Aging Gracefully
NANCY RAZON
Aging is a concept. I hadn't fully contemplated it until recently, during a discussion in our growth group at the Center for Family Ministries (CEFAM). This prompted me to reflect deeply, inspiring me...
My Homily on the Occasion of a Dear Friend’s 80th Birthday
FR. LAMBERT RAMOS
We are gathered here this morning in thanksgiving for the life God has so graciously given Andy—a life somehow diminished in independence or self-reliance but lived with the purity of a child's...
My Faith Journey: A Life of Mission and Growth
ROBER ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ
Whenever I reflect on my faith journey, I return to the summer of 1990. That was when my parents informed me I would attend a youth camp organized by CFC Youth for...
Honoring a Gentle Soul
JOEL RYAN TUGADE
The last few days have been a rich source of inspiration and encouragement as droves of people came by to pay their last respects to our father. Stories of how he had...
‘Listen to Him’
JUN URIARTE
luke 9: 35
Then from the cloud came a voice that said, "This is my chosen son; listen to him."
During our pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 2000, I led the worship of three busloads...
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...
Cast the Net
TRICHIE DE VERA
I have always resonated with “casting the net” because it always reminds me how an abundance of faith coupled with gratitude and humility has shown me how it is to be closer...
“Our Life is Not Really Our Own”
We are grateful to present Fr. Mon Bautista, SJ, the Spiritual Director of White Butterfly, who wrote in four parts, The Art of Choosing Well (December 2020) originally printed in The World Missions Magazine...
We Made it to Silver!
MARICEL GATCHALIAN-BADILLA
On January 25, 1998, I married a missionary. I prepared myself for a lifetime of service as I vowed to spend the rest of my life with a man called to full-time mission...
Hunger Ends Where Caring Begins
MARK LAWRENCE CRUZ
"Thursday nga pala ngayon" (it realized that it is Thursday now), said a student from Pasay who fainted during class. Thursdays are his turn not to eat in their household. The tragedy...