Relentless Seeker

Priest. Seeker. Skeptic. Believer.

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Wrestling with God

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When you grow up, your heart dies...

When you grow up, your heart dies…

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Easter Joy!

To the highest power, to the one who moves stones, to Abba who utters the final, eternal Word – all praise and glory be! To Him who sings the words our souls ever need to hear – I love you and I will go through seven hells to embrace you, once again! – Alleluia! Happy Easter!

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The Music of Black Saturday

The Music of Black Saturday

Darkness. Death. Silence. The color of evil, the sound of menace, the broken interval. After the subdued voices of that last meal, anticipating the inevitable. After the plaintive wails of Good Friday, when evil has lashed out its greatest masterpiece. There comes the deathly silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Hopelessness. Meaninglessness. Everyday Sisyphean drudginess. For what is worse…

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God is Dead

The one you love the most is dead. We receive this painful, heartbreaking news in the most personal way possible – in desolate silence, with inconsolable grief, in hopeful and loving faith. We stare at the dead body in silence, not fully comprehending how people can be so inhuman, how violence can be so destructive, how evil can be so abysmally hurtful. We grieve and regret the many ways we…

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The Good Shepherd

His stomach turned, his heart bled. This was the same gut-wrenching feeling he had back in Nain, when the smell of death was in the air, when he took a long look at the weeping widow, stumbling with grief.

This time, the faces were dirty, hungry, lost. He heard the distressed voices of his friends – “how do we feed them? Send them off, please, master!”

He could have easily listened to them but…

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Black Hole Sun

Almost the same time last year, the scientific community was rejoicing because scientists were finally able to capture an image of a black hole. A black hole, according to NASA, is a place in space where gravity is so strong, where matter has been squeezed into a tiny space, that not even light can escape. It is one of the most powerful force in the entire universe, devouring everything in its…

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Things are going to get worse...

Things are going to get worse…

Things are going to get worse.

The worst is yet to come.

Remember when you said, the year has just started and things are so bad, the rest of the year would hopefully be better?

Remember when you said, I am not built for this. I am too young. No one should be carrying this burden.

Remember when you said, how can this be? Why me? What have I done to deserve this? Can this cup be passed on to…

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Losing my religion: How can we make our parishes more alive?

Losing my religion: How can we make our parishes more alive?

Manila Standard Article

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BEC – An Instrument to Improve Lives CBCP News: BEC – An Instrument to Improve Lives 

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BEC as thesis topic deepens researchers’ commitment to mission CBCP News: BEC as thesis topic deepens researchers’ commitment to mission

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Calungsod Quasi-Parish Scholarship Program How a poor parish is sending students to college

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The Crazy Things We Do For Love v2

The Crazy Things We Do For Love v2

“Will you also leave me?” These are the pained words of Jesus to his closest friends.

Most people had already left Jesus for his teachings were very difficult to stomach. People followed Jesus because they saw the unlikeliest things – bread and fish multiplied many times over, an old lady healed from an illness beyond cure, a little girl raised from the dead! But when Jesus said, come follow me,…

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The Crazy Things We Do For Love

“Will you leave me too?” These are the pained words of Jesus to his closest friends.

Many people had already left Jesus, for his words, his teachings were so disturbing, too scandalous and very difficult to stomach… People followed him at first because it was the most logical thing to do – they saw the unlikeliest things they never thought would happen in their lifetime, bread and fish…

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Takot...

Takot…

Di maipagkakaila na nakaramdam ako ng matinding lungkot ng marinig ko ang balita tungkol sa pagpaslang kay Fr. Richmond.

Mas nauna sa amin sa seminaryo si Fr. Richmond.

Kapatid na Karlista kaya di nakasanayan na tawaging Fr. Richmond kundi Kuya Richmond.

Kuya Richmond…

Nakakatanda sa kaalaman, sa karanasan, at ngayon sa pag-alay ng buhay…

Di maipagkakaila na nakaramdam din ako ng matinding takot…

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The Stars of Christmas

Our Simbang Gabi is one of the highlights of our Advent and Christmas celebrations for the break of dawn masses serve as invitations for us to reflect deeply on the principal characters of Advent such as Mary and Elizabeth, Joseph, John and Zechariah, the angels and the shepherds. They are the advent people who occupy special places in our celebrations because of the significant roles they played…

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Parish Management 101: 10 Qualities To Look For In A Leader

Parish Management 101: 10 Qualities To Look For In A Leader

We just had a dinner meeting with our Basic Ecclesial Community Heads, in the Bahay Pari,  to discuss future activities as well as pressing concerns. While enjoying the well-cooked “adobo,” we were able to immediately decide on important matters with the guiding principles that instead of making things complicated, we will try to simplify things as much as possible, and that instead of fussing…

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