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Once I solemnized the wedding of a friend. After that we didn’t see each other for some time. When I...

ON the eve of the graduation of a senior class in high school, a dedicated, unassuming teacher was invited to...

In a class on homiletics, the professor emphasized the importance of making the facial expression harmonize with the homily. “When...

The story is told about a commanding officer of a ship who saw, through a foggy night at sea, what...

The story is told about a man who spends a good deal of his time in front of the TV....

Today is the feast of Christ the King. When Jesus was crucified, a wooden sign (caratola) was nailed over his...

When I studied in the SVD theological seminary in Tagaytay, we had an exceptionally bright seminarian. In class when the...

Sometime ago, a news item in the U.S. relates about how burglars broke into a New York firm. This wouldn’t...

Somebody quipped, “At his funeral, an atheist (non-believer) is all dressed up but nowhere to go.”

Which commandment of the law is the greatest: to love God or to love one’s fellowman? Both views have their...

It happened in China a few years before the Communists expelled the missionaries. A foreign missionary came upon an old...

A YOUNG couple had invited many guests to their daughter’s birthday dinner. At the table, the hostess turned to her...

In the gospel of this 27th Sunday, we read Jesus’ parable of how the heir of the vineyard was badly...

A man died and went to heaven. At the Pearly Gate, St. Peter welcomed him then gave him a tour....

Jesus felt his envious tone when he asked: “Lord, why are you carrying him and not me?” Jesus replied: “It’s...

This point was so important in the mind of Jesus that when he taught us to pray, he made it...