WORD ALIVE There’s an old saying which goes, “If at first you don't succeed, try and try again.” “Try and try again,” that’s what the Canaanite woman did in the gospel episode in this 20th Sunday. She kept on pestering the Lord to the point of vexation to cure her possessed...
WORD ALIVE The gospel for this 19th Sunday relates about our Lord walking on water. Somebody joked that he did this because he could not afford the exorbitant fare charged by the profiteering boat owners! * * * When Jesus was walking on the Sea of Galilee at about three o'clock at...
WORD ALIVE Did you know that Jesus mentioned “television” in the gospel? After the Transfiguration at Mt. Tabor, he said: “Tel-e-vision to no one.” (Mark 9,9). The gospel in this 18th Sunday does not relate about television but the vision of Jesus’ transfiguration (cf. (Mk 9,2-10). The...
WORD ALIVE In today’s Sunday gospel, Jesus Christ relates about the Kingdom of heaven which is likened to a treasure buried in a field. A person finds it, hides it and sells all that he has and buys that field. The other parable is similar to the previous one wherein a merchant finds a pearl of...
WORD ALIVE Not too long ago a carjack incident happened when a lady tried to stop the carjackers by blocking the way of her brand-new car from being stolen. But the carjackers were determined. They did not only shoot her but even bumped her as they fled away with the car. The grieving father...
SANTA CRUZ, Laguna – The mayor of this town is facing a petition for recall election filed by three registered voters and bonafide residents with the Commission on Election (Comelec) here on July 14. THE Commission on Elections in Santa Cruz, Laguna receives a recall petition against ...
WORD ALIVE A professor in a college English class said to his students, “If you will just take a new word and use it 100 times, it will be yours forever.” Whereupon, a young woman in the class looked dreamily out of the window and sighed, “Piolo, Piolo, Piolo...” Jesus’ parables have been...
WORD ALIVE A man was worrying too much over his problems, sleepless at night from insomnia. Upon the advice of a friend, he tried the old remedy of counting sheep while getting some sleep. He went to bed and closed his eyes, but when the first sheep came along, it stumbled and fell. Would someone...
WORD ALIVE In today’s gospel, Jesus teaches the Christian commitment of hospitality or welcoming people into their homes. Hospitality is an important part of Christian charity. Jesus himself was often a guest in the house of Martha and Mary since he was an itinerant preacher. * * * One night,...
WORD ALIVE In today’s gospel, Jesus declares: “If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you.” When he talked of persecutions, he was referring to the persecutions his disciples had suffered at the hands of the Jews and the Romans in proclaiming his teachings. Today, the persecutions...
WORD ALIVE The old mentality wherein the laity were expected just to say "amen" and to "pray, pay and obey" has long been over. As a result of the numerous charismatic seminars, some lay people I know, who attended such renewal activities, now preached in streets and restaurants. Entering...
WORLD ALIVE Some of you might have seen the movie “Survive,” based on a book entitled “Last Survivors of the Andes Mountains.” The true story relates about how 16 out of 45 passengers, mostly rugby players from Uruguay, survived a plane crash in the freezing Andes Mountains for 70 days. * ...
