Word Alive

  WOMAN was badly injured in an accident. A man came to the scene but had difficulty getting answers to...

  THE gospel message for this Sunday recalls the Lord choosing his twelve apostles. He says, “The harvest is great...

  THERE is a story in the book of Elizabeth Brenner, entitled Winning by Letting Go. Brenner explains how people...

  SOME of you might have seen the movie “Survive,” based on a book entitled “Last Survivors of the Andes...

  ONCE a pious woman who was bringing a bunch of novena-booklets to church met the parish priest. He asked,...

  A SOLDIER and his wife were preparing for the baptismal party of their baby girl when the chaplain arrived...

  TODAY is the feast of Jesus’ Ascension to heaven. His Ascension means not so much a “space travel” but...

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

  “DITO sa Pilipinas,” someone remarked, “walang natatalo; nadadaya lamang” (In the Philippines, nobody loses but only cheated). Is it...

  A FATHER wanted to know what profession his four kids would pursue. So in a small room, on a...

  THERE’S a joke that Jesus Christ had to rise from the dead because the grave was borrowed. The wealthy...

  THE day after the 6.1 magnitude earthquake that hit Luzon, as I entered to celebrate Mass in our church,...

  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 quarrel. To cool off, the husband went to church and on returning...

  THERE’S an amusing story in the episode of the adulterous woman in today’s gospel. When Jesus said in defence...

  A PATIENT, who was being wheeled into the operating room, pleaded with the young doctor: “Doc, ple…please be gentle...