GREETINGS AND THEN SOME

ShareMy dearest everyone…
First, the greetings of Happy Birthday to Juanne Ongsiako, our little princess, “the chosen one” of Jiggers and the rest of the clan.
And then, to Mon….wow, let’s celebrate this, too!
And then, to Totty…also, another milestone we need to celebrate…in our prayers, in our thoughts, in our memories…especially during times like these when every [...]

THE LAST SUPPER AND THE BETRAYAL

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Every time, I read John’s account of the Last Supper, I am startled at its “modern” tone. Here, as nowhere else, a writer of the Gospels provides a realistic, slow motion portrayal.  John quotes long stretches of dialogue and notes the emotional interplay between Jesus and his disciples.  We have, in John 13-17, an intimate [...]

MY CONTINUING LENTEN MESSAGE

ShareFirstly, thank you Father Ting for being a part of this inter-action on the Gospels and the lessons we read them into our daily lives.  Pip had hoped for this…and he’s getting his hopes answered.
Jesus’ first miracle was perhaps the strangest of all. He never repeated anything quite like it, and the miracle seemed to [...]

THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY

ShareA few days ago, we commemorated  Palm Sunday.
Join me as we join the rest of Jerusalem witness that day NOW.
All four Gospels mention this event, which, at first glance, seems to me the one departure from Jesus’ aversion to acclaim.
Crowds spread out their clothes and tree branches, palm fronds, across the road to show their [...]

KEEP ON POURING

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My dearest everyone,
Keep on pouring, Pip, you’re doing just fine. Words are never too much when they are meant to be shared. This is a Shakespearean quote: “Keep on pouring, I will endure…”
Sabi nga nung nanalo ng Best Picture Award sa Oscars, “In Los Angeles, people don’t touch each other anymore.  They have to [...]

HEART WORK

ShareIt has been quite some time since last I wrote my “homilies” and stuff…and now that I am on a “break-meaning”, no work at Congress, no writing for mediocre minds…and I have my own time to read, write poetry, and do physical labor within the enclave of my domestic sanctuary…here’s sharing a few thoughts with [...]

THE LADY OF OCTOBER

ShareFirst Nun:
Nothing remotely suggests
what the moon has tried
to conceal: at the foot of the mountain
we found a penitent, clinging to his
nightshirt, counting his fingers
and crying.
Weeping under the shadow
of the moon, but the shadows
failed to hide his tears, and the moon
shone like the witch hysterical
over the waters on his cheeks.
Second Nun:
Somewhere
in the crowded city
we heard
the song [...]

My Spiritual Journey

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I SEE GOD IN THE CHURCH. I SEE GOD IN PEOPLE. I SEE GOD IN EVENTS. I SEE GOD IN THE ENVIRONMENT.
Typhoon Ondoy was one of the worse tragedy in Philippine history which people claimed to be an “act of God” but for me it was an “act of man” abused God’s creation. A simple [...]

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