clear concept of God as our Father,...
Staying Related
ERNIE MAIPID, JR
One of the great realizations of glorious aging is a deep, high, and wide sense of God's presence in our lives.
God moved from a prayer corner, a recited, memorized piece, a 'locker...
Praying Through Service
JASON GONZALES
It’s been 14 years since I ran away and joined the colorful circus that is local politics. I was in my 20s, wide-eyed, and like the cinematic P.T. Barnum, I was filled with...
A Dream to Restore Paradise
RAFAEL S. DIONISIO
I grew up in Metro Manila and attended Ateneo, graduating with the idea that becoming rich and successful in my career was my only goal.
Boy, was I wrong!
As I started my entrepreneurial...
A Ray of Hope
MAYMAY BALATAYO
Rey, Banad, Reggie, Reynald. His peers, family, and co-workers call him. To us, his nine kids, and Mama, he is Papa or Pang.
In Gawad Kalinga (GK), where he worked as a missionary for...
The PHL Gift – Presence Hope Love
ROSE CABRERA
When I turned 53 two years ago, I remembered that my eldest sister, Malou, died when she was 53! Feeling I'm now living on borrowed time made me more circumspect about life.
I told...