WORD ALIVE A distraught man approaches a priest and asks: “Please bless me, Father, because my son is a drug user, my daughter an unwed mother, and my wife a gambler. The priest, getting tired listening to his problems, says: “Isn’t there anything positive in your life? The man pauses for a...
WORD ALIVE A priest came out to say Mass with his face plastered with band aids. “I’m sorry I look like this,” the priest said as he started his homily. “This morning as I was shaving and thinking of what to say in my homily, I cut my face.” After the Mass, while he was going over the...
WORD ALIVE Once a young man went out hiking at a mountain ridge. Since it was getting dark, he slipped and down he rolled over the ridge. It meant sure death, but fortunately his hand grabbed the branch of a tree which stopped his fall. Hanging precariously with the branch about to give way, he...
WORD ALIVE FR. BEL SAN LUIS, SVD Today is the feast of Christ the King. When Jesus was crucified, a wooden sign ( caratola ) was nailed over his head with the inscription INRI, which is “ Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum”; in Latin; in English, ...
WORD ALIVE Fr. Bel R. San Luis, SVD The heart-rending case of the detained activist Reina Mae Nacino and her three-month-old baby River went viral over the deplorable way she was treated. The poor child after she was born on July 1 was separated from her mother and left to the care of the...
WORD ALIVE FR. BEL SAN LUIS, SVD A man died and went to heaven. At the Pearly Gate, St. Peter welcomed him, then gave him a tour. As they were entering a big hall, the man recoiled with fear, seeing so many tongues hanging inside. “St. Peter, how weird this place is! Why are there so many tongues...
WORD ALIVE Fr. Bel R. San Luis, SVD In a dream a man saw himself walking on a beach with the Lord, carrying someone in His arms. He was envious. Jesus felt his envious tone when he asked: "Lord, why are You carrying him and not me?" Jesus replied: "It’s because he has arthritis and you have...
WORD ALIVE A distraught man approaches a priest and asks: “Please bless me, Father, because my son is a drug addict, my daughter an unwed mother, and my wife a gambler. The priest already tired of listening, says: Brother, isn’t there anything positive in your life? The man replies: Me,...
