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CELERY My daughter-in-law expressed her admiration for my courage one day. She watched me cope with and handle the devastating illness of one of our children. I remembered having given her this answer. “Mylene, if...

DAVID HUANG We all know stories of people whose dreams and visions are prophetic in nature and become realities. In some instances, God reveals himself or his plan in the person’s dream. In others, he...

FR. RAMON MA. LUZA BAUTISTA, SJ Step 2 – Gathering of Relevant Data The gathering of data can follow. Here, we go out of our way to obtain any knowledge or information that may assist us...

ORBIS BOOKS We have the permission of Doris Goodnough, Orbis Books, to feature a very special book of a Maryknoll nun, Sr. Janice McLaughlin, who passed away several months ago. "Have you ever thought that you...

TERESITA TANSECO-CRUZ My brother, the priest, once scared me with a hair-raising pronouncement. He said that the clever devil does not knock at the front door but quietly sneaks in through the back.  “Before you...

CECILIA "BOCHIE" & RICO TAPALES SANTIAGO My son, Rico's message on my 80th birthday deeply moved me, and I can't stop thanking God for his presence in all the years we have struggled to keep...

  PART 1 of 4 As we celebrate the feast of St. Joseph this month, in the year dedicated to him by Pope Francis, we present stories honoring the human yet divine fatherhood of St. Joseph....

  TERESITA TANSECO-CRUZ I have been thinking lately of a particular group of people who have passed this earth and share the common title of “Saint.” These were persons in a rarified state of holiness, living...

ERNIE E. MAIPID, JR. Recently, an inspiration came that paved the way for me to write about something close to my heart. This is something I love to do – ‘roots-digging.’ This story, orally handed down,...

CELERY Candles in the darkness bring to light. Candles on a birthday cake – what does it bring to light? The person celebrating the day they were born the life they have lived, perhaps the...