A recent reflection brought forth a piercing question: What if your greatest weakness or temptation is actually the gateway to your fullest potential—where God desires to work most powerfully in you? This isn’t just a poetic sentiment. Within the Catholic…
Recently, there have been growing concerns about suicide. On Wednesday, October 22, I learned that an acquaintance had died by suicide — on the same day that Emmanuelle Atienza, daughter of Kuya Kim Atienza, also took her own life. Then,…
“Dili ba ko makasala kung maglagot ko sa late comer na pari?”That was the message a friend sent me today, Sunday. I laughed and said, “Okay lang maglagot. We all do.” But that simple question leads me to reflect more…
When the strong earthquake struck this morning, only one thought crossed my mind: Masayang akong mga gipundar. What if everything I’ve built, bought, and saved for — the things I worked hard for, even borrowed money for — turned to…
Perhaps this thirst for love is unquenchable—rooted not just in my personal history of abandonment, but in a soul created to love and be loved completely. I love deeply, often too much. And when that love isn’t returned—whether by friends…
My younger sister, Zandra, dreamt that I died. The dream was so vivid and emotional that she woke up in tears. Still shaken, she messaged our sister Salve, who then shared it in our family group chat. I responded with…
The phrase “Hate the sin, not the sinner” has often been repeated, but rarely lived. In our country—where over 80% of the population professes the Catholic faith—we would expect mercy to be part of the cultural bloodstream. But the truth…
Sometimes I wish I had never known love. It sounds ungrateful to say that — even unholy. But it’s the truth my heart whispers when the silence of my room feels too loud. I wish I had never known love…
Every Catholic, at some point in their journey of faith, has experienced spiritual dryness—those periods when prayer becomes a struggle, when we go through the motions without truly encountering God. In such moments, setting aside time for sincere, personal conversation…
Most of the time, I assess myself—my actions, my emotions, my tendencies. I talk to myself about my faults. I reason. I reprimand. I pause and reflect, especially when I’ve hurt people because of my words or actions, often in…