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Part 5 Never count them out. Fr. Cresenciano Ubod, head of the Cebu Archdiocesan Prison Apostolate (CAPA), said those locked behind bars should be cared for, not judged. “It’s not that we don’t want them to…
I am back to my therapy sessions. It’s been four years since I’ve been to therapists to rehabilitate strained nerves in my neck and upper back area partly due to cervical spine defects as well as improper…
Pagkabanhaw” is Binisaya for resurrection. The fact we have such a word means the Bisaya have a native concept of it. We did not learn or borrow the word from foreign imperialists. Pagkabanhaw is a pre-Western concept…
Extrajudicial killings and second chances were among the themes touched on during the Siete Palabras 2017, a reflection of Jesus Christ’s final words at the Cross held at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral last Good Friday. Fr. Daniel…
What thoughts did Piero della Francesca have When he painted the fresco of the Resurrection? Was it a bright day in Sansepolcro As he applied the pigments on the lime and sand? Anyway, the real brush is…
He had chosen to guide us in reflections on silence and virtue. He said Jesus knew how to use silence very effectively as in the case of the woman caught in adultery; he spoke not a word…
In Padua, northern Italy, at the Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), we find frescoes done by Giotto portraying scenes from the life of Christ. One of them depicts an incident narrated in the Gospel of John, about the…
GOD, NOT SELF Does God need human beings? Not so, a priest said. “God does not need us for Him to be happy or to be complete. He created human beings out of love. He created us,…
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…
LGBT people are no different from heterosexual people. They are also human beings, they are citizens of our country, they have rights. But how come they experience inequality? How come they face more adverse, critical public attitude…
How coincidental that this year the first day of March should fall on Ash Wednesday, the first day of the season of Lent. I thought that the calendar had conspired to bring this point home to me—that…
(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…
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