From Death to Life: An Easter Contemplation (Easter Sunday)
When we try to find and fight in love in the most complex, complicated, and confusing life battles, love finds us. Suddenly, like Mary, we are made whole again,... Read more
Divine Silence (Palm Sunday)
Why couldn’t Jesus simply become a messiah cast in our own image? Where is the wisdom in becoming a victim when one could very well prove oneself before others... Read more
It’s Going To Be Ok (5th Sunday of Lent)
Good confessors and good friends make us feel safe enough to break-open our graves, to roll away the stone, and to be unafraid of the stench. They do so... Read more
Are We Killing Jesus with MSG? (4th Sunday of Lent)
Some of us find MSG very savory but it can actually be efficiently deadly. Today there is an even more destructive kind of MSG that kills insidiously: Misinformation, Slander... Read more
A Glimpse of Our Glory (2nd Sunday of Lent)
This Lenten Season, spend more time in prayer, listen to God, and be transformed inside. Let's hear God's words of assurance and healing. Look closer at your life. Count... Read more
Struggling With Temptations (1st Sunday of Lent)
Jesus shows us how to deal with our temptations and invites us to look beyond the immediate pleasures we may derive from giving in to them in exchange for... Read more
Salt of the Earth (5th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
“You are the salt of the earth,” the Lord says in today’s comforting gospel. “You are the light of the world.” I think, on the one hand, that that’s... Read more
Pondering the Beatitudes (4th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
I appreciate more than ever that the stringent moral demands of the kingdom, i.e., to be poor in spirit, meek, merciful, clean of heart, etc., follow, and not precede,... Read more
To Protect and To Protest (Feast of Sto. Niño)
The feast of Sto. Niño is a cause for celebration. In this feast, we proclaim our faith in God’s mysterious condescension: his decision to take up the weakness, weariness,... Read more
Blessings in an Uncertain Future
We hope that we bless each other in God’s name this New Year as we recite the ancient Hebrew blessing. We hope that our faith is steadfast in times... Read more