crumbs for the journey
Reflection: Third Sunday of Easter (18 April 2021) Minimum: Gratitude by Francis Miguel Panday It is not unknown to many, especially to those within our humble circle, that a third of our population in the seminary had been infected by COVID-19. One common reaction that rose aside from gloom was shock, paving the way for... Continue Reading →
Daily Gospel Reflection 3 Dec 2020 (Mt.7:21,24-27) St. Francis Xavier, priest (M) "Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rocks." There are people who are acting like pious saints infront of others and really we can appreciate them for... Continue Reading →
By: Sr. Joy A. De Vera, RA I was one of the lay leaders of a charismatic group then, when a priest friend asked me with the other youth leaders if I can accompany them in Tarlac Provincial Jail. He will celebrate the anticipated mass for the prisoners. I don’t have work during weekends, so... Continue Reading →
by Lt. Col. Vicky Blancaflor For some time, my profile description in Facebook reads “Soldier of God -- Working and Fighting for His Agenda.” In the catechism seminar given before administering the Sacrament of Confirmation, I can only distinctly remember (I was in 5th grade elementary) that after being confirmed, we will become ‘soldiers’ of... Continue Reading →
Matthew 11: 25-30Deuteronomy 7: 6-11, Psalm 103: 1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 10, 1 John 4:7-16 What amazes me with children is that they they can learn new – specifically new – things quicker and sometimes better than adults. Adults, on the other hand, have a tendency have a selective or sometimes functional learning attitude. “Will... Continue Reading →
by Francis Miguel Panday When confronted with a great amount of uncertainty, we could barely think of anything, or we could barely think, at all. When the threat brought about by the pandemic spread all over the news, who among us did not experience this profound disorientation? Despair? “How, then?” “What now?” “How will I... Continue Reading →
by Lt. Col. Vicky Blancaflor John 14: 16-17“And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always – the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows it. But you know it, because it remains with you, and will be in... Continue Reading →
by Ethiel Roxas,aa I am the vine and you are the branches,Everything you do depends on your choices.Jesus is the vine and we are the branches,If we stick by His side, we will never feel meaningless aches. The soil where the vine was planted,Is a gift from a God who never regretted.Though many branches do... Continue Reading →
For a long time, the unpleasant reaction of man to pain has accumulated into a myriad of questions about faith, and on such occasion, someone always gets the blame; but why? As I browse through some reflections about the coronavirus pandemic, what I see common among them is the question whether there is a God... Continue Reading →
by: Br. Eddienel Villa, SSS It seems that the world is enveloped with darkness because of the pandemic called COVID-19. We can see in the news the increasing number of cases which grows exponentially every day. We hear of stories of deaths including those we call frontliners, those in the medical field, in our battle... Continue Reading →
