The Hanoi mission could pose a different task for the battle-hardened Filipino athletes who traveled to the charming northeastern Vietnamese city armed with months of training and a big motivation that comes handy with a little prayer. With the cauldron now lit to mark the pandemic-delayed 31st...
REFLECTIONS TODAY We start to read the farewell speech of Jesus contained in chapters 14-17. These readings prepare us for the solemnity of the Ascension, the last day of Jesus’ physical presence on earth. Gathered with his disciples in the upper room during the Last Supper, Jesus talks about his...
REFLECTIONS TODAY John’s “Book of Glory” (chapters 13-20) is read during the last half of the Easter season. These chapters contain the accounts of the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus — the decisive events that constitute his glory despite experiences of suffering and...
By the time this morning’s newspapers hit the newsstands or are delivered to subscribers’ homes, the readers would be aware of the results of yesterday’s national and local elections. In the first two automated elections for President and Vice President in 2010 and 2016, a clear winner in the...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Jesus compares himself to the “gate” through which the sheep go out and enter. Like the sheep gathered within the sheepfold, those who belong to Jesus find rest and security. They “will come in and go out and find pasture” (v 9). The shepherd of the sheep enters through...
At exactly 12:01 a.m., May 8, 2022, all forms and semblance of campaigning must stop. The miting de avance today of various candidates for national and local posts must also end at that time, formally concluding the 150-day election period that started in Jan. 9. How time flies! And what a ride it...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Listening to Jesus, the Jews argue among themselves: How could he possibly give them his flesh to be eaten and his blood to drink? Who would even think of eating human flesh and drinking human blood? This is hard teaching for anyone who takes it literally. John wrote these words...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Jesus’ communion with the Father is so deep that he is the perfect way to the Father. In the same way, this close and intimate relationship makes the Father “drawer” of people toward Jesus. It is impossible to be a disciple of Jesus without developing a profound relationship...
Tasked with ensuring peaceful and orderly national and local elections, the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have deployed a total of more than 80,000 personnel ahead of the May 9 electoral exercise. More than preserving the sanctity of the ballot, the...
REFLECTIONS TODAY In one short sentence, we have a summary of who Jesus is. He is the Way because his example is a sure pathway to guide us. He is the Truth because what he tells us comes from the Father. We, therefore, can put our trust in his words. He is the Life because the salvation he won for...
The Grand Mufti of the Bangsamoro has confirmed the sighting of the crescent moon, and based on this, has declared that the Eid’l Fitr or “the breaking of the fast” during the month of Ramadan would be observed. Hence, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea has announced that May 3 will be a...
REFLECTIONS TODAY The sixth chapter of the Gospel of John contains Jesus’ important teaching about the bread of life that comes from heaven. The people follow Jesus, not because they have grasped the significance of the multiplication of the loaves and fish, but because they had their fill. They...
