Word Alive

  BY FR. BEL R. SAN LUIS, SVD   *   A DISTRAUGHT man approaches a priest-friend and asks: “Please...

  BY FR. BEL R. SAN LUIS, SVD   *   JOHNNY has been charitable to his poor neighbors so...

  BY FR. BEL R. SAN LUIS, SVD   *   IN his book Man’s Search for Meaning, Dr. Viktor...

  BY FR. BEL R. SAN LUIS, SVD   *   TODAY, we celebrate the solemnity of the Body and...

  BY FR. BEL R. SAN LUIS, SVD   *   ONCE a pious woman who was bringing a bunch...

  ONCE an archbishop was discussing Christianity with a learned Japanese writer. The writer told the archbishop, “I can understand...

  TODAY, Ascension Sunday, we commemorate the end of the Lord’s public ministry in this world. “Mission accomplished,” Jesus would...

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

  TODAY is Mother’s Day. Let me relate a story on the undying love and sacrifices of a mother. Once...

  A READER, Ronald Ricamata, e-mailed me, saying “In this difficult time, our priests, nuns and seminarians are also frontliners....

    DID you know why Jesus rose from death on the third day? A guy bantered, “Because the tomb...

  ONCE a young man went out hiking in the mountains. While out there, he slipped and down he rolled...

  ONCE a young man visited a seminary. On the bulletin board was a big poster which read: “Christ is...

    ONE Sunday morning, a couple had a bitter quarrel. To cool off, the husband went to church and...

    A GROUP of friends wanted to know if there was basketball in heaven. They agreed that whoever died...

    A LADY once approached a priest and confided, “I feel guilty, Father. This morning, before coming to Mass,...