Memoirs and songs.
The sun was rising behind the thin outlines of Mt. Guiting-Guiting. The panorama of the mountain stood tall above the stillness of sea and clouds. In the villages below, roofs made of galvanized sheets and thatches of nipa started to appear. The soft breeze swayed […]
“Acquiring knowledge of history is the surest way of acquiring confidence in the church. History teaches that nothing is new and that the church has survived sadder and more difficult situations. History is a school of wisdom and of limitless patience.” – Cardinal Ives Congar […]
Essay
I am not a pianist, but I can tap a tune.I am not a singer, but I can hum.I am not a teacher, but I can inspire.I am not a writer, but I can doodle.I am not a priest, but I can pray.I am not […]
Poetry
When I was in Grade three, my classmates and I were having our morning vegetable gardening in school. We were pulling out the weeds, raking and cultivating the dirt. One of my classmates, Analisa (Lisa Rubio Casuga), found a glittering object that looked like a […]
Memoir
For most of my life, I had wanted to be a priest. But didn’t become one. I remember when my grade three teacher in España, Sibuyan Island, Romblon, Mrs. Roldan, asked us to write down what we would like to become someday. In the dimly lit […]
Memoir
Faith and Reason In the Renaissance, I’ve learned, there was a growing attention toward promoting the human mind and the science of the natural world. With it came an attempt to reconcile our faith with both reason and science. These components of human development and […]
Essay
