A parable left of the line

Raymund Fernandez 03/07/2017

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…

The wuss of Oz

Raymund Fernandez 02/28/2017

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…

Eve of summer

Raymund Fernandez 02/21/2017

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…

My God, I pray

Raymund Fernandez 02/14/2017

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;…

God and the Constitution

Raymund Fernandez 02/07/2017

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…

The good Catholic

Raymund Fernandez 01/31/2017

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…

Lady Justice

Raymund Fernandez 01/24/2017

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…

Missing the sunlight

Raymund Fernandez 01/17/2017

After too many days of incessant rain, one misses the sunlight. Though rain, of itself, is also quite nice. But the grayness can be quite depressing. This, and things like the mud that creeps over floors, the…

Thanks, Cebu media

Raymund Fernandez 01/11/2017

Kinutil takes this opportunity to thank Cebu media for its help in announcing to the public the book “Kamingaw: An Impressionist Portrait of the Bisaya Painter Martino A. Abellana.” This book is published by the University of…

Two thousand seventeen

Raymund Fernandez 01/03/2017

It was absolutely reflective of the times that this writer was drunk, hungover and otherwise mostly stayed in bed from the evening of the 30th of last year’s December until New Year’s Day, 2017. He was up…

Kaluoy

Raymund Fernandez 12/27/2016

In this season of good cheer, it might be useful for us to remember the word empathy. Its dictionary meaning is “the ability to understand and share in the feelings of others.” The word is a bit…

Homeless

Raymund Fernandez 12/20/2016

This column endorses the land swap deal between City Hall and the Cebu Provincial Capitol. This is a plan that has been too long in coming. It will give government greater leverage to solve the problem of…

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