Who is the Holy Spirit?

Once an archbishop was discussing Christianity with a learned Japanese writer. The writer told the archbishop, “I think I understand God the Father and God the Son, but I can never understand the significance of the Honorable Bird.” Incoming search terms:who is the Holy spirit (5)symbols of the holy spirit (2)what or who is the holy spirit (2)what is pentecost (2)why holy spirit dove... 

Ascension Day

TOMORROW is senatorial and local Elections Day. Let’s go out and vote wisely. If you fail to vote for the right leaders, you have nobody to blame but yourselves. You get what you deserve! *** In the 1960s, flush from a successful flight to outer space, a Russian cosmonaut sarcastically remarked: “We’ve gone up to heaven, but we did not find God there.“ Due to his communist... 

Peace: A timely message today

One of the most important messages of the Lord in this 5th Easter Sunday’s gospel is “peace.” “Peace be with you,” he said when he appeared to his disciples on the evening of Easter Sunday (Lk 24:36). Mahatma Gandhi, advocate of peace through non-violence, said, “If we live by an ‘eye for an eye’ kind of justice, the whole world would be blind today!” Incoming search... 

Christian love in concrete terms

Fr. Joseph Dau Vu, SVD, was a Catholic chaplain of the Vietnamese “boat people” refugees in Morong, Bataan. He related to me how he, together with 55 compatriots, slipped out of communist Saigon on an old, decrepit motorized boat and sailed to freedom. Incoming search terms:5th sunday after easter 2013 (2) Read More »

The need for good shepherds

A man wanted to know what profession his four kids would pursue. So in a small room, on a table, he placed a stethoscope, a book in civil law, and a Bible. He then called his kids one after the other and made them pick what they wanted. One took the stethoscope. “He wants to be a doctor,” the man whispered. * * * The other one got the book on civil law. “He wants to be a lawyer.”... 

Good moral life matters most

Let me relate the true story of two brothers which illustrates the paramount importance of education and good moral living. * * * Incoming search terms:carlos boozer richmond california (1) Read More »

Faith without works is dead

It’s been related that while the late Bishop Fulton Sheen was giving a public lecture, explaining Jonah and his mission, a heckler from the audience harrased him to the point of being disrespectful. The young fellow expressed cynical doubt whether God could make Jonah live three days in the belly of the whale. Incoming search terms:faith without works is dead (2)faith without work is... 

Rising to a new life

Manila, Philippines – There’s a story about a man who visited a seminary. On the walls of the corridors were various posters which read: “Christ is the answer.” Wondering what it all meant, the puzzled visitor scribbled the following below one of those posters: “What is the question?”  Read More »

Be active participants not spectators

Manila, Philippines – There is a funny story about a farmer who was entering the village chapel just as the priest was delivering an impassioned Good Friday sermon. Pointing his finger at the congregation, the priest fulminated: “Kayong lahat, dahil sa inyong mga kasalanan, ang nagpako kay Kristo sa krus” (All of you because of your sins, have crucified Christ!”). Incoming... 

Don’t condemn others

Manila, Philippines – There’s an amusing story about a young priest who was assigned to a small, far-flung parish. In his first days, as he zealously did his pastoral chore hearing confessions, he noted that many of his penitents confessed: “I fell down the bridge.”  Read More »