Side tracking Lent
There may be changes in some of the church practices that we do, but let us not be side-tracked by these discussions from the real meaning of the season of Lent which is a season of grace and conversion.
Christian love vs/and Valentine love
Love is the craze of February, especially of February 14.
Who will it be?
Since it was announced by no less than Pope Francis himself that Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle has been appointed Prefect of the Congregation on the Evangelization of Peoples on December 8, 2019, there has been a lot of speculations on who would be the next Archbishop of Manila. Yes, speculations, because we truly do not know.
Good Fortune for the New Year
If for Christmas people are busy shopping for gifts and for food for the Noche Buena, for New Year people in the Philippines, and maybe in other countries also, are busy buying tokens that can assure good fortune for the coming year.
Continuous Hope for Peace
Peace is a constant longing in people’s hearts. It is so much desired and so much needed in our world, but at the same time it is so elusive.
Green Christmas
Many are familiar with Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas,” especially its rendition by Bing Crosby. It is an old Christmas carol, going as far back as 1942, yet it is still sung.