THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. Before Jesus underwent His terrible ordeal leading to His crucifixion, three apostles witnessed an amazing event in His life – the transfiguration . Today's Gospel reading describes what happened thus: “His face shone like the sun and His clothes...
From left: Joshua Garcia, Moira dela Torre and Daniel Padilla Photos of Joshua Garcia, Moira dela Torre, and Daniel Padilla spotted together are igniting rumors that the three were preparing something for their fans. "Feel ko collab to aaaaa (heart emojis)," one netizen wrote. While...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. As in previous years, people flocked to churches in great numbers last Ash Wednesday, despite the fact that it was not a holy day of obligation. The atmosphere in churches was almost sepulchral as the priests sprinkled ashes on our heads while he told...
OPM is alive and well in the time of Pandemic. That’s how it looks like as local music label Viva Records released a total of 30 new singles in the space of just three weeks -- 18 of them just last week! This means that despite the pandemic that’s been bugging everybody for a year now, local...
When fashion designer (and newly married) Patrica Santos posted a meeting with singer Moira Dela Torre and Julia Barretto in her atelier, we knew something beautiful was taking place. The photo below was taken last January, almost immediately after Patricia herself got married. View this post on...
Moira dela Torre Moira Dela Torre woke up to the good news that the music video of "Paubaya" from the last chapter of her 2020 album "Patawad" has dominated the online world and garnered 10 million views in less than 36 hours. Dela Torre couldn't be more thankful about it. "Grabe kayo. Salamat sa...
Gerald Anderson The "Paubaya" music video of Moira dela Torre featuring former sweethearts-turned-best friends Julia Barretto and Joshua Garcia continued to trend on social media on Feb. 15. Still reeling from the effects of Valentine's Day, the popular love team of Julia and Joshua, also...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. Since childhood, we have been taught, and rightly so, that cleanliness is next to godliness. But today, thanks to the hygiene industry and their aggressive advertisers, cleanliness is no longer synonymous with being rid of any form of dirt or messiness....
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. I have heard people phrase this question in different ways but with the same intense desperation. They want God's answer to their plea: “Awake O Lord, why do you sleep? Why do you hide your face?” (Psalm 44:23). One time, a widow approached me...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. Last week, a friend told me: "I don't know what's happening to me. I’m constantly stressed and always tempted to be angry. Before the pandemic, I knew exactly who I was. But now, I'm turning into someone I don't want to be." When I told him I...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. The gospel reading today narrates that when Jesus called His first apostles, they left everything to follow Him. Discipleship seems very easy, like a walk in the park, but is it? Responding to God's call always entails suffering. And perhaps, the...
John Dela Vega Respected pageant producer and queen maker John De La Vega did his final farewell walk last Jan. 15 when he expired of cardiac arrest at the World Citi Medical Center in Quezon City at half past 4 in the afternoon. He was 40. De La Vega was among three of the country’s most...