WORD ALIVE FR. BEL SAN LUIS, SVD A funny friend told me, “Father, did you know that there were originally 6 Kings, not 3? Only three reached Bethlehem. The three others got lost; one found his way to the USA and was called BURGER KING, the other reached China and was called CHOWKING, and...
WORD ALIVE FR. BEL SAN LUIS, SVD Once I solemnized the wedding of a friend. After that we didn't see each other for some time. When I met the couple, I asked: "How's your marriage going?" The husband said: “Father, I've discovered that there are three rings in marriage.” "That's new to...
WORD ALIVE FR. BEL SAN LUIS, SVD As we’re nearing Christmas, let’s be reminded about why we’re celebrating Christmas. Some years ago when I was assigned at the Divine Word College of Legazpi, Albay, I visited an elderly SVD confrere who was alone working as director of a high school in...
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 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 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...
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...
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;...
