THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. According to the 2020 Forbes' list of world billionaires, Bill Gates is worth approximately $113 billion. But as early as 1999, his wealth was already unbelievable. In that year, Evan Marcus noted that Gates had $79.77 billion, and with that money, he...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. Do you know that the constant flapping of a butterfly’s wings can cause a powerful typhoon elsewhere? According to chaos theory, seemingly insignificant and random happenings can have earthshaking effects. If the theory is correct, then even our...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. "Who am I really?" is one question we must ask ourselves in this day and age when social networking is often driven not by our desire to socialize, but by our insatiable thirst for self-validation. Many of us are tempted to assume a false identity and...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. In ancient times, when a porcelain vase was broken, dishonest vendors would put the broken pieces together and applied wax ( cera in Latin) to cover the cracks. A vendor who had not resorted to deception to sell a broken piece would describe his product...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. It's a bit absurd that people who seldom think about God suddenly remember Him when tragedy strikes. Often, they think of God because they need someone to blame. They say: "You could have prevented this, but You did not. If You don't help me now, I will...
FR. ROLANDO V. DELA ROSA, O.P. THROUGH UNTRUE Many reacted negatively at the absolute pardon granted by the President to Joseph Scott Pemberton who brutally killed Jennifer Laude six years ago. Some high-ranking government officials hailed the President's action as "a personal act of forgiveness...
FR. ROLANDO V. DELA ROSA, O.P. THROUGH UNTRUE A survey of 2,000 parents, conducted a few years ago and published by the Daily Mail Reporter , showed that one in every four parents openly avoided disciplining their children because they wanted to be seen more like a friend than a parent. Very few of...
THROUGH UNTRUE FR. ROLANDO V. DELA ROSA, O.P. In the past, the term for chronologically old people was "matanda " or "gurang," Today, they are commonly known as "senior citizens" or "tanders." People in this stage of life are often thought of as suffering from biological deterioration and senility,...
THROUGH UNTRUE FR. ROLANDO V. DELA ROSA, O.P. In our lifetime, we get to know hundreds of people. But how many of them really mean something to us? In today's gospel reading, Jesus asks His disciples: "Who do you say that I am?' The question is not meant to test their knowledge about Him. He wants...
THROUGH UNTRUE FR. ROLANDO V. DELA ROSA, O.P. Since March,we have been reciting the Oratio Imperata , ardently, asking God to finally end the COVID-19 pandemic. It seems that His answer is not forthcoming because our prayer sounds too polite, too sanitized, uncontaminated by real anguish, morbid...
THROUGH UNTRUE Yesterday we celebrated the feast day of St. Dominic de Guzman, the founder of the Order of Preachers, more widely known as the Dominican Order. Although he died more than 800 years ago, his spirit remains alive...
THROUGH UNTRUE A group of ancient Greek philosophers, the Stoics, believed that the ability to visualize the worst possible thing that can happen helps a personto avoid or prevent it. Trouble is, the COVID-19 pandemic has developed in many of us the uncanny ability to imagine the worst-case...
