Word Alive

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

    IN 1993 when I did a post-graduate study at the University of Leicester in England, there was a...

  THERE’S an amusing story about a young man who was constantly bedeviled by sensual thoughts. Feeling guilty, he consulted...

  A DOCTOR asked a patient: “Why did you slap the guy you were talking with?” The angry man replied:...

  MILLIONS of people worldwide know of Kobe Bryant as one of the greatest athletes of all times. Very few,...

  A MAN once bragged that he read the Bible from cover to cover several times. But someone remarked, “People...

  THE devastating Taal Volcano eruption and typhoons that left our country reeling show that there are terrible sufferings beyond...

  THERE was once a woman who brought her child to church for baptism. “What’s the baby’s name?” asked the...

  A MAN prays: “Dear God, all I ask for the New Year is a FAT wallet and a THIN...

  ONCE, I met a husband and wife whose marriage I solemnized. “How’s your marriage going?” I asked. The husband...

  A MAN, who had a serious financial problem, moaned: “I’ve never realized how bad the economy was until I...

  THE message of President Duterte on the feast of the Immaculate Conception last De­cember 8 was very inspiring. He...

  IN the gospel episode about the woman taken in adultery, Jesus said, “Let the person who is with­out sin...

  ONE day, a father bought lotto tickets on his way home and distributed them to his family members, in­cluding...

  TODAY is the feast of Christ the King. When Jesus was cruci­fied, a crude, wooden sign (cara­tola) was nailed...

  THE Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA) on its 41st Anniversary last November 13 presented “Serviam,” a special citation to...