Reflections on the Circle of Life
ARTURO ZUÑIGA
GOD IS SO GOOD!
In late November 2024, our daughter Michelle called to ask if she and her partner, Kevin, could invite us—“parents,” as...
Three Miracles
PEPS DE LEON
In December 1986, my wife Flor and I had been married for almost ten years, yet we remained childless. A day or...
My Christmas Heart
JOMA CAMPHER
'Another year is over. And WHAT have I done?' - so the lyrics go, as an old carol puts it! I struggle with...
Care Talks
ERNIE MAIPID with ARIA
How apt it is that the Church should herald the beginning of a new year with the feast of Mary, Mother...
ISADA FAMILY: Life Lessons from a Chocolate Bar and Mango Pit
ROSE CABRERA
As the youngest child in a family of 12 and now a parent myself in her 50s, I appreciate the legacy of our...
Bejeweled Rock of Prayer: The Oratory of St Francis Xavier in Nuvali
JOHNNY C. GO SJ
When it was first inaugurated on 9 March 2013, I spoke of the Oratory of St. Francis Xavier during my homily...
Love. Motherhood. Borrow. Life Lessons
BET YAP LAZATIN
I wore a white dress that day
I cried and wailed
I did not want to let her go
I found myself the day after
Alone...
The Last Quarter of Our Life – The Questions, Fears, Blessings and Gifts of...
JO FAUSTINO-PANLILIO
It is our family vacation, but today, I decided to walk alone by the beach and look into the sea. It is a good...
Why Girl Scouting Brings Out the Best in Girls
NINA LIM-YUSON*
Were you once a Girl Scout, or a Boy Scout, for that matter? If you did experience Scouting in your life, what stands...
Wastelands
*ELISABETH ELLIOT
There are dry, fruitless, lonely places in each of our lives, where we seem to travel alone, sometimes feeling as though we must...