THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. De La Rosa OP Valentine's Day is two days from now. For sure, traffic will be horrible on all streets leading to Dangwa Flower Market. Many people consider flowers as one of the most romantic symbols of love. But flowers easily droop, fade, and wilt, so the love that...
"Through Untrue," a weekly column written by Fr. Rolando V. Dela Rosa, O.P. on the Opinions section of the Manila Bulletin (MB), bagged the "Best Opinion Column" in the 44th Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA) held at the Manila Grand Opera Hotel last Nov. 23, 2022. The column also won this same...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. I believe that Jesus is the King of time, so I shall devote the best moments of my life to Him. I shall not waste many precious hours in compulsive texting and social networking. I shall not be a slave of obsessive surfing, chatting, posting selfies,...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. Imagination is one of our most unused, disused, and abused human faculties. The emphasis on cold, rigorous, and logical reasoning has somehow reduced imagination to a mental workshop for illusions and delusions. Blame this on the influence of western...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. In his essay “The Use and Abuse of History,” Friedrich Nietzsche claims that the “contented cow” is called such because it does not remember the past and it lives each moment without regrets. When you ask the cow why it is happy, the cow cannot...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. We, Filipinos, are often contemptuously described as being more focused on “personalities" during elections. But the Spanish intellectual Miguel de Unamuno once wrote that it is a universal trend among voters everywhere to adhere more to personalities...
Through Untrue Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. Today’s Gospel reading tells us that if you love God, it's all or nothing. "You shall love the Lord your God with ALL your heart, with ALL your soul, with ALL your mind and with ALL your strength" (Mark 12:30).Love Him or leave Him No compromises. But...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. While Filipinos still suffer from the adverse effects of the pandemic, some politicians are already mounting their election campaigns. Their advertisements (‘paid for by friends’) clutter the airwaves, television, and the social media. They know...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. In today's Gospel reading, Jesus told the Jews who avidly followed Him that He would offer them His body and blood as food. The Jews, who took Jesus's words literally, must have muttered to themselves: "Eat his flesh and blood? What does he think of us,...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. We celebrate today the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, that extraordinary event when Mary was taken into heaven — body and soul — right at the end of her earthly life. It was extraordinary because our body decays after death as a consequence...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. Today is the feast day of St. Dominic de Guzman, the founder of the Order of Preachers, popularly known as the Dominican Order. This year, Dominicans all over the world commemorate his 800 th death anniversary, remembering his promise before he died:...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. There are moments when we doubt our faith in God. When we are sinking in hopelessness because of an unexpected tragedy, or when we feel victimized by a chain of unfair circumstances, we ask: "Is there really a God? If there is, does He care for me?"...
