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I remember these days from times past, roles reversed, I, the little child, not father nor driver, the world itself much older. I was only a son, a brother to other brothers and sisters, a passenger with…
Used to be, April was warm and sunny and rainless. April rain was not impossible. But it was a rarity, and always, it caught us by surprise. It was lovely this way. Warm sunny day when we…
Life is a drinking party. Here is the most traditional way of doing it: rum and cola in a pitcher with ice. One glass passed hand to hand in a drinking circle. Tagay. There is a gunner.…
In deciding for oneself whether or not to approve of governments, one ought consider what aspirational goals define that government. One understands that Utopia is impossible, but one ought still consider what sort of Utopia governments’ policies…
In the ’70s, we told each other in posters: “Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” Today, the same thought is better said this way: “These are your last happiest days.” Either way,…
The Kingdom of God is like a father who, from the earliest times of his family, had always brought them together to church every Sunday. But as his children grew in age, they seldom ever came with…
Wuss meaning: ineffectual, even sissy, marked by an uncanny lack of courage; part wimp, part pussy; wuss was a once-secret-name the abused used with each other to confuse their bullies. Wuss was what one of his children…
We hardly remember Eve. She has been relegated to oblivion for having sinned, for partaking of the forbidden fruit, the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil, the fruit of the tree of life; for having…
That as I am wracked with doubt that you are even there at all, I will never lose sight of the wisdom in believing in you, exactly as the ages and my own parents had taught me;…
It is quite true that not all bishops and priests are shining examples of what it means to be good. But who among us are? It is the primary premise of Christianity that we are all weak…
Surely, we have come to a time when we have to define for ourselves — and once again — what it means to be a good Catholic. The president has called the Philippine Catholic bishops corrupt sons…
It makes sense that the symbol of justice we abide by is a blindfolded woman with a sword and a balance scale, one respectively for each hand. This symbol makes perfect sense. The symbol incorporates a woman…
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