God in the human family

Fr. Dondon N. Aquino 12/29/2018

It is always a given that the family is the basic unit of a community. Nobody can never ever dare claim he or she does not belong to one. Despite the assertion of the individual’s uniqueness and…

Two-fold advent

Fr. Dondon N. Aquino 12/01/2018

The challenge between coming and arrival — essentially and significantly, or even otherwise — is preparation. In fact, when it comes to a particular keenness in preparations — and not to exaggerate — the Filipino psyche always…

Reward and punishment

Fr. Dondon N. Aquino 11/17/2018

As we approach the final days of the Church’s Liturgical Calendar, certain expressions and notions — if there really are — need to be taken into account in order to clarify some difficulties they may pose to…

Prophecy 101

Fr. Dondon N. Aquino 09/29/2018

For most of us, prophecy is understood as prediction of the future. While this is correct, such a definition is considered only as a secondary nuance to the phenomenon itself. It is quite appropriate to talk about…

The dynamism of discontentment

Fr. Dondon N. Aquino 08/18/2018

Why do people grumble? Why do we murmur? It is because there is something lacking. There is a feeling of dissatisfaction. There is a need to fill in some more and to be filled up, even to…

Grace-filled delay

Fr. Dondon N. Aquino 06/30/2018

Looks like everyone agrees that any kind or form of delay is a disgrace. A delayed flight is not only disgusting. It mars and diminishes people’s confidence to the airline company. A delayed service is so annoying…

We know not how…

Fr. Dondon N. Aquino 06/16/2018

Every being is inherently connected with any other being within the ambit of God’s creation. Such a connection is so essential that a chain effect is established with or even without knowing how things go about on…

Mystery as an invitation

Fr. Dondon N. Aquino 05/26/2018

Have you ever whistled in the midst of a silent, windless moment of the day? Those who did and witnessed such could not believe and were all surprised because a breeze would hastily respond to your whistling.…

‘Advent, eventually…’

Fr. Dondon N. Aquino 11/27/2016

I was actually toying on forging a word-expression while brooding over a nice springboard for this article. That word is “adventually” – an abbreviated, or rather, a coined exclamatory outburst of amazement upon realizing how time flies…

‘Responsible freedom’

Fr. Dondon N. Aquino 07/09/2016

It is said that one’s freedom ends when the right of another begins. The exercise of one’s freedom, then, even if it entails boundlessness, is not absolute. Responsibility in relationships is the best context for understanding freedom…

‘Ideal vs. Real’

Fr. Dondon N. Aquino 04/23/2016

Reality check — this is what we do when we feel everything seems not right because something awry is going on. Reality bites. This is the truth that hurts because everything is not right. What is not…

“The ‘pace’ of Lent”

Fr. Dondon N. Aquino 03/06/2016

As a significant season in the Church’s Liturgical Calendar, Lent can best be viewed and appreciated through its emphasis on “pace.” This is set within, or even beyond (with adjustments as varying traditional ways of counting the…

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