Dancing With God (Trinity Sunday)
What does it mean to be in a relationship? I wish there were a simple formula we could follow when we enter into a relationship. But to be in... Read more
The Holy Spirit: Light, Might, and Delight!
On this day of Pentecost we beg God not so much for the right religion, but the right heart. Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and... Read more
Mysteries (An Easter Reflection)
The glorious moments in our lives can only mean something if we have been through the mysteries of sorrow and joy. Glory is the victorious face of Christ, transfigured... Read more
Do You Love Me? (3rd Sunday of Easter)
I always tell students and retreatants, “God always begins from where we are.” If we can love God only this much, philia, he’ll take it. But he never gives... Read more
Why Wounds? (An Easter Reflection)
Can we see that though Easter does not take away pain, Easter does light the path to something beyond it? If we can take even the first tentative step... Read more
Unseen (Easter Homily)
One of these nights you just might see a green beam shooting up from the Manila Observatory here on campus. Actually, light beams are invisible. We only get to... Read more
He Is Risen!
As we celebrate this great Easter feast, let us keep in mind these three key invitations that today’s Gospel calls us to: to be patient, to let go of... Read more
Looking at Love (Good Friday)
We too, I guess, may have doubted at times God’s presence in our world of madness and folly. And so, when we look up to the cross, then with... Read more
Christ, Our Way Home: A Passion Sunday Contemplation
Hanging, I held my breath. I see all these people. Some of them belong to the families I have hurt. I am sorry. In a moment, it will be... Read more
Sinner (5th Sunday of Lent)
To judge a sinner to be a person no longer but an animal that deserves no mercy is not to play God. Not even God has the heart to... Read more