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(First of two parts) On the first Sunday of Lent, priests usually explain to their congregations the meaning of the three temptations of Jesus Christ in the desert where he fasted for 40 days between his baptism…
One weekend, some of my colleagues at the University of the Philippines Cebu and I watched Martin Scorsese’s “Silence.” The movie, nominated for achievement in cinematography in this year’s Academy Awards, is based on an eponymous novel…
The quality of our discourse has taken a nosedive. It has become commonplace to hear the half-joking expression “ipa-Tokhang ka nako ron (or else I will put you through Tokhang)” addressed to someone by whom the speaker…
(Conclusion) We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because by your Holy Cross, you have redeemed the world. Eighth station: Jesus meets the pious women of Jerusalem Jesus, carrying the cross, stops by a group…
(First of two parts) We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because by your Holy Cross, you have redeemed the world. First station: The institution of the Eucharist This is my body. This is my…
IN A TIME of deep political polarization, netizens would rather spend their energies doing something real rather than virtual. But if it cannot be helped, one on social media presses the buttons to ensure that his news feed…
Ferdinand Marcos — dictator; architect of the theft of between US$5 to $10 billion in public money and of the torture of 35,000; incarceration of 70,000; and killing of 3,257 people — was overthrown in a bloodless…
Midnight of the thirteenth of February 2017, workers in an uptown Cebu City hotel decked the walls outside their foyer with artificial red roses as large as basins. On the sidewalk nearby, heart-shaped crimson-and-silver balloons on plastic…
I log in to my Facebook account, and I see a video. It is friend’s day, website administrators say, so they have produced a music video of a dancing, man-like figure made of photos of my closest…
The blacktop glistened with moisture from a brief spell of rain. The air was chilly. It was Candlemas, the second day of February, the fortieth after Christmas eve. Was it time to speak of childhood again? In…
As of the close of the first month of 2017, more than seven thousand people have died in the Philippine government’s narcotics war, both in police operations and unexplained killings. Do we still care? Blood coats the…
The boy moves like a pendulum does on the rubber tire and rope swing. The artist placed him on low tide sand flats. The viewer looks at the swinging boy painted using coffee on canvas paper. The…
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