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ONE woman told another: “My neighbor is always criticizing her husband. But look at me. My husband is irresponsible, lazy...

A lot of love stories end with the words: “And they lived happily ever after.” Is that really true? There’s...

Nicknames are given to people to describe one of their characteristics. That’s why we call some people “Shorty,” “Kulot” (curly...

There’s an old saying which goes, “If at first you don’t succeed, try and try again.” (Obviously, this doesn’t apply...

The gospel story for this 19th Sunday relates about our Lord walking on water. Somebody joked that he did this...

Did you know that Jesus mentioned “television” in the gospel? After the Transfiguration at Mt. Tabor, he said: “Tel-e-vision to...

Nanding B. was making good as a high-ranking executive of a giant beverage company in Makati. After many years of...

Several years ago a popular bumper sticker read, “Stop the world; I want to get off.” The slogan was in...

In his book Man’s Search for Meaning, Dr. Viktor Frankl wrote about his three years in Nazi concentration camps. Even...

This Sunday is the feast of the Holy Spirit or PENTECOST. It commemorates that momentous event when the Holy Spirit...

He is referring to the Lord’s invisible presence in our midst – his sacramental presence in the Mass as opposed...

Once a Jew was arguing with a Christian. “Your whole religion is based on ours,” the Jew said. “Why, you...

Not too long ago a senior lady executive in Makati made news when she lept out from her high-rise office...

An SVD missionary in one of the Pacific Islands related how surprised he was one day to be visited in...

I know of a priest whose weakness was drinking. He developed peptic ulcer; it became so bad that the ulcerous...

Many of our older generation might still remember the Hollywood “sex goddess” Marylene Monroe of the 1950s? Monroe had everything...