In The Hole

It started out as a joke. We were attending a gathering of homeowners in one of the subdivisions administered by our parish. The coach of a basketball team was saying that he is finding it difficult to complete the roster of his squad. One homeowner who has seen me play basketball in our churchyard... Sign in to see full entry.

During a rally at the Luneta Park where several religious groups gathered to honor the memory of the Pope, a Muslim stood up to say why they regard John Paul II with great reverence and respect. He mentioned three things: John Paul II allowed that a Mosque be built in Rome John Paul II went into a... Sign in to see full entry.

Cardinal Ratzinger, the Dean of the College of Cardinals, delivered the homily during the Pope's funeral mass. These are some of the things he had to say: From the homily of Cardinal Ratzinger during the Pope's funeral mass "He carried a weight far too great for human strength and never wished to... Sign in to see full entry.

The kids, the mamas and the yayas (nannies); they are look great at 5 PM. Sign in to see full entry.

Yesterday, I found myself at the ARaneta Complex in Cubao and found out that there have been quite some changes in this old commercial and entertainment complex in Quezon City. One of these changes is the "Gateway" a place designed as a meeting place: Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday evening and the whole day of Monday I spent at my parents' house. Tuesday morning, as usual, Dad drove me back to Laguna. This time, however, there were two others in the car with us, my two nephews! Sign in to see full entry.

One week without the internet, but I am still alive. I was in a place called Novaliches where our Augustinian sisters have a retreat house. I was there to direct the retreat of some sixty nuns aged 30 - 73 from Monday until this morning, Saturday (march 26, GMT + 8). The job required me to deliver... Sign in to see full entry.

I am going to miss a lot of parish events this week. Why? Because it is Holy Week and I will be out giving a holy week retreat to our sisters in Quezon City. I am going to miss a lot. Wednesday, our parish will be holding its grand "pabasa". "Pabasa" is literally "reading". Normally, it would refer... Sign in to see full entry.

I was asked by our parish priest to write something about the name of our Parish, "Mother of Good Counsel". So I went around the web collecting some pages about the Madonna del Buon Consiglio and I found quite a number of pages that contain information about the title, the devotion and the history... Sign in to see full entry.

Remember that Filipino Pastor I wrote about some time ago who claims he is the Son of God for our times? I posted a series of articles about him at Blogs.AgustinongPinoy and it got so well-indexed by robots that anyone making a search on "Apollo Quiboloy" would find at least one of my articles about... Sign in to see full entry.