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Cruz demonstrated with hand movements. He placed one hand up and positioned the other lower. Then he moved the upper hand below the other hand and lifted up the latter.
Cruz demonstrated with hand movements. He placed one hand up and positioned the other lower. Then he moved the upper hand below the other hand and lifted up the latter.
This Sunday’s Gospel brings us back to the core of our Christian vocation, as Christ clearly sets what we could consider the three imperatives or inspirations of our Christian identity and mission: “Remain in my love”; “Love one another as I love you”; and “It was I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit.”
Last weekend, I posted on Instagram the picture of the Infant Jesus peacefully sleeping, lying on a cross and holding one of his three nails. A friend asked what he was holding. A nail, I said. She messaged back: “It was all about mission from the start.”
Years ago, Father Irwin was about to give his talk to Assumptionistas having their retreat. White-haired, lean with sharply defined profile and penetrating eyes, Father Irwin stood motionless on the aisle of the chapel.
Last August, I celebrated the monthly mass for the TV production team of ABS-CBN—a regular gathering to mark the birthdays of team members and their individual intentions.
A story from Fr. Anthony de Mello, SJ, tells about a young man who caught a handsome wild stallion. When the young man brought it home, his neighbors thought him lucky, and wished they had the same luck.
These past months, I have been struggling with the experience—or the act, or the feeling or the virtue—of love or loving.
The day after Christmas my little ward told me that he wrote Santa to ask for another gift. I told him Santa was done with gift-giving, since he made his last rounds the night before Christmas.
Every week, my challenge is to find a theme that my target audience can relate to. I go for the high involvement of my readers when they read my column. I choose themes with a sense of originality.
It’s the 96th birthday of Fr. James B. Reuter, SJ. At 4:30 p.m., a group of senior citizens who belonged to the all-male Ateneo glee club of the ’50s gathered in the small chapel, just across Father Reuter’s room at Our Lady of Peace Charity Hospital in Parañaque.
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