WORD ALIVE FR. BEL SAN LUIS, SVD A soldier and his wife were preparing for the baptismal party of their baby girl when the chaplain arrived for the baptism. Taking the father aside, the priest asked, “Are you prepared spiritually for this religious event?” “Well, I don’t know, Father,” ...
WORD ALIVE FR. BEL SAN LUIS, SVD Here is a test for you. You are sleeping and then dreaming. A holdupper is running after you. You turn sideways, but every side you turn to, you find another guy holding a knife coming after you. Too scared, you don’t know where to run to. You’re blocked. How...
WORD ALIVE FR. BEL SAN LUIS, SVD Do you still remember the Filipina singer Jessica Sanchez, who almost made it to first place in the highly popular show “American Idol”? Winning the second place was a huge achievement. Jessica was the youngest contestant at 16 and on the verge of elimination...
WORD ALIVE FR. BEL SAN LUIS, SVD Sometime ago, a news item in the US relates about how burglars broke into a New York firm. This wouldn’t have raised eyebrows at all since the incident took place in notorious New York. What made it amusing was that it happened to a company that manufactured...
WORD ALIVE FR. BEL SAN LUIS, SVD Somebody quipped, “At his funeral, an atheist (non-believer in God) is all dressed up but with with nowhere to go.” Part of the feast of the Commemoration of the Saints and of Souls is to remind us Christians where to go after death. * * * For us believers and...
WORLD ALIVE FR. BEL SAN LUIS, SVD A young couple had invited many guests to their daughter’s birthday dinner. At the table, the hostess turned to her six-year-old daughter and asked, “Would you like to say the prayer?” * * * “I don’t know what to say,” the girl...
WORD ALIVE FR. BEL SAN LUIS, SVD A priest who suffered an extremely strained relationship with his parishioners was finally appointed chaplain at the city prison. In the farewell party, the people came in great numbers to hear him. The priest chose as his text: "I go and prepare a place for you;...
WORD ALIVE FR. BEL SAN LUIS, SVD One woman told another: "My neighbor is always criticizing her husband. But look at me. My husband is irresponsible, lazy, and a drunkard; but have I ever said anything bad about him?" (Look who’s talking!). In the gospel of this 23 rd Sunday, Jesus says, "If your...
WORD ALIVE FR. BEL SAN LUIS, SVD One morning, a husband had a bitter quarrel with his wife. To cool off, the husband went to attend Mass. On returning, he saw his wife cooking. He went to her quietly and from behind suddenly lifted her. Startled, the wife yelled, “Hey, why did you do that?...
WORD ALIVE FR. BEL SAN LUIS, SVD There’s an old saying which goes, "If at first you don't succeed, try and try again." (By the way, this doesn't apply to committing suicide!). That was just what the Canaanite woman did in the gospel of this 20th Sunday. She kept on pestering the Lord to the point...
WORD ALIVE The gospel story 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 before dawn,...
WORD ALIVE There’s an amusing story about two parish priests discussing about how they share the Sunday collection with their assistant priests. "That's easy," the younger priest said. "I simply draw a big...
